Welcome to the Atlas Piers Blog site
Posted by Jonathan Maguire on Thu, Dec 24, 2009
Our first blog post. A historic moment for the company, and one where we want to talk about history.
Wayne Farris started installing resistance underpinning piers in 1987. The original name was Concrete Repair Specialists, inc. Once Wayne went to a World of Concrete seminar in Atlanta, he met some representatives from Atlas Systems – a deep foundation piering manufacturer. They were looking to start a venture in Atlanta and Wayne was up for the task. In 1989, Atlas Piers of Atlanta, inc was formed as a small foundation repair company working out of a home office and basement in Atlanta. From it’s humble beginnings, Atlas Piers of Atlanta rose to winning multiple trophies and awards for the most piers installed across the country for Atlas Systems. In fact, Atlas Systems pretty much decided they needed to do something different after Atlas Piers of Atlanta won so many trophies. (#1 in 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005; #2 in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002; #4 in 1995, 1998)
But Atlas Piers of Atlanta wasn’t the only foundation repair piering company in town. There were a few others around the same time. Interestingly, all of those have now gone by the wayside. There was Terrafirm, Permajack and one other company who closed the local office but has since come back……and there have been many since. Many of our competitors have either changed business models or gone out of business. Many of those companies that started installing helical piers or resistance piers were once water proofers or pressure grouters. We have stayed true to our original business model, we only install the strongest helical and resistance piers by the best manufacturers. We have not deviated, nor do we compromise by manufacturing any of our own helical or resistance piers.
As we look at today’s landscape in the piering and foundation repair industry, as much as times change, things stay the same. We still see competitors come and go, and we see other companies “add” piering to their other trades.
Over the next months and years, we hope to explain many of the issues in our industry – from individual projects to the overall landscape.