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Article: Extreme Shoring.(S. J. Lewis Construction Inc.)
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- Rocky Mountain Construction
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- October 23, 2006
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By James McRay, Efficiency Production Inc.
Minnesota contractor uses largest, longest trench box from Efficiency Production to lay big pipe in New Mexico
There are only a few options available to a contractor when laying 72-inch pipe in 40-foot lengths. If possible, open cut is the preferred method, but what does a contractor do when he wants to use a trench box? Forty-foot lengths of pipe do not easily fit into most trench shields and don't even fit easily into two trench shields end-to-end. Such an extreme challenge requires an extreme shoring solution.
There are only a few options available to a contractor when laying 72-inch pipe in 40-foot ...