Manitobans often have a narrow view of helical piles as they are sometimes confused as being the same as a ground anchors sold at department stores for decks - these are not helical piles and they are and should always be limited to low capacity decks and such. VersaPile only installs helical piles which have a long engineering history and strong pedigree. Helical piles have been installed and tested to well over 5,000kN (1.1M lbs) capacity and used confidently worldwide for both small and large projects. VersaPile is equipped to install helical piles to more than 2,135kN (480,000 lbs), when installed to refusal we can achieve higher loads and are capable of load testing to 3,559kN (800,000 lbs) - this means we can support large structures on single piles and massive structures using pile groupings.

We often are contacted with customers who just found out their site is experiencing sloughing soils or that there is a high water table and that cast-in-place piles are no longer a desirable option - these folks need a quick solution. VersaPile prides itself on being very efficient to get to customers in a timely manner. We keep a good inventory of typical piles for typical projects, such as a new home or commercial retail unit (CRU) and can often mobilize in days. Custom piles can be turned around in as little as two weeks. A typical timeline from receipt of a purchase order (P.O.) is two to four weeks for us to receive as well as complete the installation of engineered helical piles.

Absolutely. We have had hundreds of unique pile caps engineered and tailored to the unique needs of a wide range of projects. Having worked with thousands of customers in Manitoba and NW Ontario we can help you select a pile cap that has been known to perform as well as make the following steps in the building process more efficient. It's also important to note that pile caps are generally welded directly to a helical pile and that, unlike driven precast piles, helical piles don't require a poured pile cap which requires careful, messy and time consuming excavation around pile shafts.

Yes. VersaPile has always been successful in helping navigate the notoriously difficult to navigate City of Winnipeg to achieve permit approvals. Helical Piles have been benchmarked against Canada's National Building Code by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) in the their Helical Piles Foundation Design Guide. The key to getting permit approvals is a well documented engineering stack prior to and following the installation of helical piles. VersaPile Inc. has an excellent network of engineers in Manitoba and across Canada in both the geotechnical and structural fields to facilitate a tight engineering stack. Our team can also assist you in converting a cast-in-place pile or precast driven pile or other pile to a helical pile foundation - as well as provide geotechnical recommendations, if the soils are conducive to helical piles, when the geotechnical engineer of record is not familiar with or confident designing helical piles.