Helical Drilling

Helical Drilling is a Braintree, Massachusetts outfit built around a narrow, technical specialty — helical piles, Geopier ground-improvement columns, ductile iron piles, and other deep-foundation, earth-retention, and underpinning work — rather than everyday home projects. The company says it has been doing this kind of geotechnical design-build work for around three decades, serving general contractors and engineering firms on commercial, industrial, and infrastructure jobs across New England. Public feedback on the company is thin. Its Better Business Bureau profile carries an A+ grade, though the business is not BBB-accredited and that page shows no customer reviews or complaint history. Google shows a 4.5-star average, but from only 13 ratings, and the single dated customer review on file is mixed — a passing grade alongside a complaint about how loud and disruptive the drilling equipment was to be near. Sources don't fully agree on how long Helical Drilling has been operating — its own site and a directory listing put it at roughly 30 years, its BBB profile claims 37, and another mention says over 25 — so treat any exact figure as approximate. There's also an unverified review from a former employee describing poor management, which speaks to the workplace rather than the quality of the fieldwork itself. This isn't a typical home-remodel contractor: the company's own description centers on commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects, though it does hold a Massachusetts home-improvement-contractor license that is currently active. Anyone considering them for a foundation or ground-stabilization job should ask directly about residential experience, expect the drilling itself to be noisy, and weigh the near-total absence of independent customer reviews before signing on.