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Article: Slide Rail System Helps Contractor.
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- Michigan Contractor and Builder
- Article date:
- February 2, 2009
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By James McRay
Contractor easily shores excavation and installs manholes on a steep slope
Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA), of Canandaigua, NY, recently installed six new precast concrete manholes at an existing shopping center in Allen Park, MI. Due to the deep grade that the manholes were installed in and the steep incline on a couple of the excavations, CRA needed a non-traditional shoring system.
The shopping center was built atop a retired landfill, and therefore CRA's project was impacted by environmental concerns. All of the dirt removed from the approximately 2-square-mile area was collected in containers, covered and hauled away; it ...