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VERANDAS AND PERGOLAS

SOLAR INDUSTRY

SIGNAGE INDUSTRY

DOMESTIC – FULLY ADJUSTABLE STUMP ASSEMBLY

CUSTOM SUREFOOT – MARINE

www.surefootafrica.com

• Housing industry• Energy Industry• Playground

equipment• Communication

industry• Signage industry• Tethering industry• Portal frame

construction• Defence industry• Banner & Flag

industry• Temporary structures• Slab stabilization

& under pinning

• Event industry• Shade sail

industry• Lighting industry• Retaining walls

& sound barriers• Decking and

boardwalks• Mining industry• Bus shelters• Fencing• Stock yards• Green

construction• Bridge• Solar Industry

Applicationsi n d u s t r i e sToday Surefoot is used in a wide range of applications and industries locally and internationally. We can engineer and customise the Surefoot to your unique application.

135 Briza Road, Table View, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa Phone: +27 21 556 4064Fax: +27 86 608 [email protected]

www.surefootafrica.comDEMOUNTABLES

A great cost saving could be achieved if you specify steel or deep beam bearers and joists combined with Surefoot. You may achieve a 50 % reduction in stump quantity in comparison to a traditional timber subfloor. This equates to onsite time and labour cost savings. Depending upon project size and site conditions, the Surefoot footing could be installed in the morning and subfloor frame installed in the afternoon!

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Surefoot systemSurefoot is an “all in one system”, where the unique shape and high strength steel combines to create a very efficient pile cap. Once piles are driven and the cap secured, the opposing forces of the multi directional piles provides a solid, stable and economical foundation. The system is designed to increase its efficiency when resisting gravity, uplift, shear and moment loads. Ultimately the soil structure absorbs the applied stress. Our footing system is job specific and is designed according to site and soil conditions, structural design loads etc.

Engineering principlesSurefoot engineering principles are based on piling technology using a combination of skin friction and bearing to achieve load capacities in various soil types. Design capacity calculations are based on the working stress method, using refined geotechnical data obtained throughout time, for skin friction and bearing pressure.

Compliance – Design and certificationThe system is compliant with the following Australian standards and codes of practice which form part of the Building Codes of Australia. AS2870 – 2011 Residential slabs and footings, AS/NZS 1170.2 – 2011 Structural design actions and wind actions, AS/NZS 4600 – 2005 Cold formed steel structures, AS 2159 – 2009 Piling design and installation, AS 4100 – 1998 steel structures.

South African approvals are in progress with NHBRC & CSIR.

Pile recordA pile record must be kept for each footing and once completed, returned to the consulting Engineer. Documents will be supplied on request.

Wind categoriesSurefoot can be installed in all wind categories.

Bolting pattern:140 centres x 4 x 22mm holes

Driving pins:4 x 32nb (nominal bore) 42.4OD Galvanised pipeLight, Medium, Heavy

Load capacity: Up to 90kN

Average installation time: 10 minutes approx.

Bolting pattern:140 centres x 4 x 22 slotted holes



Average installation time:15 minutes

Bolting pattern:140 centres x 4 x 22mm slotted holes 233–250 PCD x 4 x 22mm holes

Driving pins:4 or 6 x 32nb (nominal bore)42.4OD Galvanised pipe Light, Medium, Heavy


Average installation time: 15 minutes

Bolting pattern:233–250 PCD x 4 x 22mm holes350–400 PCD x 4 x 26mm holes

Driving pins:8 or 12 x 32nb (nominal bore)42.4OD Galvanised pipeLight, Medium, Heavy

Load capacity: Up to 220kN – SF400Up to 300kN – SF500

Average installation time:25–30 minutes

Bolting pattern:233–250 PCD x 4 x 22mm holes 350–400 PCD x 4 x 26mm holes 432–500 PCD x 8 x 32mm holes

Driving pins:16 x 32nb (nominal bore)42.4OD Galvanised pipe Light, Medium, Heavy


Average installation time: 40 minutes

Environmental impactEmbodied energy is the total energy required for the extraction, processing, manufacture and delivery of building materials to the building site. Energy consumption produces CO2, which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Source: Your Home technical manual – Lawson buildings, materials, energy and the environment (1996) www.yourhome.gov.au

Biodiversity on siteSurefoot helps avoid unnecessary disturbance to vegetation and soil and responds to the natural topography of a site eliminating the use of heavy machinery to install foundations. This saves energy, preserves natural drainage patterns and prevents soil erosion and sediment run offs from waste spoil. Excessive excavation can damage the ecological integrity of the site and disturb groundwater zones.

Waste minimisationSurefoot reduces on site waste such as excess concrete and spoil from foundations. This waste in most cases is transported off site which adds to the total embodied energy of a building and CO2 emissions.

Recycling Surefoot makes every attempt to source its steel from environmentally focused suppliers who use up to 90% recycled steel as part of their manufacturing processes. At the end of a building’s design life Surefoot can be removed from the ground and recycled back into its raw form to produce other steel products.

Concrete Embodied Energy928.02 MJ

Surefoot Embodied Energy719.72 MJ

Surefoot vs Concrete

CONCRETE SUREFOOT

Fixed costs No Yes

Excavations required Yes No

Dirt or soil removal off site or relocation on site Yes No

Engineering Inspection required Yes No

Concrete pump required Yes No

Propping materials for setting up posts Yes No

Gravel for bottom of post holes Yes No

Instant bearing capacity of foundations so your work can

continue same dayNo Yes

Workplace health & safety risk HIGH LOW

Total installation time LONG SHORT

Rain delays – post holes full of water Yes No

Number of trades and materials required to organise

UP TO 10 2

Access issues for machinery & materials Yes No

Environmentally friendly No Yes

Reestablishment of landscape required Yes No

Adjustable in both plumb and level after your

foundation is installedNo Yes

“Surefoot’s aim is to inform all industries that there are better,

faster, cleaner and easier alternatives than using

concrete.”

“Surefoot is at the forefront of design and innovative, environmentally

friendly footing systems”

ResidentialSF50Bolting pattern:147 x 3 x 16mm holes



Average installation time: 10 minutes approx.

Modular home Victoria

ResidentialSF150

CommercialSF200 CommercialSF300

CommercialSF600CommercialSF400/500

ACCESSORIES

Adjustable universal topbracket with angle2x M12 bolt

1

4x M20 – 8.8 grade nuts, bolts and washers

5

Surefoot

6

75x75 / 90x90 / 100x100SHS or timber stumpsAdjustable to suit

2

32NB galvanised pipeLight, Medium, Heavy

7

Adjustable universal base bracket with angleM20/M12 bolt

3

12mmAdjustable base plate

4

JackhammerDriver

8

4 4 wayadjustability

+/– 100mm

7 6 Rotate any-where on the Surefoot plate. Use 4xSeries 500 Tek to secure or via M20 bolt.

FULLY ADJUSTABLE

1

2

3

45

6

Tekscrew2 each

+/–

50m

m

120mm

167mm

120m

m

PlumbInternalM20Bolt

120mm

167mm

120m

m

1

2

3

6

Tekscrew2 each

InternalM20Bolt

SEMI ADJUSTABLE