What Foundation Technologies does

Foundation Technologies, Inc. is a U.S.-based distributor of deep foundation construction products, founded in 1986 and headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with a second distribution center in Henderson, Nevada. The company primarily represents the CHANCE brand of helical piles and anchors and supplements this core line with proprietary and complementary products including ShaftSpacer rebar centralizers, Yellow Jacket friction reduction pile sleeves (patent-protected), MANTA RAY and Duckbill earth anchors, ProFound drill tips, Sonitec CSL testing tubes, CETCO Shore Pac drilling fluids, Slickcoat anti-friction coatings, ATLAS Resistance Push Piers, and Pileworks large-diameter helical piles. The product portfolio spans solid square shaft helical piles, round shaft open steel pipe piles, micropiles, tieback anchors, soil screws, and pile sleeves covering applications from new construction foundations and underpinning to earth retention, tiedowns, marine/seawall anchoring, and solar installations.

The company serves five primary customer segments: contractors (commercial and residential), structural and geotechnical engineers, energy and utility companies, marine and coastal construction firms, and pipeline and utility operators. Foundation Technologies generates revenue through three streams: hardware product sales of deep foundation materials, professional engineering support services (feasibility studies, product selection, design assistance, HeliCAP software support), and paid training and certification programs ($150 engineering seminars, full-day contractor trainings leading to certified CHANCE installer status). Distribution is conducted via direct sales to contractors and engineers, a certified installer channel partner network, and partnerships with Pileworks (large-diameter piles) and Dextra America (Sonitec CSL tubes).

The go-to-market emphasizes technical education and relationship-building, with one-day engineering seminars held across nine U.S. cities in 2026, Lunch & Learn programs, contractor training and certification, toll-free phone support with one business-day response time, and a comprehensive technical resource library. The company holds VA CVE certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status, giving it preferential access to federal set-aside contracts. Founded and led by Frank Queen (Owner, Founder & CEO), Foundation Technologies operates as a privately held, independent distribution business with no parent company, subsidiaries, or disclosed institutional investment.

Name

Foundation Technologies

Legal name

Foundation Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://foundationtechnologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Foundation Technologies is a U.S. distributor of CHANCE helical foundation systems and complementary deep foundation products, serving contractors, engineers, energy/utilities, marine, and pipeline customers through direct sales, certified installer channels, and engineering support services from facilities in Lawrenceville, GA and Henderson, NV.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Deep Foundation Construction Materials

NAICS

Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors (2381)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Piling & Deep Foundations (Driven, Bored, CFA, Micropiles) (IMAFAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shallow Foundations & Ground Support (Footings, Rafts, Ground Beams) (IMAFAOAB), Foundations & Geotechnical Works (Piles, Anchors, Ground Improvement) (EUAMAFAB), Foundations, Anchors & Guying Systems (helical piles, anchors, guys, grounding anchors) (EUADADAG)

Keywords

• Helical pile distribution
• Deep foundation products
• Earth anchor systems
• Construction engineering support
• Foundation construction materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Lawrenceville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Foundation Product Sales: Sale of deep foundation products including helical piles, anchors, rebar centralizers, drilling fluids, pile sleeves, and related construction materials. Products are sold to contractors and engineers for various applications including new construction, repair, and solar installations.
2. Engineering Support Services: Professional engineering services including feasibility studies, product selection assistance, project design support, budget development, and construction document assistance. These services support product sales and help customers select appropriate materials.
3. Training and Certification Programs: Paid engineering seminars ($150 per attendee with early bird and group discounts available) and contractor training programs. Certification for CHANCE® installers generates revenue and builds channel partnerships.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Foundation Technologies distributes deep foundation construction products, primarily representing the CHANCE® brand of helical piles, anchors, underpinning systems, and micropiles, alongside complementary proprietary lines (ShaftSpacer®, Yellow Jacket®, MANTA RAY®, ProFound®, Slickcoat®, Sonitec®). The company sells physical foundation hardware to contractors and engineers for new construction, repair, underpinning, earth retention, tiedowns, and solar installations, and backs the products with engineering support services (feasibility studies, design assistance, HeliCAP software) and paid contractor training/certification programs.

Product overview

Foundation Technologies is a distributor of deep foundation construction products, primarily representing the CHANCE® brand of helical piles and anchors along with complementary construction materials. The product portfolio centers on helical deep foundation systems (CHANCE® Helical Piles, Helical Pulldown Micropiles, Helical Anchors, Helical Tieback Anchors, Soil Screws, ATLAS Resistance Push Piers, and Pileworks Large Diameter Helical Piles) which form the core product line. These are supplemented by percussion-driven earth anchors (Manta Ray® and Duckbill®), drilling fluids (CETCO Shore Pac®), drilled shaft rebar centralizers (ShaftSpacer®, BARBOOT®, CageCaster®, UniSpacer™, Hairpin™, Cage Clips), displacement pile drill tips (ProFound®), friction reduction solutions (Yellow Jacket® Pile Sleeves, Slickcoat® Coating), nondestructive testing (Sonitec® CSL Tubes), shoring products (ProFound® Anchor Chairs), and above-grade pier reveal systems (Pile Cans™, Concrete Forms™). The company operates as a distributor rather than manufacturer, providing technical engineering support, design assistance, and contractor training alongside its material supply business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHANCE® Helical Piles Foundation Anchor System Deep foundation system using steel shaft piles with helical plates that are rotated into the ground to support structures in both compression and tension applications. Sold to contractors and engineers for new construction, underpinning, earth retention, and tiedown projects.
• CHANCE® Helical Pulldown® Micropiles Small-diameter helical piles (5–12 inches) integrated with portland cement-based grout, providing compression loads from 20,000 to 400,000 lbs per pile for sites with weak surface soil. Patented in 1997.
• CHANCE® Helical Underpinning Foundation stabilization system providing high-capacity piles/piers to stop settling and cracking of residential, commercial, and industrial structures through deep underpinning.
• CHANCE® Helical Anchors Uplift restraint solution using screw anchor foundations with square shaft and helical bearing plates to resist tensile loading in earth anchoring applications.
• CHANCE® Helical Tieback Anchors Retaining wall anchoring systems providing horizontal reinforcement and stabilization with capacities up to 200,000 lbs per anchor for permanent and temporary structures.
• CHANCE® Soil Screws Soil nail retention wall system that reinforces earth in conjunction with shotcrete facing, acting in bearing mode rather than friction mode like grouted anchors.
• ATLAS Resistance® Push Piers Hydraulically pushed steel pipe pier segments used to restore and stabilize structures that have settled due to soil problems, utilizing the weight of the structure as the reaction system.
• Pileworks® Large Diameter Helical Piles High-capacity steel foundation systems with shaft diameter range of 5.5" to 24" designed for utility-scale, energy, industrial, and heavy commercial applications. Manufactured in the USA with BABA compliance and domestically sourced steel.
• Manta Ray® Earth Anchors Percussion-driven earth anchors with patented tipping-plate design used to resist tensile loads up to 20 tons, made of galvanized ductile iron with chiseled-tooth leading edge for penetration in various soil conditions from swamps to decomposed rock to asphalt.
• Duckbill® Earth Anchors Lightweight percussion-driven earth anchors for tensile loads up to 5,000 lbs, featuring self-activating toggle action that rotates 90 degrees upon load application to lock against undisturbed soil.
• CETCO Shore Pac® Polymer Slurry Water-soluble polymer granular powder for creating viscous drilling fluids and slurries, designed for geo-construction applications including drilling, trenching, and walling with NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certification.
• ShaftSpacer® Rebar Wheel Plastic spacer wheel guide and alignment system for lateral positioning and centralization of rebar reinforcement cages within caissons and drilled shafts, ensuring proper spacing requirements are met. Available in multiple models with various cover depths and diameters.
• BARBOOT® Rebar Supports Plastic rebar supports that stabilize reinforcement cages at the base of drilled shaft foundations, maintaining proper clearance and helping protect against corrosion at rebar ends.
• CageCaster® Rebar Cage Spacers Heavy-duty steel frame rebar centralizers with solid HDPE wheels for centralizing heavy reinforcing steel cages within drilled shafts, rock sockets, and battered drilled shafts.
• UniSpacer™ Single Bar Centralizer Guide and alignment system for centralizing single bar reinforcement within augercast piles, tiebacks, and soil anchors prior to or after concrete/grout placement.
• Hairpin™ Wheel Spacer Extender Rebar spacer extender designed to work with ShaftSpacer® wheels to achieve eccentric spacing requirements or meet seismic design considerations without requiring oversized wheels.
• Cage Clips Heavy-duty snap-on cage spacers for close coil bar configuration that snap over 2 coil bars spaced 2"–4" with extra large options up to 7", allowing maximum slurry flow and coverage.
• ProFound® Drill Tips Engineered drill tips for drilled displacement piles designed to increase drilling efficiency by 40%, manufactured to ISO 9001:2015 standards from gray and ductile iron. Made from 100% recycled materials producing 3x fewer CO2 emissions.
• Yellow Jacket® Friction Reduction Pile Sleeve Patent-protected prefabricated friction reduction pile sleeve (U.S. Patent # 9,903,086) that creates a slip plane between settling abutment backfill and bridge abutment piles, reducing downdrag force by approximately 60%.
• Yellow Jacket® Solar Pile Sleeve Prefabricated pile sleeve for solar panel W piles that creates a slip plane between the pile and surrounding soil to prevent frost jacking damage, available for W6 and W8 size wide flange sections.
• Slickcoat® Anti-Friction Coating Abrasion-resistant silicone epoxy anti-friction coating applied to piles prior to driving to reduce negative skin friction and downdrag, with excellent bond-breaking characteristics and water-based, non-hazardous formulation.
• Sonitec® CSL Tube Testing Pipe The only steel pipe system specifically designed and manufactured for Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) concrete testing, featuring unique Push-Fit design weighing less than one-third of traditional schedule 40 pipe. Over 50 million feet used on 400+ projects worldwide since 1999, compliant with ASTM D6760.
• ProFound® Anchor Chairs and Beams Cost-effective cast tieback termination alternative to traditional wedge plates, bearing plates, and welded assemblies, offering pre-engineered strength and angle variability with ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing using select grades of gray and ductile iron.
• Pile Cans™ Steel protective covers for finishing augercast piles above grade, made of 26 Gauge galvanized steel with self-locking seam for quick assembly in under 10 seconds. Available in stock sizes from 12" to 24" diameter.
• Concrete Forms™ Above Grade Reveals Modular steel form systems for creating clean, uniform above-grade concrete pier reveals in transmission and energy infrastructure work, made from 14 GA cold rolled steel with reusable stackable design.
• Engineering Support Services Professional engineering services including feasibility studies, product selection assistance, project design support, budget development, and construction document assistance for foundation projects. Provided to engineer and contractor customers alongside product sales.
• Engineering Seminars & Contractor Training Programs Paid one-day engineering seminars ($150 per attendee with early bird and group discounts) teaching helical pile design and application across multiple US cities, plus full-day contractor trainings that lead to Certified CHANCE Installer status with installation training, equipment support, and ongoing certification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce downdrag force by approximately 60%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Dextra AmericacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFoundation Technologies partnered with Dextra America to offer Sonitec CSL tubes - the only steel pipe system specifically designed and manufactured for Crosshole Sonic Logging concrete testing. Both domestic and import Sonitec tubes are available and ready to ship where needed.
• PileworkscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFTI partnered with Pileworks to distribute large-diameter helical piles of 5.5" to 24" diameter for utility-scale, energy, industrial, and heavy commercial projects. Pileworks manufactures high-capacity helical piles in the United States using domestically sourced steel meeting BABA requirements.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PierTech Systems: Manufacturer and distributor of helical piers and helical pile systems serving the same contractor and engineer customer base as Foundation Technologies. Direct competitor in helical foundation product distribution and engineering support.
• Foundation Supportworks: National network of foundation repair contractors using helical piers and push piers. Comparable in serving the underpinning/foundation repair segment with similar product categories and engineer/contractor customer base.
• Techno Metal Post: Manufacturer and installer of helical screw piles serving residential, commercial, and agricultural foundation markets. Comparable product line and customer base to Foundation Technologies' residential and light commercial helical pile business.
• GoliathTech: Manufacturer and installer of helical piles and screw piles for residential and commercial foundation applications. Direct competitor to Foundation Technologies' CHANCE® helical pile offerings in underpinning and new construction.
• Earth Contact Products (ECP): Manufacturer and distributor of steel push piers, helical piers, and foundation repair products. Directly comparable to Foundation Technologies' ATLAS Resistance® Push Piers and CHANCE® Helical Underpinning product lines.

Emerging players

• SunModo: Manufacturer of solar racking and ground-mount systems including pile foundations for utility-scale and commercial solar. Comparable in serving the solar foundation market that Foundation Technologies addresses with helical piles, Yellow Jacket® Solar Pile Sleeves, and Slickcoat® coating.
• Atlas Piers: Distributor/installer of helical piers and foundation repair products. Comparable product portfolio in the underpinning and foundation repair segment served by Foundation Technologies.

Broad incumbents

• Hubbell Power Systems (CHANCE Civil Construction): Hubbell owns and manufactures the CHANCE® brand of helical piles and anchors that Foundation Technologies distributes. As the upstream manufacturer, Hubbell is the most directly comparable peer in product line and category, though it operates at much larger scale and as a manufacturer rather than distributor.
• Earth Anchoring Suppliers (MacLean Power Systems / A.B. Chance Civil): Manufacturer of earth anchoring products including helical and driven anchors for utility transmission, distribution, and substation applications. Comparable in serving the T&D/utility foundation segment that Foundation Technologies addresses with helical tieback and guy anchors.
• White Cap (Construction Supply Holdings): National distributor of construction supplies including concrete, foundation, and specialty products to contractors. Broad incumbent competing for the same contractor customer base as Foundation Technologies, though not specialized in helical deep foundations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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