Profile: Bix Service provides structural support solutions for new and existing foundations. Helical piles are a factory-manufactured steel foundation system consisting of a central shaft with one or more helix-shaped bearing plates, commonly referred to as blades or flights, welded to the lead section. Extension shafts, with or without additional helix blades, are used to extend the pile to competent load-bearing soils. Brackets are used at the tops of the piles for attachment to structures, either for new construction or retrofit applications. Helical piles are advanced (screwed) into the ground with the application of torque. Helical piles are designed such that most of the axial capacity of the pile is generated through bearing of the helix blades against the soil. Each helix blade acts independently in bearing along the pile shaft. Helical anchors provide lateral stability to foundation walls and retaining walls with unbalanced earth pressures. Helical anchors can be installed with hand-held equipment, mini-excavators, skid steers, backhoes, track hoes or crane-supported rigs, so the anchors can be installed in almost any application.