I. Company Overview

Tri-Dyne Industries’ mission is to develop and commercialize new technologies/applications that will provide improved product or tasking performance, coupled with long term savings to manufacturing, contracting, and maintenance industries in Southern Louisiana and the Gulf South Region.

II. Market Need

Tri-Dyne Industries has observed that a sizeable number of single-family dwellings duplexes, triplexes and small commercial buildings have been constructed on a raised-pier foundation system.  These raised piers have been constructed using a variety of materials. These structures have succumbed over the years to the subsidence and settling problems prominent in Southern Louisiana and the Gulf South Region.

The lack of standardization in remediation of problems caused by settling and subsidence coupled with the variety of building techniques employed by original construction companies, has made adjusting or re-leveling a raised pier supported structure is an expensive and time consuming proposition; and one that can not easily be addressed by the “do-it-yourselfer.”

III Product Overview

Our latest product, the Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier, affords contractors, and/or skilled homeowners the ability to re-level or adjust the elevation of a raised building structure. In keeping with Tri-Dyne's philosophy, the Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier will dramatically reduce building maintenance costs, and improve the serviceability and longevity of any raised-foundation type structure.

IV Product Description

The Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier consists of a stationary outer pier section and a telescoping inner pier section.  In the event that the supported structure need to be raised or re-leveled, this telescoping arrangement allows lifting the supported structure using commonly available jacking equipment.  In this manner, re-leveling or raising a structure can be completed in a few hours time.

In a typical foundation application, the stationary outer pier section of the Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier is anchored onto a grade beam or spread footing by means of connectors and drilled fasteners. The inner, telescoping  portion of the Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier is attached to the structure's sill beam by means of an articulated metal beam seat.  The beam seat can is rigidly fastened to the structure's sill beam using nails through-bolts, or lag-bolts.  The articulated connection between the beam seat and the telescoping inner pier allows in-plane rotation of  the sill beam over the pier.  By allowing some rotation of the sill beam over the pier, permanent warping of the sill beam is eliminated.

IV Product Benefits

The Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier reduces the cost of adjusting the elevation of an existing home, or other raised building structure, through:

A lack of industry standards has resulted in many different products being utilized for raised pier foundations over the years -- from bricks, and masonry blocks to stone. All of those materials have been supported or jointed with concrete products. In every case where a structure has been supported by one of these types of construction methods, the superstructure must be braced/shored up, the old piers torn down and and new piers be rebuilt to level/stabilize the structure. This method is very expensive and can require several days to several weeks to complete. Homeowners rarely elect to do these types of repairs because of high costs, inconvenience and the risks of causing further damage to their homes as the structure settles.

V. Cost Comparison

The Tri-Dyne Tele-Pier is designed to cost less than traditional methods when manufactured in sufficient quantities, while providing measurable benefits due to installation speed and simplicity. It is estimated that for a typical resistance, the entire process would take only 24 hours to complete.

New construction affords several key savings advantages. For instance, the builder will not need to subcontract the masonry foundation work. If the site dose not require pilings, the builder can pour a standard 20”x 20” concrete grade beam. The framing crew can install the piers and the sill beams at the same time producing significant labor and insurance savings. For an average building schedule, this scenario could reduce construction time by as much as two weeks or more.

For remodeling, raising or re-leveling of an existing structure, the materials and the number of laborers required on the job site may be decreased by at least half. The skill level needed for laborers in these applications are at the novice, or beginner level, which will produce labor and insurance cost savings.