Shoring Box & Trench Shield Stability Inspections

CSTS can provide a geotechnical engineer on-site to determine if the structure will be affected by excavation work in the surrounding area, the dynamic nature of construction materials coupled with the risk of trench collapse greatly increases the importance of a geotechnical consultant in these situations.

A trench shield is an engineered metal box that is placed in the excavation. It does not provide structural strength to the excavation, but provides workers a safe worksite that protects them from collapsing material.

Shoring Boxes are designed to prevent excavation failure by supporting trench walls with a system of vertical uprights and/or sheeting and Cross braces (shores). Shores are structures that cross the trench and put pressure on the vertical uprights and sheeting. We give you the right information to make the right decisions.