Trench Shoring Services - Quick Product Index

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8' - 12' Steel Trench Boxes • 6' Steel Trench Boxes • 4' Steel Trench Boxes Multi-sided Options • End Closure Panels • Doghouse Panels Jumbo Spreaders and Height Adapters • Manhole Casings • Shoring Frames H Beams • Tank Pits • Bore Pits • Bridge Panels • Road Plates ultraSHORE • Advanced Solutions • Handling and Rigging Additional Equipment • Bedding Boxes • AS/PRO

8’ Steel Trench Boxes	Back to Top
5. 8’ box with bolt-on knife edges 5a. LE on legs. 11. Working inside an 8’ x 16’ SW with proper ladder placement. 12. Working inside an 8’ x 24’ with proper ladder placement. 13. 8’ x 20’ single wall box. 17. Close up of an 8’ x 16’ at work. Carried on earth bench. 17a. Conduit drops. 17b. 'Throw-away' plywood concrete forms inside box 18. 8’ x 16’ stacked with 36" spreaders. 19. 8’ x 20’ stack (top box inverted) 28' deep. 20. Using an excavator in an 8’ stack (top box inverted). 20a. Vertical embankment protection. 27. 8’ x 20’ deep stack (shows stacking clips). 28. Working inside an 8’ x 16’ stack with 36" spreaders. 29. Using an excavator to lower pipe into an 8’ x 20’ stack. 30. Digging with an excavator in an 8’ x 16’ stack (top box inverted). 34. 8’ x 16’ stack in trench next to manhole. Narrow stack of trench boxes. 35. Multiple deep stacks. 36. 8’ x 24’ with 4' booster section to make 28' long box. 36a. Booster box add-on. 36b. Booster box add-on. 36c. Booster box add-on. 36d. Booster boxes paired. 36e. Wellpointing. 37. 8' x 16' with booster section attached. 37a.12' Box 37b.Single booster box. 37c.10' x 16' box, only 6400 lbs. 38. 4' long x 8' high boxes stacked to 16'. 38a. 10 x 16 assembly. 38b. 10 x 16 end B. 38c. 10 x 16 end A. 38e. 3 box pipe junction. 38f. 10 x 12 High Arch assembly. 38g. Camp cup. 38h. CEV install. 38i. CEV install 2. 38j. Drop manhole install. 38k. Drop manhole install 2. 38l. 10 x 16 single wall box. 38m. Camp Cup with mini-excavator at bottom. 39b. 10 x 16' box. 240. 8 x 20 Single Wall box with good ladder placement. 245. Using an LE box to install a fire line . 246. Setting a 'LE' series box. 260. Laying boxes end to end on top of a 2' bench. 265. Looking at 260 from another view. 266. Simple stacking system. 247. Stacking with 2' center section .
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6’ Steel Trench Boxes	Back to Top
14. 6' x 12' Plumber's Box 21. 6’ x 24’ deep stack with stacking clips and narrow 24" spreaders. 38n.Plumbers Box used on End.

4’ Steel Trench Boxes	Back to Top
22. Back filling a trench while dragging a 4’ stack. 23-25. 4’ stacking sequence. 31. 4’ x 24’ triple stack (deep stack). 32. Stacking 4’ on top of 8’. Double wall and single wall. 33. Stacking up the competition (4’ box on top of competitor box). 39. Watching hot air balloons from inside a 4’ on top of 8’ stack. 39a. Topping the competition 266. Simple stacking system.

Multi-sided Options	Back to Top
4. 2 4-sided boxes loaded and ready for delivery. 51. 3-sided 8’ x 8’ (128" spreaders). 51a. 3-sided. 52. L-shaped multi sided corner solution. 53. Corner view (outside) of an 8’ x 16’ 4-sided box. 54. Corner view (inside) of an 8’ x 16’ 4-sided box. Inside L.E. section. 55. Using a lifting sling to move an 8’ 4-sided box. 56. Working inside an 8’ 4-sided box. 57. LE four sided box for vault installation. 57a. Using a 4 sided box for a vault installation. 58. Close up view (inside) of a corner bolt. Corner view (outside) of a 2-sided assembly using corner bolts. 58a. Extended 4 sided. 59. View of an 8’ H.E. corner section. 60. Cofferdam in river for bridge pier. 61. Cofferdam (close view). 61a. Inside cofferdam. 61b. Outside cofferdam. 62. Using an excavator in a 4-sided tiered deep-stack (multi-photo shot). 63. Using a lifting sling to move an 8’ 4-sided box. 63a. Carrying a 4 sided box. 63b. Carrying a 4 sided box. 64. Using a lifting sling and excavator to stack a 8’ 4-sided box (w/clips). 64a. Using 2 excavators to carry a large 4-sided assembly. 64b. Multi-tiered 4-sided solution, sloping inside the box. 65. Large (20’/24’) 4-sided installation (bottom box). 66. Stacking second section on large (20’/24’) installation. 67. Mud seals (corner view) for wet conditions. 68. 4-sided deep stack ( 8’/4’/4’ configuration). 68a.8’ Setting Manholes with HE 4-sided 69. 8’ 4-sided stack. 69a. 4 sided manhole. 69b. Deep 4 sided (LE). 70. Vertical installation. 70a. 4 sided w/end panels. 71. Large M.H. installation. 71a. HE stack w/laddder. 71c. We Deliver 4-sided Applications. 71d. Multi-Sided AS-Pro from the outside. 71e. 3-Sided AS-Pro from the front. 71f. Setting a manhole using a 'Camp-Cup' Solution. 71g. Simple 4-Sided solution. 71h. Going for a dive in a 3-sided box. 71i. 16' deep 4 sided solution with sloping inside box, whole process. 71j. Tiered well-pointing, before digging. 71k. Tiered well-pointing, after digging, with box installed. 71l. One sided box for foundation repair. 71m. Stretching a 4-sided to create greater inside clearance. 71n. Protecting the higher side with a 4-sided solution. 71o. Offset doghouse for manhole inlet. 71p. Digging inside a simple 4-sided. 208. Setting a divers box. 209. Coming out of divers box. 214. 3 sided solution with plates as end closure. 216. High-side protection. 231. 2 sided solutions with corner stanchion. 233. Typical and simple 4-sided. 237 Typical and simple 4-sided. 238 4-sided with doghouse panels. 239 Picking up a 4-sided solution. 250 Setting and stacking a 4-sided solution. 255 Working inside a large 4-sided solution. 256 Handling a large 4-sided solution. 253 Handling a large 4-sided solution.
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91b. 8' high x 4' long booster box with 78" of pipe clearance

91c. 8' high x 12' long box with 78" of pipe clearance

91d. Spacing between crossing utilities.

112. ‘Before’ photo of a wall to be shored with H beams and plates.
113. ‘After’ shot of the same wall with shoring in place.
114. H beams in place before excavation.
115. Installing trench plates into H beams during excavation.
116. Installing trench plates in H beams.
117. Installing an H beam/trench plate configuration.
118. Shoring configuration using H beams and panels.
118a. Beam placement.
118b. Beam placement with polywrap.
118c. Beam placement with caison.
118d. Beam and Panels.
118e. Beam and Panels.
118f. Beam and Panels for formwork clearance.
501a. Beam and panel placement process.
501b. Beam and panel set up at work.
502. H-Beam and panel shoring all in place.
502a. H-Beam and panel shoring supporting traffic loads.
502b. Placing protective polywrap around beam.
502c. H-Beam and panel shoring in place.
502d. Sliding beam into caisson.
502e. Preparing for new drilling.
502f. Setting H-Beam in place.
502g. Grand view of beam placement.
202. Setting beam in place
202a. Setting beam in place
202b. Setting beam in place
202c. Setting beam in caisson
202d. Filling in flowable fill
202e. Drilling machine
202f. Setting beam
202g. Pulling caisson
202h. Setting beam
202i. Pulling caisson
202j. Picking up beam
235. Beam and plate wall
241. Getting ready
241a. Making all the right measurements for placement
248. Beam and Plate wall
249. Beam and Plate wall
263. Beam and Plate wall
273. Beam and Plate wall

Tank Pits	Back to Top
105. Outside view of vault installation using trench plates for protection on one side. 106. Using a crane to lower a vault into a manhole frame assembly. 107. Lowering a vault into installation. 108. Vault in place in installation. 109. Setting up a tank pit. 110. Tank pit with tanks in place. 111. Assembling a tank pit.

Bore Pits	Back to Top
133a. Dueling bore pits. 133b. Jumbo inverted bore pit. 133c. Bore pit with adjustable end closure. 218. Bore pit.

147. Showing high-visibility of TSS bridge panels.
148. Covering a (long) gap with road plates.
149. Moving road plates with center lifting eye.
150. Using road plates to create a safe pedestrian crossing.
151. Road plates in use on a busy street.
152. Making sure all of your spaces are covered with TSS road plates.
153. A long line of high-visibility, anti-skid road plates.
154. Anti-skid coating for safe crossings.
155. Aerial shot of road plates at work.
156. Using road plates to keep the grass nice.
157. DON’T DO THIS!
158. TSS road plates can handle heavy loads.
158a. Temporary roadways using multiple trench plates.
158b. Follow the orange plate road, creating a cover for safe vehicle passage.
158c. Proper method for lifting trench plates: Straight up, no dragging.
158d. Temporary driveway solutions.
158e. Using plates to allow both lanes of a small road to remain open.
158f. Loaded semi crossing over trench plates in intersection.
158g. Stable road for dumptrucks.
158h. Plating inside a building.
158i. Bridging over pump hose.
158j. Plating for excavator tracks.
158k. Plating on bridge panels.
206. Crosswalk in the middle of nowhere.
213. Covering the open trenches.
262. Road plates, can you say "High Visibilitity"? .
270. Highway rated.
281. Handling road plates.

Bridge Panels	Back to Top
146a. Boxes end to end. 146b. Bridge panel with abutment. 146c. Bridge panels in action. 146d. Bridge panels in action 146e. Using bridge panels for temporary reinforcement of an old bridge 146f. Using bridge panels for a temporary bridge 204. Keeping the traffic flowing, while work is done below

5a. Aluminum shoring demo at trade show.
5b. Aluminum shoring demo at trade show.
6a. Loading ultraSHORE on trailer.
10a. Mini ex with aluminum.
25a. Wheel kit for shoring.
33a. Wide aluminum spreaders.
55. Stacking aluminum with 2' leg kit.
56. 4-sided aluminum solution

Advanced Solutions - Our solutions are registered by a Professional Engineer	Back to Top
40. Avoiding utility interference with Advanced Solutions from TSS. 168. Single sided solution using shoring frames and panels. 169. Hybrid solution using a shoring frame and panels together. 170. Blockouts for use with concrete wall construction. 171. Lowering concrete communications duct with chain, hoist and multiple spreaders. 172. Same as 171 - multiple boxes end to end. 173. Using booster section to fill tight spaces between utilities. 174. Tricks to avoiding utility interference. 175. Avoiding utility interference (Multiple utilities). 176. Bridge Panels spanning the opening between rows of boxes. 177. Multiple lengths and widths to avoid utility interference. 178. Holding a tight trench. 179. Slip-lining entrance pit. 180. Downtown welded gas line. 181. Welder’s huts. 182. Environmental pipe and fabric installation. 183. Leap frog boxes. 184. Dragging heavy boxes down slope into trench. 185. Single side shoring with stanchions. 186. Air operated wide span struts. 187. Collapse of earth for foundation between existing homes. 188. Solution to photo 187. 189. Progress of solution to photo 187. 190. Progress of solution to photo 187. 191. Progress of solution to photo 187. 192. Trench box narrow at one end and wide at the other. 193. Ramp with handrail. 194. Vertical panel solution. 195. Installation around vertical obstructions. 196. Plates used vertically in engineered bore pit. 197. Blast wall. 198. Blast wall. 5a. LE on legs. 20a. Vertical embankment protection. 36e. Wellpointing. 37b.Single booster box. 38e. 3 box pipe junction. 38f. Shoring around bridge footers. 38g. Camp cup. 38h. CEV install. 38i. CEV install 2. 38j. Drop manhole install. 38k. Drop manhole install 2. 17a. Conduit drops. 17b. Using plywood for temporary formwork for conduit drops 25a. Wheel kit. 33a. Wide aluminum spreaders. 36a. Booster box add-on from the outside. 36c. Booster box add-on from the inside. 57a. Using a 4 sided box for a vault installation. 58a. Extended 4 sided. 80a. Jumbos over framework. 92a. End view jumbo. 146a. Boxes end to end. 146b. Bridge panel with abutment. 71b. 1 sided stancion. 500aShoring beams supporting utility line. 500b Shoring beams supporting utility line. 500c Shoring beams supporting utility line. 500d Shoring beams supporting utility line. 500e Shoring beams supporting utility line. 500f Shoring beams supporting utility line. 500g Shoring beams supporting utility line. 198aMulti-Box Solution, before formwork. 198bMulti-Box Solution, with formwork. 198c Retaining wall with jumbos, end view. 198d Retaining wall with jumbos, side view. 38n.Plumbers Box used on End. 198e.Using shoring panels to protect formwork. 36f. Using a booster box inside another box. 36g. Using plates behind booster boxes to increase horizontal clearance. 36h. Using a box to set formwork in a tight place. 36i. Getting ready to fit a valve to existing and active lines. 36j. Using spreader height adapters and booster boxes to skip utilities. 71j. Tiered well-pointing, before digging. 71k. Tiered well-pointing, after digging, with box installed. 198f. Creating a 'T-Box', and using road plates as end closure Pt 1. 198g. Creating a 'T-Box' and using road plates as end closure Pt 2. 198h. Spanning gap between booster boxes with a single wall bridge panel. 198j.Pouring foundation wall with stacked boxes & knockouts Pt 1. 198k.Pouring foundation wall with stacked boxes & knockouts Pt 2. 205. Straddling utilities with doghouse panels 207. Using H-beams and plates for a multi-sided solution. 210. Using steel and aluminum shoring in harmony. 212. Stacking with end closure. 220. Camp cup solution. 271. Shoring frame used to make system corner. 282. Shoring frame system.
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159. Properly dragging box by spreader.
160. Pulling box tight to sidewalls.
162. Using excavator and lifting sling to move box.
163. Lowering box into hole with lifting sling.
164. Loading 4' stacks onto truck.
165. Using crane and lifting sling to stack boxes.
166. Showing proper ladder placement in Plumber's box.
167. Installing pipe into 6' x 12' trench box.
167a. Using a backhoe to lift a 6' x 12' HE trench box.
239. Carrying a 4-sided assembly .
244. Standing a box on its end.
256. Lifting large 4-sided assembly.
261. Taking plates of a TSS delivery truck.
269. Setting large 4-sided system.
272. TSS delivery truck.

Additional Equipment	Back to Top
Pipe Plugs 10a. Pipe plug in use. 10b. Pipe plug in use. 10c. Pipe plug in use. 252. Bolt on knife-edge for TSS trench boxes.

Bedding Boxes	Back to Top
9a. Bedding box in use. 9b. Beddng box. 9c. Lone bedding box. 200. 4 yard bedding box in use. 201. Bedding box in use. 215. 4 yard bedding box in use. 242. Bedding box on the truck, ready to go 251. Bedding box in use. 280. Bedding box in use.

Medium Duty Aluminum Shoring - AS/PRO	Back to Top
15a. AS/PRO vault installation. 15b. AS/PRO vault installation. 15c. Forming with AS/PRO. 15d. Lowering AS/PRO with lifting sling. 15e. Lowering AS/PRO with lifting sling. 15f.