horizontal lateral steel near the top and bottom of the concrete foundation cap 40 with numeral reference designation 37 for the upper horizontal lateral steel and numeral reference designation 38 for the lower horizontal lateral steel the horizontal lateral steel both top 37 and bottom 38 is circumferentially placed and connected by the continuous strand reinforcing hoops 39 and 139 which connect to the top horizontal steel 37 and bottom horizontal steel 38 respectively the continuous strand hoop reinforcements 39 and 139 are preferably positioned by coiled strand hoop guides 41 and 141 top and bottom respectively while ten coiled strand hoop guides 41 are shown circumferentially spaced around in fig3 the number of such guides can vary depending upon the size of the foundation 30 and should preferably range between about 6 and about 12 as shown the continuous strand reinforcing hoops 39 and 139 are spirally wound in a generally horizontal configuration extending adjacent the center for the embedded end 115 and adjacent the foundation exterior for the post tensioning end 117 see fig3 the windings are preferably spaced apart approximately six inches thus the notches 121 of the guide 41 63 shown in fig6 are similarly spaced the structure and operation of the continuous strand reinforcing hoops 39 and 139 are the same as previously described for strand hoops 105 and 107 in the fig1.