various forms therefore specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art how to variously employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed structure certain terminology will be used in the following description for convenience in reference only and will not be limiting for example up down front back right and left refer to the invention as orientated in the view being referred to the words u201c inwardly u201d and u201c outwardly u201d refer to directions toward and away from respectively the geometric center of the aspect being described and designated parts thereof forwardly and rearwardly are generally in reference to the direction of travel if appropriate said terminology will include the words specifically mentioned derivatives thereof and words of similar meaning referring to the figures fig1 shows a complete foundation pier system 2 including generally a concentrically aligned pier column 4 a pier cap 6 and a lifting platform 8 mounting a pair of jacks 9 for lifting the structure 10 when the cap 6 is being installed the lifting platform is configured to be removed after installation of the cap 6 the pier column 4 reaches bedrock 12 or suitably solid earth far below the structure 10 in a preferred embodiment to provide structural stability fig2 and 3 shows how the pier cap 6 is installed to the top most pier 18 which rests upon a number of concentrically stacked pier segments 14 each pier including a tapered top.