Constantly tweaking the design, he incorporated any nec-essary
changes on subsequent versions. Over 10 years of
development put him in a position to finally bring the unit
to market.
After selling off JD Piling Ltd. in the fall of 2016, he put
his full focus on his new company, Innovative Foundation
Solutions (IFS) Equipment Ltd., which has a new vision for
versatile and multi-purpose foundation equipment. It is the
home of the GC, a completely bi-directional machine, for
both aboveground and underground operations. This unit
performs auger cast, displacement pile, drilled shaft, driven
pile and helical pile on a single platform. It’s the machine
that drills, drives and screws. Boom extension and rotation
technology coupled with an end of boom actuator allows the
GC a considerable working envelope with less environmental
impact and is available as a truck or excavator mount.
Being built by a piling contractor for piling contrac-tors
makes the GC a “go to” machine for complete job
site performance. In this effort, Linley brought Jim
Lawrence, formerly of Superior Truck Equipment (STE)
Inc. in Calgary, Alta., on board. Lawrence started STE in
2003, bringing in a couple of business partners early on.
Through their cumulative efforts with staff, they have
turned IFS into one of the leading truck equipment com-panies
in Canada.
Lawrence left STE in the spring of 2015 to start UticonSA
Inc. It’s a sales agency with a focus on construction attach-ments
mainly for the helical pile industry in North America
and abroad. During the last five years, Lawrence has been
calling on almost all of the piling foundation companies in
North America and listening to their concerns and needs.
With business start-up experience and industry contacts,
Lawrence’s addition to IFS Equipment Ltd. will assist Linley
in recognizing his vision of the GC being used to improve
the bottom line for foundation piling companies in North
America and beyond.
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