Foundation pile driving has been around for almost 40-years initially capitalizing on the stringent seismic requirement of the early seventies which allowed concrete pre-cast, pre-stressed piles to become the pile of choice.  Today, piles must support heavier loads in compression, tension and lateral directions due to many considerations including the popular non-redundant pile designs.  Increasing government regulation and more and more infrastructure projects have forced pile driving contractors to wear many hats to meet client demands. Keeping abreast of industry products, keeping track of bid letting, and staying abreast of government regulation requires more personnel to manage jobs. More personnel require more expense and stronger cash flow. On the flip side, these demands also provide pile contractors more opportunities to build strong client relationships and expertise.

 

 In our experience, clients have four areas in which they rely on their contractors:  experience, knowledge, innovation and safety.  Experience encompasses skill with equipment and with different soil mechanics and job requirements to choose the right equipment for the job as well as a solid grounding in project management skills to ensure timely job completion.  Knowledge of government requirements, industry standards and better ways to trim project cost without compromising quality of construction are the first requirements for our clients.  Innovation is related to experience and based on the understanding how to customize equipment to meet job requirements.  Job safety processes are the second most important component of good relations.  Work related accidents are de-moralizing to workers and a PR disaster for clients.  Our job is to help our client meet their ROI expectations, while providing high quality workmanship, under safe working conditions. One other area of client relationships is forming a partnership with that client.  We believe in using our expertise to help our clients reach project management goals, and to make that happen we communicate well and often to make certain project expectations are met.