A wide selection of equipment and methods are available to design institutes and foundation contractors to execute foundations projects. ICE draws on over four decades of experience to share best practices as well as groundbreaking new technologies with our network. Based on the actual jobsite situation and soil conditions we excel at helping our clients make the best equipment choices. ICE’s clients benefit from the progress we have already made on the learning curve as a market leader and innovator.

In 2016 we updated our drivability software module and enhanced it with a new functionality and trained our regional offices to work with the software. Our clients immediately benefited from our improved software as it enables us to do drive-ability tests and provide thorough recommendations much more quickly and for a wider range of foundation types and piling hammers than was previously possible. When based on accurate soil reports, the report provides accurate drive-ability predictions, that support our clients’ equipment rental and purchase decisions and gear them to success.

Example of a vibratory hammer prediction, which hammer is most suitable, 416L and 815C for same pile and soil data

Example of an impact hammer blow-rate prediction, 7NL and 9NL for same pile and soil data

We keep on learning and sharing as we go, holding on to our competitive advantage. Every sale and every rental job we execute enriches our experience, and exposes us to new ground improvement techniques. This exposure is what drives the development of new pile driving technologies and improvements to existing machinery. Before such new product designs are brought to market they are extensively tested in the field, by real clients, doing real construction jobs. This means you will never buy equipment that is still in developmental stages, ICE equipment is always ready to go and robust. Nevertheless, the user experience may differ from what we had imagined and we are open to the user suggestions to make further improvements to our designs.

Our sales and aftersales service managers are our connection to the market, and together with the client we identify issues and new opportunities. When these opportunities fit our development goals and business strategy, we join up our R&D department with the clients engineering team to work out challenges.

Our marketing department gathers market information and trends in the field of geotechnics and foundation technologies and develops materials to support practical application of support our clients to adopt these developments into their business. They do this by publishing whitepapers about projects and technologies built across the world with ICE equipment. All our latest news is distributed first through WeChat and www.icevibro.com and once a year published in a newspaper format. As most client purchases are project driven, the equipment investment is made for a specific foundation job.

Our sales team is trained to advise you on the spot on the multiple ways you can use the equipment, often opening completely new, and profitable, application fields for our clients of which they were previously unaware.

This front-end part of our team has the support of a consultancy team in the ICE back office that can do a deeper review of your project conditions and the goals you want to achieve. They assess the most suitable ground improvement or foundation system and execution method and make a suitable proposal accordingly: an equipment configuration and accessories that suit your circumstances.  This way we assist you in choosing the right equipment for your next foundation and ground improvement job. Finally, we support in determining the most suitable monitoring and in-situ testing. 

We provide complete ground improvement and foundation consultancy. This includes equipment selection, work method suggestions and can even provide estimates for daily pile driving production rates based on our drive-ability studies.

Contact us today for realistic advice based on your geological facts, our equipment knowledge and decades of foundation engineering experience. Through our local dealers and offices we offer region specific expertise in your language!