Green Technology

Voted a Top Ten Green Building Product by Greenspec® of Environmental Building News in 2002, the Diamond Pier™ has been at the forefront of site impact reduction design and innovation for more than a decade.  Using the Diamond Pier DP-100 to support residential structures reduces concrete use by 70 to 80%, and by eliminating excavation, dramatically reduces the carbon footprint of conventional construction, saves precious topsoil, and preserves natural drainage.

The foundation is simple and quick to install, with no site grading or special skills, and creates a wood skirted, vented crawl space or open post and beam superstructure, supported on the piers. This superstructure can stand alone, or be integrated with slab on grade garage construction, and can be constructed in most native penetrable soils.

With soils information from a local geotech, an engineer’s stamped pier capacity can be provided for most states in the US.  With this information, the residential architect or engineer can space the piers accordingly on their design drawings, once the framing layout and load paths are known.

Contact Pin Foundations direct for capacity engineering, connection details, and pricing.