Western Foundations & Shoring, Inc. was contracted by Kitchell Contractors to design and construct a temporary shoring system to support the basement excavation of the new Scripps Mercy MD Anderson Cancer Center for Scripps Heath in San Diego, California. The design-build system for this new building consisted of 8,300 square feet of soldier piles, timber…
The Owner desired a large observation deck along backside of existing General Store Building to provide customers a serene lake environment for dining and lounging. We drilled 30” diameter piers from 17’ to 27’ deep on a 3:1 sloping bank reaching 15’ out over existing lake. Drilling wasn’t easy, we encountered wet soft caving silts…
The Homeowners of this custom backyard wanted a nice large pool with a beautiful view of the lake in Alpine, CA. The pool caissons ranged in size from 24″, 30″, 36″ and 42″ diameter with various depths. We encountered difficult caisson drilling conditions with large boulders, hard rock lenses and groundwater. The shafts were extremely…
This particular project had tough drilling conditions while reaching over an existing wall to install the soldier beams for shoring. This temporary shoring wall project was considered a remodel since 50% of the walls were remaining intact. The existing stud walls had to remain in place throughout the course of construction. Our design and construction…
The Owners of this custom project wanted a nice large pool with a beautiful view of the La Jolla coast. The caissons were various sizes from 24″ to 48″ diameter with various depths through difficult drilling conditions. We encountered large boulders and hard lenses in the soil. The caissons were formed above grade with column…
The Geotechnical Engineers did not approve of the existing site soils for new construction. Therefore, drilled shafts were placed in various locations and backfilled with concrete to provide a firm foundation. The smaller size drill rig used on the project was economical and efficient. Another successful custom drilling project….while helping a fellow Contractor complete their…
This residential project located in La Jolla required small access equipment and we had the perfect size drill rig to get the job done. There were 12 caissons 24″ diameter by various depths for a retaining wall and future deck support. Custom drilling needed to be performed in 2 phases due to the limited access….
Our design and construction team worked collectively constructing this temporary shoring and underpinning system to support an existing historic house and adjacent properties during the excavation and construction of a 7,000 square foot basement addition. The residential shoring system consisted of cantilevered soldier piles with timber lagging installed in caving wet sands/silts/clays. The underpinning system was…
Our expert team designed a temporary shoring system consisting of soldier piles, timber lagging and tieback anchors to support existing active passenger/freight railroad traffic during construction of a replacement bridge. We encountered many obstacles during the design and construction of this temporary shoring project. Challenges experienced during this bridge shoring project included implementing specific railroad…
This temporary shoring installation project had very limited access with low overhead restrictions and limited width entry. We designed a unique shoring system to facilitate installation and safe working conditions. This shoring construction project for UCSD was performed on schedule with no damage to any existing pipes or equipment. See more examples of our shoring…