Sub-surface Risk

Challenging soils have met their match

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Soil experts with 11,000+ pull tests completed in 40 states

Eliminate refusal risk

Refusal is when a pile cannot be installed to a specific embedment depth

Unpredictable refusal can have a signficant impact on budget and timelines

Soils with high refusal risk include rock, ledge, silt, clay, cobble, sand, coral, and bedrock

Beat the freeze

Frost heave is the upward swelling of soil caused by the formation of ice

Learn solid foundation strategies for mitigating frost heave

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Frost heave can cause displaced foundations resulting in huge remediation costs and significant downtime

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Common in the Northeast and Midwest, frost heave can occur anywhere there are freezing temperatures for a prolonged period of time

Beat the freeze

Frost heave is the upward swelling of soil caused by the formation of ice

Learn solid foundation strategies for mitigating frost heave

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Frost heave can cause displaced foundations resulting in huge remediation costs and significant downtime

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Common in the Northeast and Midwest, frost heave can occur anywhere there are freezing temperatures for a prolonged period of time

Your foundation
for solar success

Reliable results in unreliable conditions

Learn the value of Terrasmart ground screws

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Ground screws designed for zero refusal and frost heave risk

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Unmatched experience with 2M+
screws installed and a 15-year track
record in the field

Solutions that de-risk soil challenges

Foundations for any soil

Screws vs. piles

Compare what foundation
is better for your site
conditions

Hear from
our experts

Select the right foundation
for different land types

Learn more about our foundation portfolio >

Hands on experience
in the dirt

Read our case studies from
over a decade in the field

BE Pines

48.6 MW
Pennsylvania
Rocky soil

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Hampden

6.77 MW
Maine
Rocky soil, 53″ frost depth

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Sangerfield

6.5 MW
New York
Underground drainage tiles

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Rumford

6.77 MW
Maine
Rocky soil, 50″ frost depth

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Desmond Heyes

7.3 MW
Massachusetts
Rocky soil, drainage swales

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Moapa

353 MW
Nevada
Caliche soil, limestone, & sand

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Meet our experts

Chase Anderson

Director of Product Development

Dave Valenti

Lead Engineer

Ben Share

Sr. Project Engineer