Specialties

We specialize in the following with emphasis on difficult/limited access and poor soil conditions:

JRW Foundation-Systems has been doing business throughout California since 1976, specializing in difficult limited access structural jobs.  Since the Northridge earthquake we have concentrated in soil remediation and underpinning of residential and commercial structures.  Being certified by A.B. CHANCE Company since 1996 we are one of the oldest Helical Pier Contractors in Southern California.  Consequently we have been fortunate to work on a number of very specific underpinning and retrofit projects to include:  Charles J. Pankow Jr’s residence, three (3) Nordstrom retrofit projects (Santa Ana, Riverside, Santa Barbara), The Nexus Skyline Towers in Santa Ana, the LAX Theme Building retrofit and we are currently working on our third project with MATT Construction providing cased, grouted helical piles for the seismic retrofit of the County of Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.

• CHANCE Helical Piers, Helical Pulldown Micropiles, Cased Grouted Helical Piles: up to 200 Kip Capacity
• We have the widest variety of installation equipment to include: Electric remote control equipment, Excavators from 7500 lbs – 47000 lbs, skid steers and hand held equipment
• Load Testing Equipment Capabilities to 200 Kips
• ATLAS Resistance Piers
• Caissons drilling equipment capable of 3’ diameter holes 70’ deep
• Structure Lifting and Leveling
• Slab and Structural Grouting
• Structural Concrete and In-House Rebar Fabrication
• Design Build Capabilities for Value Engineered Projects

We have extensive knowledge in the installation of:  Helical Pulldown Micropiles, Grouted Helical Piles and Cased Helical Piles as needed in saturated and/or collapsible soils.  If we don’t have it, we’ll build it!

We own and transport all of our equipment and have the ability to fabricate whatever is needed to meet your specific job requirements.  WE are ARB, CARB, DOORS and PERP Compliant.

Our License Classifications include: A, B, C-21 (Demolition, Structure Lifting/Leveling/Moving), C-61/D30 (Underpinning, pile installation, pressure grouting).

We look forward to solving your specific underpinning needs,  whatever the circumstances.