HELICAL ANCHORS & FOUNDATIONS

HELICAL
C SCREW
SC W ANCHORS
C O S
AND FOUNDATIONS IN SOIL

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Historical Perspective
 1st Recorded use of a Screw Pile was by Alexander Mitchell in
1836 for Moorings and was then applied by Mitchell to
M li Sands
Maplin S d LiLighthouse
hh iin E
England
l d iin 1838
1838.

 In 1843, the 1st Screw Pile Light House in the U.S. was
Constructed by Capt. William H. Swift at Black Rock
Harbor in Connecticut. Swift used Mitchell Screw Pile
Technology.

 In the 1840’s and ’50’s, More Than 100 Screw Pile

Foundation Light Houses were Constructed Along the East
Coast,, the Florida Coast and the Gulf of Mexico

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Mitchell’s Screw Pile - 1836

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PRODUCT TYPES

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Square Shaft Helical Screw Foundations & Anchors
A.B. Chance Type “SS”

Characteristics
5500 - 20,000 ft lbs. Installation Torque
Design Tension Loads up to 100 kip (445 kN),
g Comp.
Design p Loads up
p to 100 kip
p ((445 kN))

Helix Dia: 6” (152 mm) 8” (203 mm) 10” (254 mm)

12” (305 mm) 14” (356 mm)

Type SS5 & SS150 1-1/2” (35 kips)

SS175 1-3/4” (50 kips)
SS200 22” (75 kips)
SS225 2-1/4” (100 kips)
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SCREW ANCHOR LEAD SECTION

Single, Twin, Triple

or Quad Helix
Configurations

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PLAIN EXTENSION SECTION

3’-0 (.9 m), 5’-0 (1.5 m),

77’-00 (2
(2.11 m) &
10’-0 (3 m) Lengths

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EXTENSION SECTION WITH HELIX PLATES

12” ((305mm)) and 14” (356

( mm)) Diameter Helix Plates

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F
Foundation
d ti Underpinning
U d i i Brackets
B k t
STANDARD-DUTY HEAVY-DUTY
FOUNDATION REPAIR BRACKET FOUNDATION REPAIR BRACKET

FOR 1 ½” SHAFT
RATED CAPACITIES:
20,000 LB. WITH SS5 ANCHORS
25,000LB. WITH SS150 ANCHORS
FOR 1 ¾
¾” FOR 1 ¾” SHAFT
RATED CAPACITY: 30,000LB. RATED CAPACITY: 40,000LB.

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Pipe Shaft Helical Screw Foundations

A.B. Chance Type “LIFT & 278
C
Combo”
b ”
Characteristics
5 500 ft lbs.
5,500 lbs Installation Torque
To q e Rating
Design Tension Loads up to 30 kip (133 kN),
Design Comp. Loads up to 34 kip (133 kN)

Helix Dia LIFT: 10” (254 mm)

Helix Dia SS5/150 Lead: 6” (152 mm) 8” (203 mm)
10” (254 mm) 12”
10 12 (305 mm) 14”14 (356 mm)
Pipe Shaft Dia: 2-7/8” (73 mm)

Type
yp SS5 to 278 LIFT™ Pile
LIFT
“Combo” Pile
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Pipe Shaft Helical Screw Foundations

A.B. Chance Type
yp “HS”

Characteristics
11,000 ft lbs. Installation Torque
Design Tension Loads up to 60 kip (267 kN),
Design
i C
Comp. Loads
d up to 60 ki
kip (26
(267 k
kN))

Helix Dia: 6” (152 mm) 8” (203 mm) 10” (254 mm)

12” (305 mm) 14
12 14” (356 mm)
Pipe Shaft Dia: 3-1/2” (89 mm)

Type SS to HS
Type HS “Combo” Pile
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APPLICATIONS FOR HELICAL

SCREW ANCHORS
 Underpinning - Residential / Commercial
 Helical Screw Foundations for New
Construction
 Tiebacks for Excavation Bracing
 Soil Nails for Earth Retention
 Seismic Retro-fit
 Guyy Anchors & Foundations for Towers

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Foundation Underpinning

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Foundation Underpinning

Screw Foundation
Installation with
Portable Installer

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Foundation Underpinning
Raising Building with Repair Brackets

Repair
i Brackets
k

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Helical Screw Foundations for New
Construction

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New Construction - Slabs and Foundations
Screw Foundations Supporting
I d t i l Building
Industrial B ildi

Screw Foundations Supporting

Structural Slab

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PIPE SHAFT PILES

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New C
N Construction
t ti –
Connection Details

Pile Cap Detail

Grade Beam Connection Detail

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Helical Screw Foundations for Towers

Installation of Screw Foundations

with Back-Hoe

Ten Screw Foundations

per Tower Leg

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Walkways for Wetlands

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Screw Anchor Tiebacks

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Soil Screws for Soil Nail Walls

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Guy Anchors for Towers

Installation of Multiple Screw Anchors for Guy Point

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Guy Anchors for Towers

Single Guy Anchor, Multiple Guy Wires

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THEORY AND DESIGN

OF HELICAL PIER
FOUNDATIONS

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Lateral Load
Grade Beam & Pile Cap
Capacity
Passive Earth
Pressure Resistance

Optional Lateral Tieback

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Tieback Screw Anchor Section Detail

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Soil Screw Anchor

Section Detail

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HeliCAPTM Engineering Software

Theoretical Bearing Capacity -
Based on Soil Strength

Available from A. B. Chance

Civil Construction Web Site -
www.abchance.com

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INSTALLATION
TORQUE VS.
ULTIMATE CAPACITY

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TORQUE
MOTOR

REACTION
BAR

FOOT
CONTROL

2,500ft-lbs through 8,000ft-lbs

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Hydraulic Vehicle-Mounted
Hydraulic, Vehicle Mounted

3,500
, FT.-LB.
6,000 FT.-LB.
12,000 FT.-LB.
20 000 FT
20,000 FT.-LB
-LB

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CROWD TORQUE
MACHINE MOTOR

TORQUE
INDICATOR

FOUR HELIX
LEAD SECTION

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FIELD MODIFICATIONS

 Vary Helix Size

 Vary Helix Numbers
 Install into Better Soil

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Compression Load Test Set
Set-Up
Up

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HELICAL PULLDOWN®
MICROPILES
 Screw Pile Foundation Installation Method Used to
Increase the Section Modulus of a Standard SS or Pipe
Shaft.
Shaft
 Patent Protected
 U.S. 5,707,180; Methods and Apparatus
 Other U.S. and Foreign Patents Pending
 Method of Displacing Soil Around the Anchor Shaft and
Replacing with Grout Column
Column.
 Soil is Displaced by “Lead Displacement Plate”.
 “Extension Displacement Plates” Serve as Centralizers and
Provide the Means for Which the Grout is “Pulled-Down”.

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DESCRIPTION
 Increased Section Modulus Likewise Increases
Lateral Buckling Capacity of the Screw Pile.
 Grout Column Provides Increased Compression
C
Capacity.
it
 Mobilizes Skin Friction at the Grout/Soil Interface.
 Displacement Plates Range in Size from 4”
4 Up to
10” in Diameter.
 Required Plate Size is Specified for Each Project
 G tC
Grout Columns
l Can
C bbe Cased
C d whenh R Required.
i d

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Helical Screw Foundations With Grouted Shafts
HELICAL PULLDOWN Micropile

Characteristics
5500 - 20,000 ft lbs. Installation Torque
Design Tension Loads up to 100 kip (445 kN),
g Comp.
Design p Loads up
p to 200 kip
p ((890 kN))

Helix Dia: 6” (152 mm) 8” (203 mm) 10” (254 mm)

12” (305 mm) 14” (356 mm)

Prevents Buckling Uses Type SS (Square Shaft) Material

Increases Capacity
C
Corrosion
i Resistance
R i

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HELICAL PULLDOWNTM Micropile MODEL

Qt = QH + Qf
Grade

Soft or Loose Overlying Strata

Displacement
Qf =
Plates
Df
 sLf]
Grout Column

E dB
End Bearing
i Stratum
St t
Helix Plates

QH = icCi 
qiNq
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Installingg Lead Case

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Pouring Grout

Joint Packingg

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Installing Top Case

Adding Centralizer

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Installing Shaft Extension

Grout “Pulled Down”

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Pile Extracted
After Test

Un-Cased
Grout Column

T Case
Top C

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Grout Column With Soil Removed

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