HOME       Foundation Inspection Glossary of Foundation Terms Recent Project Highlights   FOUNDATION REPAIR   Horizontal Crack Repair Improper Horizontal Repair Underpinning and Releveling Foundation Replacement  DEEP FOUNDATIONS  Helical Piles Resistive Piers Drilled Piers   RETAINING WALL   & HILLSIDE ISSUES New Retaining Walls Retaining Wall Fortification Walls with Limited Access Landslide Repair Hillside Stabilization Hillside Road Repair Hillside Additions   COMMERCIAL PROJECTS   Mega Foundations Post-tensioned Concrete More Commercial Projects   FOR ENGINEERS   Liquefaction? Problem Solved Typical Helical Specs   CAREERS & CONTACT   Personnel Careers at Avalon Avalon Supports the Famous Rockettes		LIQUEFACTION SOLVED A large commercial building was to be placed over a thick liquefiable layer of soil. Avalon provided a very cost-effective solution to these troublesome and soils with 5 1/2 inch helical piles installed with our excavator. Here the 5 1/2 inch helical piles are being installed deep into the earth, past the liquefaction zone, and to the engineered capacity. Avalon worked in consultation with the helical pile designer, Magnum Piering, to determine the optimum pile type and configuration, all of which had to be duly derated to account for the unbraced column passing through the liquefiable layer. Ready for rebar and concrete. Project Engineer: Sarkiss Noravian, SE Matthew Rechenmacher, PE Soils Engineer: Vien Vo, PE Silicon Valley Soil Engineering Pile engineering and supply by:Magnum Piering Avalon Structural, Inc. 181 Ridgeview Drive Aptos, CA 95003 (831) 479-4389 (office) info@avalonstructural.com Copyright © 2015 Avalon Structural, Inc. All Rights Reserved CA License 677116 Classifications:  B, C-8 Avalon is a general building contracting firm and does not employ engineers.