A shock-absorber for your home.

The FrontFoot® foundation system decouples your home from ground motion, dramatically reducing seismic loads and safeguarding your family. Our solutions put you in control - the proactive choice ahead of future earthquakes.

Installation Instructions

Design Guide coming soon - contact us for design support.

How can FrontFoot help you?

Damage reduction during earthquakes

Damage reduction during earthquakes

FrontFoot® acts like a shock-absorber to take some of the energy from an earthquake at foundation level before it reaches your home and contents. Where most homes are designed primarily to protect lives, FrontFoot® takes this further by also focusing on damage minimisation.

Minimise stress and disruption

Minimise stress and disruption

With its focus on minimising damage, FrontFoot® reduces the likelihood of disruption to your daily life such as moving away from home or lengthy insurance disputes.

Live more lightly on the planet

Live more lightly on the planet

Damage reduction means less waste heading for landfill after an earthquake, and less new material required for repairs.

How it works.

Standardisation & affordability

Standardisation & affordability

Seismic Shift technologies focus on performance, affordability, and buildability through the use of standardised sizes of all products. This speeds up the design process, reduces cost, and improves reliability. They are straightforward to design and install.

Installed at foundation level

Installed at foundation level

Devices are installed between the foundation and the structure so the building moves independently from the ground during an earthquake. When the ground shakes, the devices absorb and dissipate seismic energy before it reaches your home, dramatically reducing damage.

See it in action

See it in action

The Seismic Shift.

Case study: Central Otago Home
23
FrontFoot® devices
1.5-2.0%
Addition to build cost
238m²
Floor area
±20mm
System movement
FrontFoot residential installation

Protect your home from the next earthquake.

Speak with our team about incorporating FrontFoot® into your new build or renovation.

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