Wagstaff Piling
Wagstaff Piling: A Global Leader in Foundation Engineering
Wagstaff Piling is Australias leading owned and operated foundation engineering contractor, specialising in deep foundation solutions for the Australasian infrastructure and construction industries.
Since 1981, the company has proudly championed its vision to be a globally recognised foundation engineering company delivering optimal solutions for its clients, team, and wider communities and environments.
Wagstaff Piling has delivered over 7000 successful foundation solutions contracts valued at over 3billion for some of the most complex, large-scale projects in Australia, New Zealand, and as a key partner, internationally.
Today the company has over 220 experienced staff across its headquarters in Brisbane and branch offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and New Zealand, with an annual turnover in excess of $150million.
Wagstaff Pilings Core Services and Capabilities
Wagstaff Piling is committed to providing the most comprehensive, cost-effective range of deep foundation services for our clients and communities, delivered by technically experienced personnel, using the most-advanced foundation engineering equipment, while meeting rigorous safety, environmental and sustainability standards. Specifically, the companys unique capabilities include:
- Comprehensive service range ensuring the best foundation system for each project:
Wagstaff Piling is proud to offer a wide variety of foundation services, including design and construct, construct-only, and testing-only projects - from the initial design phase through to the construction and testing stages. This ensures the optimal foundation system is delivered for every client project. Services include:
- Varying Piling Solutions: Precast piles, cast in-situ piles, bored piles, timber piles, steel piles, micro and mini piles, grout and concrete injected piles.
- Retention Piles Services/Below Ground Retaining Walls: Techniques such as slurry trench cut-off walls, diaphragm walls, secant pile walls, contiguous pile walls, soil mixed walls, sheet pile walls, and soldier pile walls.
- Ground Improvement Techniques: Soil mixing, rotary and cutter soil mixing, jet grouting, controlled modulus columns, wick drains, dynamic compaction, stone columns, and more.
- Design Capability: In-house quality and design services, led by our expert design engineers, focusing on providing the most cost-effective solutions for each project.
- Pile Testing: Through our sister company, Piletest, we offer specialised testing service for high-strain and low-strain testing, thermal-imaging profiling (TIP), and quality assurance for foundations throughout Australia.
- Precast Facilities: Manufacturing precast piles and via three permanent precast concrete yards in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth. On-site facilities can also be established for remote or large-scale projects.
- A technically excellent team:
For more than 44 years, Wagstaff Piling has grown a technically excellent team, particularly in the design and construction of deep foundations, in piling, ground improvement, and below-ground retaining wall services. With over 40 experienced civil and geotechnical engineers, Wagstaff Piling offers expert foundation design services, focusing on providing the most cost-effective solutions for each project.
Many staff have been with Wagstaff Piling for decades, bringing invaluable experience and continuity to the organisation.
While providing cost-effective solutions, our team also ensures the highest standards of quality and efficiency of our contract delivery.
Were proud to collaborate with clients to deliver innovative and cost-efficient solutions to projects across soil mechanics, geotechnical investigations, and site-specific conditions. The teams ability to tackle complex geotechnical challenges ensures Wagstaff Piling consistently delivers superior results in diverse conditions.
- The most advanced foundation engineering equipment available:
Wagstaff Piling provides clients with world-leading plant, equipment and innovative techniques depending on the needs of the project.
Valued collectively at over $100million, Wagstaff Pilings unique equipment range includes hydraulic pile rigs, Junttan MPx90 pile driving rigs, Casagrande, Soilmec, Bauer, Comacchio grouting and Enteco heavy duty drill rigs, vibratory pile drivers and extractors, dynamic compaction, CSM and soil mixing equipment and other ancillary equipment.
The company consistently introduces new plant and innovative techniques to Australia and New Zealand which have provided cost effective advantages to our clients.
- Commitment to Optimal Safety and Governance:
Wagstaff Piling places immense importance on safety and environmental sustainability. The company rigorous approach to safety management is a cornerstone of its operations. Certified under ISO 45001:2018, the companys safety culture is designed to ensure that all employees, subcontractors, and clients are always protected.
Wagstaff Piling adheres to rigorous environmental standards, ensuring a zero-incident environment, and has established robust environmental management policies certified to ISO 14001:2015.
Similarly, the companys dedication to quality is reflected in its third-party certifications, ensuring all projects meet or exceed industry standards.
As a proud Australian-owned private company operating for over 40 years, Wagstaff Piling aims to attract and nurture the best people, and ensuring they develop as leaders.
This also means they are treated and remunerated fairly and equitably. Long service milestones are common, creating a culture of competence, stability and mateship. We are committed to maintaining our excellent industrial record, and to certified Enterprise Agreements in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, and our Australian Government Code Compliancy.
- Awards and Recognitions
Wagstaff Piling has garnered numerous accolades over the years, including being recipients of prestigious Engineering Excellence and Engineering Innovation Awards. Some of its most internationally recognised projects include:
- DFI Outstanding Project Award, Yarra Crossing, VIC
- Southern Cross Station, VIC
- MCG Redevelopment, VIC
- Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD
- Gladstones RG Tanna Coal Terminal Facility in, QLD
- Sydneys Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
- Utah Point Expansion, WA
- WACA Ground, WA.
Quality assurance is an integral part of Wagstaff Piling, with a commitment to providing clients with the worlds best practices in foundation engineering, with key industry certifications such as:
- ISO 9001 (Quality Assurance)
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
- ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety)
These certifications reflect the companys unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and environmental management.
Partner with us
Wagstaff Piling is a proud support and leader of the international foundation engineering industry. We are passionate about working with our clients, and partners globally to deliver outstanding services, deep technical expertise, the most advanced systems, while being committed to safety, environment and innovation.
Our ongoing focus on delivering the best results for every project and client, while advancing our industry more broadly, is why we love what we do every day.
To connect or discuss your next project with, please contact us at www.wagstaffpiling.com.au or via +61 (0)7 3366 2555
