Driven
Concrete Pier

✖️ Doesn’t reach bedrock or load-bearing strata
✖️ Continues to settle in soft soil or clay
✖️ Requires frequent adjustments
✖️ Service contracts are costly
Hand Dug
Concrete Pier

✖️ Doesn’t always reach bedrock or load-bearing strata
✖️ Requires additional labor
✖️ Aesthetics repairs are delayed while concrete hardens and grout is applied
Helical
Pier

✖️ Designed to hold things down not up
✖️ Blade is often positioned in problem soil
✖️ May require troublesome and costly adjustments