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Specialist foundation installation
Nationwide Solar Farm Ground Screw Installation
We install ground screws for solar-farm projects nationwide—across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our team travels to work with solar companies, developers, main contractors and subcontractors. Call Craig to discuss your site and programme.
50+ years
Family groundwork experience
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Written foundation scope
Start with what you want to build
The right foundation for your solar farm
A solar farm needs a repeatable foundation installation process across a large site. Hundreds of similar support positions can encounter different soils, ground levels and obstructions. An approved installation detail, clear setting-out information and an agreed route for exceptions help keep the foundation work coordinated with the racking crews.
An approved foundation schedule
Agree the product, connection, installation depth and tolerances with the designer. Fixed-tilt and tracker systems have different interfaces; compatibility is project-specific.
Explore the details →Ground investigation and acceptance testing
The designer sets the required compression, uplift and lateral checks, representative test locations and acceptance criteria. Clarify who commissions testing before mobilisation.
Explore the details →Setting out and survey control
Confirm coordinates, datum, row references and finished support levels so the ground-screw package matches the approved racking layout.
Explore the details →A practical construction programme
Access tracks, deliveries, working areas, welfare and handover stages affect installation output. We agree resources and sequencing against the actual contract.
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 solar farm
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.
Installed ground screws
Approved solar ground screws
Ground screws or specified screw-pile systems may form the foundation package where the solar designer approves them. JustBases assesses whether the proposed product and installation equipment are compatible before quoting. We do not claim to install every proprietary or high-capacity pile system.
Worth considering for: Approved screw-supported solar racking and clearly defined subcontract packages
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Concrete
Alternative engineered foundations
Engineered concrete or ballasted supports can be alternatives in parts of a project where penetration is constrained. They require their own bearing and stability checks. We can discuss separately specified groundwork, but the solar-farm service here focuses on ground-screw installation.
Worth considering for: Designer-selected areas with penetration restrictions or a different structural detail
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 solar farm
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
- Project name, site location and your role
- Indicative foundation quantity or array scale
- Proposed mounting and screw system, if selected
- Available ground investigation or test information
- Target start, phasing and scope of the subcontract
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.
Your enquiry
Solar Farm Ground Screw Installation
Planned around its use
What matters for your solar farm
JustBases offers ground-screw installation for suitable solar-farm projects, including subcontract packages for EPC contractors—the teams managing engineering, procurement and construction—and installation-management companies. We can discuss a defined block of the site, a staged package or the ground-screw installation scope for the full farm. Capacity, equipment compatibility and the programme are confirmed for each contract.
Based in Ringwood, our team travels nationwide for solar-farm ground-screw installation and can stay locally for the contract. This service covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with travel and accommodation included in the agreed project price. Start with the site location, likely scale and dates; an introductory conversation is welcome before the complete tender information is available.
Our offer concerns ground-screw installation, with product supply and any additional work stated in the quotation. It does not assume that a proposed racking system accepts our screws, or that a driven-pile design can be changed without approval. The appointed engineer and mounting supplier must confirm the foundation system and its interface before we commit to installation.
Discuss your project with Craig →An approved foundation schedule
Agree the product, connection, installation depth and tolerances with the designer. Fixed-tilt and tracker systems have different interfaces; compatibility is project-specific.
Ground investigation and acceptance testing
The designer sets the required compression, uplift and lateral checks, representative test locations and acceptance criteria. Clarify who commissions testing before mobilisation.
Setting out and survey control
Confirm coordinates, datum, row references and finished support levels so the ground-screw package matches the approved racking layout.
A practical construction programme
Access tracks, deliveries, working areas, welfare and handover stages affect installation output. We agree resources and sequencing against the actual contract.
A route for obstructions and refusal
An unexpected obstruction or failed acceptance check needs a recorded hold point and designer instruction. Relocating a support or substituting a product is not a site improvisation.
Records agreed before work starts
Define the inspection and handover schedule, including foundation identification, position, installed depth, levels and any specified torque or test records. Requirements belong in the agreed package.
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
Solar parks may also use driven piles. These are a separate foundation method, not another name for ground screws, and a designer’s driven-pile specification cannot be replaced solely to suit the equipment available. Product capacity, corrosion allowance, expected design life and the mounting connection all need to match the approved system.
The developer and appointed project team should confirm the applicable planning or consent route and discharge relevant pre-construction conditions. Requirements vary across the UK. Ecology, archaeology, drainage, soil handling and land-restoration commitments can constrain working areas and installation methods even where the foundation itself is relatively small.
At tender stage, agree the scope split for design, testing, materials, setting out, enabling works, installation and inspection. Principal-contractor site rules, inductions, permits and task-specific risk assessments must be coordinated before mobilisation. Electrical work, panel installation, grid connection and commissioning remain with their appointed specialists.
Pricing follows the foundation schedule, ground evidence, installation method, access and programme. Travel, accommodation and any agreed testing or survey costs are identified in the commercial scope. A domestic shed-base rate or a price per megawatt would not describe this package reliably.
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
National project enquiries welcome
For this application, we welcome national enquiries. Send the site location and likely programme so Craig can discuss resources, access and project-specific travel arrangements.
Straight answers before you decide
Solar Farm Ground Screw Installation FAQs
Yes. We welcome ground-screw installation enquiries from main contractors, EPCs, developers, solar installers and subcontractors. Craig will discuss the package, reporting arrangements and programme with the team responsible for procuring the work.
Still unsure? Send Craig a short enquiry and we will help with the next step.
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