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Ford Foundation Drilling LLC drills CIDH piles, caissons, soldier piles and tiebacks for general contractors, engineers and property owners across the Los Angeles area, on prevailing wage and private projects.
What we do at Ford Foundation Drilling
Ford Foundation Drilling LLC is a licensed foundation drilling and shoring contractor based in Los Angeles. We drill the shafts, place the reinforcing steel and pour the concrete for deep foundations, and we build the shoring that holds an excavation open while the structure goes in. We are set up for hillsides and tight lots, with three rigs sized to fit them.
Our core services
Caisson drilling
Caissons and grade beams for hillside homes, additions, decks, pools and retaining walls.
CIDH piles
Cast-in-drilled-hole piles for general contractors and public works. Drilling, reinforcing steel and concrete under one subcontract.
Soldier pile shoring
Temporary and permanent soldier pile and lagging walls, design-build or from your engineer's plans.
Tiebacks and rakers
Tieback anchors drilled, grouted, tested and locked off. Rakers where anchors cannot cross the property line.
Limited-access drilling
A 3-foot-wide rig, a rig that cranes over a house and a low-clearance rig, for sites a standard rig cannot reach.
Twelve service lines in full — piles, tie backs, rakers, soil nails, environmental drilling, grading and earthwork, structural concrete, design build and landslide remediation.
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See the
rig work.
Drilling in progress on a Southern California site. More footage on our channel.
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Every job starts with a written proposal that lays out the plan, the schedule and the price, so you know what you are getting before a rig shows up. Rock drilling is priced by the hour and shown as its own line, so it is not a surprise later.
We are licensed and insured (CSLB #1083119, Class A General Engineering) and maintain an experience modification rate of 1.0. Safety comes first on every site, for our crew and for the trades working around us.
We don't just
build foundations.
General contractors, engineers and property owners hire us for drilling and shoring on commercial, residential and public works projects. We build from your plans and soils report, or bring the engineer and deliver the shoring design-build.
At Ford Foundation Drilling, we don't just build foundations — we build confidence.
Three rigs cover the tight sites: a low-clearance Caterpillar Lo-Drill, a Tescar CF 2.5 that can be craned over a house, and a 3-foot-wide Mait Baby Drill. We drill soil, weathered bedrock and hard rock.
See the fleetRecent and current projects include CIDH piles, caissons, soldier pile walls and landslide repair in Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Malibu.
Common questions
What kind of work does Ford Foundation Drilling take on?
Foundation drilling and shoring: CIDH piles and caissons, soldier pile and lagging walls, tieback anchors and rakers, plus the grade beams, pile caps and footings that tie the drilling into the structure. We work on commercial, residential and public works projects.
Can you get a drill rig into a backyard or onto a hillside?
Usually. We run a 3-foot-wide Mait Baby Drill, a Tescar CF 2.5 that can be craned over a house and a low-clearance Caterpillar Lo-Drill. See limited-access drilling.
Do you work for homeowners, or only general contractors?
Both. We work for general contractors, engineers and property owners.
Do you take prevailing wage work?
Yes. We work on prevailing wage public works projects as well as private ones.
How do I get a price?
Send the plans and the soils report to info@fordfoundationdrilling.com or call 1-626-804-8517, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Photos of the site access help on tight lots.
Got a project
in mind?
Let's talk. Operators standing by Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm PST.