ground beam of building

GROUND BEAMS
Here at Performance Foundations we can provide you with
traditional or piled ground beams for any building project you
may have, such as, an extension, single plot or multiple plots. By
having ground beams installed you can improve construction programmes by reducing poor ground conditions.
Ground Beams are designed to support brick/blockwork or to form a permanent shutter to the edge of insitu
concrete floor slab. The amount of reinforcement introduced into the design will be used to suit specific loading
requirements and the beams can be designed to withstand any heave forces with the use of void forming or
compressible materials.
Installation may require piling, then once that is complete we excavate the ground to a width and depth required
by your design or shuttered above ground. Reinforcement is then placed and the pile reinforcement tied into the
ground beam. After inspection by the relevant authorities the beam will be concreted.
FLOOR STABILISATION
In situations where industrial floors and yards are subject to excessive loading, we can improve the loadbearing
properties of the surface by pile insertion. This is a quick and clean process and causes minimal disruption to
your business.
To support existing concrete ground floor slabs, we can install a permanent pile casing in a pre-bored hole to a
calculated 'set' to carry the working loads. Piles are installed at designed centres and constructed to support the
existing concrete slab by means of an enlarged head at the top of the pile.