Ram Jack West Headquarters · Your Eugene foundation team since 2001
Foundation repair in Eugene, OR
Cracks showing up in your walls? Floors that feel off? Eugene is where we started — and our HQ team has been telling Southern Oregon homeowners the truth about their foundations for 25+ years.
Free · About 90 minutes · No obligation
The Eugene HQ · Southern Oregon & the Coast
Since 2001
Ram Jack West began right here in Eugene
In 2001, founder Ken Marquardt looked at the Pacific Northwest's foundation repair landscape and saw the same problem everywhere: the only available solution was lifting entire houses and pouring new foundations. Too disruptive, too expensive, and too slow for the homeowners who needed help.
Ken found a better way. He launched Ram Jack West out of Eugene with a small crew and a patented helical pile system, and built the company from the ground up — literally — one Southern Oregon home at a time. Today, Ram Jack West employs 75+ team members across three states, has repaired 3,000+ structures, and still calls Eugene home.
When you call the Eugene office, you're calling the company's founders.
Local context
Why Eugene and Southern Oregon foundations move
From valley clay to coastal bluffs to high desert, the Eugene office covers Oregon's most varied ground — and engineers for each.
Southern Willamette Valley clays
Southern Willamette Valley clays plus coastal-range and central-Oregon variability; coastal sites (Yachats, Newport) add seawall, bluff, and new-construction pile work.
Coastal variability
Oregon's coast — from Yachats to Newport — presents entirely different challenges: soft marine soils, bluff erosion, seawall and bulkhead loading, and new-construction pile needs that inland engineers often underestimate. We've worked from Bandon to Lincoln City.
Cascadia exposure statewide
Cascadia exposure statewide; the original Ram Jack West market and where the company's PNW track record began in 2001.
Valley rainfall and drainage
Valley rainfall and poor drainage drive residential settlement; the coast drives waterfront and bulkhead demand.
Services
What we do across Southern Oregon and the Coast
Foundation Repair →
Stop settlement and lift your home back to level with patented steel pile systems.
Residential Structural RepairBasement & Wall Repair →
Straighten and reinforce bowing, cracking, or leaning basement and retaining walls.
Concrete & Carbon Fiber ReinforcementConcrete Reinforcement →
Carbon fiber reinforcement for walls, columns, beams, and structural concrete.
Concrete & Carbon Fiber ReinforcementConcrete Lifting & Repair →
Lift and level sunken concrete with polyurethane foam — quick, clean, affordable.
Waterfront / SeawallSeawall & Bulkhead Repair →
Restore failing seawalls and bulkheads for ~80% less than full replacement.
Residential Structural RepairSeismic Retrofitting →
Engineer your home to survive Cascadia — proven on shake-table and liquefaction tests.
Concrete & Carbon Fiber ReinforcementCarbon Fiber Solutions →
High-strength, low-profile carbon fiber reinforcement that installs in hours.
Commercial & CivilCommercial / Civil Solutions →
Engineered deep-foundation and structural solutions for commercial & civil projects.
Local proof
Real Eugene and Southern Oregon projects, real numbers
Every project below is a published case study from the Eugene market — homes, schools, utilities, coastal work, and Hayward Field.
Alaskan Earthquake Recovery
After the 2018 M7.1 quake liquefied soil under an Anchorage home, 63 helical piles recovered 3" and damp future seismic forces.
Manzanita Two-Story Stabilization
13 helical piles lifted a Manzanita home to within ½" of level — most pre-existing cracks closed completely.
Restoring Home Value Before Selling
9 helical piers in 2 days fixed settlement before listing; the transferable lifetime warranty passed to the buyer at sale.
Supporting a Settled Foundation
13 exterior helical piles fully recovered a Eugene home's settlement (¾" lift) in 10 days, engineered with Regal Mortier.
Hayward Field Helical Anchors
Helical anchors secured hammer-throw cage towers for the 2022 World Athletics Championships without tearing up the competition surface.
New Construction Piles, Yachats
46 helical piles supported a retaining wall and strip footings on very soft coastal soils for new construction.
Oakway Substation Transformer Lift
4 helical piles + 2 tiebacks fully re-leveled a settled transformer pad within a tight utility window.
Residential Retaining Wall Repair
16 helical tieback piles + 24 steel beams arrested a rotated, failing Eugene retaining wall.
Strict-Seismic Foundation System
390 micropiles to 30 ft met strict seismic code on poor soil — validated by a full load-test program.
Swanson Saw Mill Rebuild
500+ custom helical piles rebuilt a mill foundation on contaminated post-fire fill, with torque exceeding 25,000 ft-lbs.
Patton Middle School Seismic Retrofit
270 helical piles to 65 ft seismically retrofit a 1972 school — finished ahead of schedule without interrupting the school year.
Adams School Campus Micropiles
84 low-headroom micropiles (~75 LF) reinforced an existing school foundation in confined space.
Bandon House New Construction
83 cased micropiles into mudstone bedrock mitigated liquefaction and lateral-spreading hazards for new construction.
Dollar General, Philomath
143 driven pin piles created a stable foundation for new retail construction.
PacifiCorp Seismic-Code Foundation
18 cased grouted micropiles (64 kips each) met seismic criteria for a PacifiCorp facility upgrade, validated by sacrificial test piles.
US-101 Retaining Wall (ODOT)
63 H-piles + steel lagging built a 700+ ft ODOT retaining wall along US-101 without lane closures.
Newport Hotel Retaining Wall
A 45-ft H-pile wall stopped a hotel lawn from sliding toward the beach 70 ft below — done in 5 days without closing the hotel.
Salishan Helicals
45 helical piles with pre-construction caps supported new construction at Salishan.
Spring St. Duplex
41 micropiles to 35 ft (load-tested to 200% capacity) supported a new duplex on the coast.
Coos Bay Landslide Wall
A 150-ft, 22-pile soldier wall protected a home after a landslide pushed a hillside 4 ft onto its siding.
Crumbling Rock Wall
Soil nails stabilized a deteriorating rock wall threatening a public road.
Reviews
What Eugene homeowners say
“Ram Jack can be depended upon to tell you the truth about your house, to not invent a problem that doesn't exist, and to not gouge you if you do have one.”
Local people, local office
Local people, local office — since 2001
The Eugene office is company HQ — and it opens at 7AM, an hour earlier than our other offices. When you call, you're calling the team that started it all.
FAQ
Eugene and Southern Oregon foundation repair questions, answered
My home is near the coast — do you work in places like Yachats or Newport?
Yes. Coastal work is a specialty for our Eugene team. Soft marine soils, bluff erosion, and seawall and bulkhead loading along the Oregon coast require a different approach than inland clay work — we've done both for 25+ years, from Yachats to Bandon to Lincoln City.
Do you work on schools, utilities, and commercial buildings in Oregon?
We do, and it's a significant part of our Eugene HQ's work. Our portfolio includes Hayward Field, Patton Middle School (McMinnville), Oakway Substation, the US-101 ODOT retaining wall, and multiple Oregon school seismic retrofits. Our in-house engineers design systems that meet Oregon seismic code on tough soils.
My house is in the Medford/Grants Pass area — can you help?
Yes. Our Eugene team serves Southern Oregon including Medford, Grants Pass, Roseburg, and the Rogue Valley. High-desert clay and Cascade-foothill soils create settlement patterns we know well.
Is the free foundation evaluation really free?
Yes — 100% free, no obligation, no pressure. Schedule online and a trained foundation specialist will come to your home, assess the structure, and tell you honestly whether you have a real foundation issue or just minor cosmetic settling.
What is the Ram Jack National Limited Warranty Trust?
We back every qualifying installation with a Transferable Lifetime Warranty. The National Limited Warranty Trust is a separate, funded trust that guarantees your warranty coverage even in the unlikely event we're not available to service it. Money is set aside exclusively for warranty repair and service.
Financing via GreenSky · No Interest if paid in full in 12 months on qualifying plans
Get the truth about your home's foundation — from the team that started it all.
Free, honest, no obligation. Eugene is where Ram Jack West began in 2001, and we're still here — telling homeowners the truth about their houses.
Free · About 90 minutes · No obligation