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Specialist foundation installation
Public Art & Sculpture Plinth Foundations
Artwork foundations create a continuous structural path from the sculpture and anchors into the ground, accounting for wind, weight and public interaction.
50+ years
Family groundwork experience
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Written foundation scope
Still comparing the options? What is the best foundation for public art or a garden sculpture?
Start with what you want to build
The right foundation for your public artwork
An outdoor sculpture may be light but catch strong wind, or be compact and extraordinarily heavy. Public access adds accidental and deliberate contact loads that the engineer must consider.
Defined load path
The artwork frame, base plate, anchors, plinth and footing are designed as one chain.
Explore the details →Wind and public loads
Shape, exposure, climbability and site use influence the structural design.
Explore the details →Accurate anchors
Templates and cast-in parts must match the fabricator's final base plate.
Explore the details →Durable interface
Drainage, dissimilar metals and replaceable artwork connections are detailed for outdoor life.
Explore the details →Three easy steps
From first call to a finished foundation
Getting started is simple. We will guide you through the choices and explain any information needed before installation.
Talk through the options
We discuss the site and suitable foundations, identify any supplier information needed and provide a clear written quotation.
Install and hand over
Our team marks out and installs the agreed foundation, with the required checks before the next stage of your project.
Choose the foundation, not the complication
Foundation options for your public artwork
These are the methods worth assessing for this application. The structure, support plan and actual ground determine the right choice—not a one-size-fits-all specification.
Concrete
Concrete foundation
A reinforced footing and plinth can be cast around the engineer's anchor cage and finished to the architect's public-realm detail.
Worth considering for: Permanent sculptures, statues and commissioned plinths
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Installed ground screws
Ground screws and support frame
Engineered screws may support a temporary or lightweight artwork frame when the structural designer approves overturning and connection details.
Worth considering for: Selected temporary installations requiring reversible support
Ask about this option →Clear prices, agreed scope
A price for your project
Specialist foundations need a quotation matched to the structure, ground and installation scope. A generic garden-building price would not reliably represent this project. Call Craig with your idea and postcode to get started.
No VAT is added to the guide prices shown.
Get your exact written priceView the full base price guideThe structure
Its loads, footprint and accepted support arrangement.
The site
Ground conditions, levels, buried services and practical access.
The foundation package
Specified materials, installation and any agreed testing or supporting frame.
The written quotation
Clear inclusions, responsibilities and timing before work is booked.
Easy to start, free to ask
Tell us about your public artwork
You do not need drawings or a finished specification before getting in touch. Send what you have and Craig will explain the useful next step.
Helpful details, if available
- Artwork GA and weight
- Structural calculations
- Base plate and anchor template
- Public-realm finish
- Lifting/installation sequence
Talk to Craig
Craig will listen to what you are planning and help establish the foundation information that matters.
Online quote requests are normally answered within 24 hours, excluding weekends.
Request your free quote
Just give us your contact details and a short description of what you want to build. We will guide you through the rest.
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Public Art & Sculpture Foundations installation
Planned around its use
What matters for your public artwork
We install the approved reinforced foundation, plinth and cast-in anchor assembly from coordinated artist, fabricator and structural drawings.
Discuss your project with Craig →Defined load path
The artwork frame, base plate, anchors, plinth and footing are designed as one chain.
Wind and public loads
Shape, exposure, climbability and site use influence the structural design.
Accurate anchors
Templates and cast-in parts must match the fabricator's final base plate.
Durable interface
Drainage, dissimilar metals and replaceable artwork connections are detailed for outdoor life.
When the design and ground are suitable
Why consider ground screws?
Year-round flexibility
A screw-only foundation avoids pouring and curing concrete, reducing one source of weather-related delays. Unsafe access, flooding, frozen or unsuitable ground can still mean postponing installation.
Less digging and mess
Localised supports can reduce excavation and spoil compared with extensive concrete foundations. Clearance, pre-drilling, service trenches and machinery access may still disturb the site.
A lower-impact approach
Using less concrete and moving less spoil can reduce material use and transport. Retaining vegetation may benefit habitats, but trees and wildlife still need protection. Steel manufacture and the full project design matter to any carbon comparison.
Before installation
Dimensions, approvals and responsibilities
Responsibility boundaries between artist, fabricator, sculpture engineer, foundation engineer and installer should be written down before fabrication.
Public art commonly needs planning, landowner and public-liability approvals; those should use the same final artwork dimensions as the foundation design.
JustBases quotes the agreed foundation and groundwork. Product installation, specialist connections, commissioning and third-party design remain outside our scope unless the written quotation expressly includes them.
Genuine customer feedback
A full 10-year JustBases guarantee
Our full written guarantee covers installation workmanship and the foundation materials we supply, subject to your quotation. Read what customers say about our foundation work below, with the original job types and sources shown.
"I couldn't recommend Craig highly enough! Communication prior to the job was outstanding even considering our ever changing goal posts. Craig and his team turned up exactly at the agreed time, were well presented, friendly and professional. The cleanliness, attention to detail and quality of the job was outstanding."
— Verified Customer
Checkatrade · BH16 · 2020-05-27
Work listed by the source: Log cabin foundation
"Good standard of workmanship. Friendly and efficient. Prompt response for estimate and fitted into our timescale. Will be using the firm in future and thoroughly recommend them."
— Verified Customer
Checkatrade · SP6 · 2019-09-16
Work listed by the source: Concrete base for new summerhouse
"Craig and his team were very professional throughout the job. They worked tirelessly and extremely hard. The job involved digging up a thick reinforced concrete base. Then creating a whole new base with precision engineering in preparation to accept a new building on top. The result was an excellent job all round."
— Verified Customer
Checkatrade · BH24 · 2021-11-30
Work listed by the source: Building foundations and landscaping
Our service area
Foundation installation across the South
For this application we cover Dorset, Hampshire, South Wiltshire. Tell Craig the postcode and we will confirm the suitable installation options and travel requirements.
Straight answers before you decide
Public Art & Sculpture Foundations FAQs
A structural professional should coordinate the artwork loads, anchors, plinth and ground conditions. We install the approved design.
Still unsure? Send Craig a short enquiry and we will help with the next step.
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Explore this application →Tell us what you want to build
An outline of the project and your postcode are enough to start.