not have a spherical upper end and socket 26 and coupling assembly 16 remain in engagement with the heave plate 12 through the socket 26 during typical translation pivotal or rotational movement of the heave plate 12 attached to the foundation 24 the socket 26 merely need be slightly larger that the top end of the coupling assembly 16 the height of the coupling assembly 16 is adjustable and eliminates the need for shims in known piering systems which shims are often displaced and lost when the foundation 24 moves the piering system 10 allowed simple readjustment to compensate for foundation movement when variations in the length of the pier 22 are desired or required a shorter inner pipe 25 may be welded to one end of a segment creating a coupling sleeve thereby saving the additional steel needed to make a complete connection an exploded view of a pier of the piering system 22 is shown in fig2 the piering system includes a base 21 having a flange 21 a which preferably rests on a stable base 17 for example bed rock outer cylinders 23 and inner cylinders 25 the cylinders overlap providing a double wall thickness for the pier 22 the bottom most outer cylinder 23 overlaps the cylinder portion 21 b of the base 21 the bottom most inner cylinder 25 fits into the top half of the bottom most outer cylinder 23 and butts against the cylinder portion 21 b and such construction is repeated to form the complete pier 22 the flange 21 a is preferably an approximately three inch diameter disk the cylinder portion 21 b is an approximately six inch long segment of approximately.