Ground Support Company Profile
Ground Support is based in Wellington, New Zealand and dedicated to delivering high value to our clients through our knowledge of many types of earth retention, foundation and construction systems and the application of geotechnical and structural engineering principles to address special situations.
Our clients include homeowners, land and building developers and owners.
Mike understands the performance, applicability, advantages/disadvantages and construction methods and the economic benefits of these earth retention, foundation and structural systems. This knowledge allows us to identify the most appropriate system for a specific application and prepare designs that are functional, constructable and cost efficient.
Ground Support also construct work that has been designed by our clients’ own engineers and architects.
The Ground Support Group was founded by Mike Kooiman.
Mike Kooiman is a specialist designer builder with 30 years experience in the construction industry specialising in the design and construction of building solutions including on challenging residential and commercial sites. He has also spent the last 10 years developing specialist construction systems including a tunnelling system, adjustable pile cap and masonry jacking system, the QuakeStrap TM, PortaLoc tM and BeamLoc TM systems.
Mike has a large amount of mechanical and structural design knowledge which he utilises to design and build solutions and if required will design the machinery to carry out specific jobs.
The PortaLoc TM and BeamLoc TM systems are a portal frame and beam systems designed to attribute bracing units to a residential building by virtue of a tabled design solution back by producer statements. The products will be manufactured in flat pack and available through major building suppliers nationwide.
The PortaLoc TM and BeamLoc TM systems are currently undergoing testing in conjunction with Weltec (Wellington Institute of Technology) with an expectation that the products will be ready for testing by BRANZ in early 2015.