SPEEDECK Foundations: design and build piled raft specialists

Since 2014, SPEEDECK Foundations has designed and built engineered foundations for housebuilders, developers, main contractors and the care and later-living sector across Southern England and the Midlands.

Our in-house geotechnical and structural engineers design what our own crews install, so one contract covers your whole substructure: ground assessment, design, piling and the reinforced concrete raft. One SPEEDECK package can replace up to five separate trades, from the piling contractor and precast suppliers to the substructure bricklayer, and consulting engineer. That means one programme, one point of contact and one party responsible for the foundation.

We use finite element analysis at tender stage to remove over-engineering, typically using up to 25% less concrete. Every design is warranty-compliant with NHBC, LABC and Premier Guarantee, we have had zero PI claims since 2014, and 72% of our work comes from repeat clients. We take on projects of 250m² and above. Recent projects include 42 homes at Templars Green, Baldock and an apartment block beside a live railway at Latimer Road, Wokingham.

Our solutions

1. Piled raft foundations: our core specialism. Piles and a reinforced concrete raft that also forms the ground floor, removing ground beams, deep trenches and suspended floors on poor or variable ground.
2. Raft foundations: FEA-optimised reinforced concrete rafts where ground conditions allow, without piling.
3. Design and build foundation packages: everything from ground investigation review to completion under a single contract, designed to your warranty provider's requirements.
4. Challenging ground: engineered solutions for shrinkable clay and tree influence (including heave protection), Made Ground and brownfield sites, high groundwater, and sites next to railways.
5. Working platforms: concrete working platforms in place of a granular piling mat, reducing imported aggregate and giving a cleaner, safer base for piling.