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Surefoot is a concrete free footing alternative to traditional screw piles in the footing industry. This Australian innovation uses a steel cap and multiple small-diameter piles, to form a high-capacity foundation with minimal ground disturbance. It’s designed for efficiency, engineered for strength and suited to a wide range of structural applications, including residential, commercial, industrial, mining and renewable energy installations.

Surefoot requires no excavation, formwork or curing time. It’s installed using driven steel micro piles and can support structural loads immediately after installation. This dramatically reduces project timelines and labour costs. Surefoot is also the sustainable solution, causing less environmental disruption and suitable for use in sensitive land and marine environments.

Surefoot has proven performance across a range of projects and sectors, including housing, infrastructure, mining, renewable energy installations and marine work. It’s designed to provide high performance on sloped sites, in soft ground, reactive clay, sand and even rocky terrain. It’s particularly well suited to environmentally sensitive areas or difficult-to-access locations, where concrete delivery or excavation is impractical and inappropriate.

Each footing consists of a steel cap plate supported by driven micro piles. You can use portable, hand-operated equipment – a simple jackhammer and an attachment tool that can be purchased at major tool outlets across Australia – to drive the steel micro piles into the ground, creating a stable and certified foundation without the need for heavy machinery. Depending on the footing size and ground conditions, installation for each unit typically takes between 10 and 30 minutes, making it one of the fastest and most efficient systems on the market. You can choose DIY installation with instructions provided, or we can assist you with professional installation.

Surefoot can be supplied as a kit for DIY installation, with instructions provided. You do not need extensive equipment to install Surefoot, just a simple jackhammer and attachment tool that can be purchased at major tool outlets across Australia. This is a great solution for home renovations, such as decks, fences and shade structures. Professional installation is recommended for commercial, civil, industrial, mining and renewable energy projects, to ensure engineering compliance, optimal performance and long-lasting results. Our team offers both supply-only and turnkey installation services, including soil analysis, certification and on-site support, to meet project requirements.

Yes, NQ Fabrication and Footings does provide boilermaker services and smaller fabrications, on projects and site. We are owned and operated by Stuart Cullen, a qualified boilermaker with more than 30 years’ experience working in the construction industry around Australia. Prior to moving to Cairns and starting NQ Fabrication and Footings, Stuart worked at a boilermaker business and precast yard in Darwin, which is where he became exposed to and impressed by the Surefoot Concrete Free Footing System.

NQ Fabrication and Footings is based in Cairns and support projects located anywhere from Townsville in the south, west to Mount Isa, across the Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York Peninsula, the Torres Strait Islands and beyond. We are the approved Surefoot Concrete Free Footing System agent for Northern Queensland.

Yes. Each Surefoot system is tailored and certified to meet your project’s engineering requirements.