Contractors can often develop their own shoring designs for trench excavations. However, excavations near adjacent structures, underground utilities and roadways may come with unique and complex ...

At 97 feet, IDX Tower’s excavation was one of Seattle’s deepest. Two shoring walls were required to support the YMCA building, which forms a “reentrant” corner on the site. The IDX Tower excavation ...

Comparatively, a steel trench shield 28 feet long rated for an excavation up to 30 feet deep weighs over 15,000 pounds, but well within the capacity of a typical sized track excavator that a ...

Excavation and trenching are considered two of the most dangerous construction operations by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, and the governmental agency cites numerous contractors ...