The PDCA Pacific Coast Chapter will be having their 2nd Annual Turkey Shoot on April 6 th 2012 at Camanche Hills Hunting Preserve in support of their Scholarship Fund. Please join us for a morning of shooting sporting clays and supporting a good cause. Anyone interested in attending should contact Jennifer Jones in our office at (925)754-6633. Click here to download the registration package. read more

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DFI FORCE PULSE SEMINAR                OAKLEY, CALIFORNIA     JANUARY 17, 2012 On January 17 th, 2012, DFI hosted a Force Pulse seminar in Foundation Constructor's yard in Oakley, California.  Foundation's Chief Engineer, Byrl Williams organized the event that provided an overview of the new ASTM Rapid Load Testing standard D7383 along with descriptions of the two qualifying test methods and the results they provide. The day was culminated with a video demonstration of Statnamic and a live demo of the Fundex Pile Load Tester.  Foundation would like to take this opportunity to thank DFI for sponsoring this very educational event, the outstanding presenters including Bernie Hertlein, AECOM, Michael Justason of Bermingham Foundation Solutions, Yogesh Prasher of M2 Consulting, Don Robertson of Applied Foundation Testing and Dick Short of Richard D. Short ..... read more

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Foundation Constructors, Inc. (FCI) and McGuire & Hester are currently working together to reconstruct a portion of 12 th Street adjacent to Lake Merritt in Downtown Oakland, CA.  For this project FCI, McGuire & Hester, and the City of Oakland have worked closely together in order to perform our Contract as quickly as possible while at the same time mitigating the impact of construction activities to nearby residents.  For this Project FCI has been called on to install a variety of deep foundations each with their individual characteristics.  To date FCI has installed various deep foundations including Class 140 Alt "X" Pre-Cast Pre-Stressed (PCPS) Concrete Piling, 12.75" EDTTEX Piling, PZC 26 Sheet Piling, and 12x84 H-Piling at a batter ratio of 1:1. FCI has recently completed installation of PCPS Piling for the 12 th Street Bridge Abutments and Wingwalls allowing traffic to be re-directed for remaining phases of our work.  In ..... read more

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"The Fred Cavin Foreman Safety Award" is an annual award recognizing the dedication, leadership, and safety on which Fred Cavin founded this company. The Annual Fred Cavin Foreman Safety award winner for 2011 goes to Pile Driving Foreman Darren Riddle. This year is Darren's 6 th year with Foundation.  Thank you for your dedication, loyalty, leadership, teamwork, and commitment to safety. Darren embraces Foundation's safety program and encourages his crews to 'work safe and work smart'.  Darren motivates the entire Foundation team to work together to make the project not only safe, but also productive for Foundation and the client. Congratulations and Thank You, Darren Riddle! read more

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Congratulations to Foundation Constructors employees for 4 years safe without a 'lost time' accident.  As of December 21, 2011, FCI has 1460 safe days without a 'lost time' accident, quite an impressive accomplishment!   Foundation celebrated this accomplishment at our 2011 Awards Dinner.    Thank you to the entire Foundation Team for working safe every day! read more

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HIGH CAPACITY TUBEX PILES   Project: UCSF Building, 19A Location: University of California San Francisco 16th Street & Owens Street Contractor: Clark Construction   Construction of a new research facility at the cutting edge UCSF campus in Mission Bay required the use of quiet piles at depths as long as 130’. Our 16X22 Tubex pile provided the most cost effective solution with a 1,320 kip ultimate capacity pile founded in bedrock.   Project: Neuroscience Laboratory and Clinical Research Building 19A Location: UCSF Mission Bay Campus block 19A Contractor: Clark Construction Group Geotechnical Engineering Consultant: Treadwell and Rollo Pile: Tubex 16.375 pipe, 22” tip, 6,000 psi concrete Soil Profile: 10’ fill, 60’ Bay Mud, 10’ Colma, 20’ Old Bay Clay,    Ultimate Pile Capacity: 1,320 kips     ..... read more

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"The Fred Cavin Foreman Safety Award" is an annual award recognizing the dedication, leadership and safety on which Fred Cavin founded this company.   The Annual Fred Cavin Foreman Safety award winner for 2009 goes to Pile Driving Foreman Rick Reyna. This year, Rick Reyna is celebration his 25th year with Foundation. Thank you for your dedication, loyalty, leadership and safe teamwork. Rick's safety attitude brings inspiration and motivation to the Foundation team everyday! Rick encourages his fellow co-workers; from the operating engineer's to Foundation's management to the young pile driving apprentices to the journeymen and everyone in between, raising the level of safety awareness within our workforce. Rick encourages his crews to 'work safe and work smart' . Rick has a way of bringing the Foundation team together making his project's safe AND productive for Foundation and our clients.   As of 1/22/2010 - 794 Safe Days without a lost time ..... read more

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I would like to Congratulate Foundation Constructors, Inc. employees for their STELLAR Safety Record; as of 1/15/2010 - 787 safe days - without a 'lost time' incident.   December 21, 2009, was a milestone for Foundation; 730 safe days - Two years without a 'lost time' incident. AMAZING!!!    Big thanks and much appreciation to the Foundation Team for making it happen SAFELY everyday!!! The Foundation Foremen, General Superintendents and Project Manager; leading the charge for the pile driving industry and Foundation's forces.   Posted By: Jennifer Jones, Construction Coordinator, Foundation Constructors, Inc.       read more

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Foundation pile driving installs over 750 8 x 15 H pile for solar project at a blazing pace (see video). For further information regarding this specific project please check out the Solar Panel Project on our  Showcase Projects page.   Posted by: John Honaker, General Superintendent, Foundation Constructors, Inc. read more

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Pre-Cast Concrete piles 105-feet long x 14-inch square driven at a 3:1 batter with a D-46 diesel impact hammer. The crane is a Manitowoc 4000 with 150-feet of boom and using 130-feet of PileCo U-32" leader.                                                                         Tripping the D-46.   D-46 in action.   Posted By: Don Dolly, President, Foundation Constructors, Inc. read more

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