Drill rig and loader working on an open job site

Capabilities

The ability and the crew
to finish it

C & M Foundations has the skills and equipment to procure and finish all of your upcoming foundation projects — start to finish, with our own iron.

12 in – 14 ftCaisson diameter
100 ft+Drilled depth
3Shoring methods
0TIRI since founding
Full-length rebar cage being lifted into position

01 — Drilled Caissons

Drilled shafts, any ground

We have the ability and crew to install drilled caissons from 12 inches to 14 feet in diameter and over 100 feet deep, in clay, sand, rock and boulder-laden soils.

  • 12 in to 14 ft finished shaft diameter
  • Depths beyond 100 ft
  • Slurry shoring, steel casing or dry hole method
  • Cage fabrication, setting and concrete placement
Completed foundation supporting a steel monopole

02 — Direct Embedment

Poles set plumb, set fast

Where site conditions allow, direct embedment is the quickest path from hole to energized structure. We drill, set, plumb and backfill to spec with the same crew and the same standard as our drilled shaft work.

  • Augered and cased embedment holes
  • Setting, plumbing and alignment to survey
  • Engineered backfill and compaction
  • Distribution and transmission structures
Crew setting an anchor bolt template in an excavation

03 — Pad & Pier Foundations

Anchor bolts where the drawing says

Tower and equipment foundations live and die on the bolt circle. We set templates to survey, tie steel, form and place concrete so the ironworkers behind us never lose a day.

  • Anchor bolt cages set to tight tolerance
  • Pier, spread and mat pad configurations
  • Formwork, rebar and finishing self-performed
  • Lattice tower, monopole and equipment support
Finished slab-on-grade foundation formed and poured

04 — Slab-on-Grade

Flat work that holds up

We focus on industrial construction. That focus has led us to create the necessary tools, forms and equipment to produce high quality concrete structures in a volume-driven, yet safe work environment.

  • Control buildings and equipment shelters
  • Transformer and breaker pads
  • Sub-grade prep, forming and reinforcement
  • Finished and cured to industrial spec

Drilling Methods

Three ways to hold a hole open

The soil decides the method. We carry the tooling for all three so a change in ground conditions doesn't become a change order in the schedule.

METHOD 01

Slurry Shoring

Mineral or polymer slurry keeps the shaft stable through caving sands and saturated ground, with concrete displacing the slurry on placement.

METHOD 02

Steel Casing

Temporary or permanent casing advanced ahead of the tool for boulder-laden and unstable formations — and pulled clean during the pour.

METHOD 03

Dry Hole

Where competent clay or rock stands on its own, the fastest and cleanest option — straight auger, inspect, cage and pour.

Large diameter augers and drilling tools loaded on a flatbed trailer

Our Iron

We own what we run

We maintain our own drills, excavators, loaders and lifting equipment to perform all aspects of the work associated with caissons, direct embedment, pad/pier foundations and slab-on-grade foundations.

Our experience and resources allow us to provide our customers with the best available construction methods. When a site throws something unusual at us, we can create and manufacture the tools and equipment to solve it.

  • Company-owned drill rigs and augers
  • Excavators, loaders and lifting equipment
  • In-house tool and form fabrication
  • Crews mobilized throughout the country
Two C & M Foundations crew members on a job site

Safety

Satisfaction guaranteed,
with safety in mind

Our safety record is second to none — a TIRI of 0 since founding the company. We are 100% committed to a safe work environment, and that commitment is what lets us run a volume-driven operation without cutting a corner.

  • TIRI of 0 since day one
  • Daily job hazard analysis on every site
  • Purpose-built tooling in place of improvised rigging
  • Crews trained across every method we run

Project Gallery

From the field

Caissons, cages, bolt circles and finished foundations across cell tower, substation and powerline work.

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