Ever wondered how deep steel piers really go beneath your home? In this video, you’ll see a real-time timelapse of a steel pier pushing through dense clay layers under 6,000 PSI of hydraulic pressure — until it finally breaks through and reaches solid load-bearing soil at 10,000 PSI. As a structural and geotechnical engineer, I’ll walk you through what the pressure readings mean, and why steel piers outperform concrete piers — not just in strength, but in depth and long-term stability. Learn why
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Ever wondered how deep steel piers really go beneath your home? In this video, you’ll see a real-time timelapse of a steel pier pushing through dense clay layers under 6,000 PSI of hydraulic pressure — until it finally breaks through and reaches solid load-bearing soil at 10,000 PSI. As a structural and geotechnical engineer, I’ll walk you through what the pressure readings mean, and why steel piers outperform concrete piers — not just in strength, but in depth and long-term stability. Learn why
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ifix construction on Instagram: "How a Steel Pier Is Properly Installed This is what a correct installation looks like. Steel piers are driven, not placed. Each section interlocks and is pushed until refusal is reached — where the structure begins to lift. That’s when load transfers into stable bearing soil. That’s when movement stops."
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ifix construction on Instagram: "How a Steel Pier Is Properly Installed This is what a correct installation looks like. Steel piers are driven, not placed. Each section interlocks and is pushed until refusal is reached — where the structure begins to lift. That’s when load transfers into stable bearing soil. That’s when movement stops."
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