Projects

Groundhogs

Landscaping & Excavation

Trench Shoring

Aluminum Trench Shield Features:

Foam filled

Greatest strength to weight ratio in industry

Sidewalls are smooth to prevent dirt build-up and friction

Professional Engineer depth certification chart

Narrow Sidewalls

Pulling and lifting tugs

Tongue and groove design

Adjustable spreaders

Exclusive corner end posts

Can be hand assembled in minutes

Ultra-light double wall aluminum construction

Avaliable Products

• Build-A-Box

• XLAP

• Corru-Lite

• HydraShield

• Hydraulic Shores

• Horizontal Walers

• Rescue Shores

• Municipal Steel Shields

• Porta-Tanks

• SnowBuckets

• Steel Trench Shields

• Slide Rail Systems

• Manhole Shields

• Hydraulic Shoring

• Aluminum Trench Shields

• Build-A-Box Modular Aluminum Shielding

• Stone Mizer

• Support Equipment

Available for purchase or rent

E-Mail: groundhogsllc@gmail.com

We have teamed wtih Efficiency Productions to bring Amercian Made quality products to Alaska. Efficienty Productions has been the premier manufacturers of American shoring system fabrication for over 40 years. They have grown and enhanced their product with inovative ideas and tried and true designs. We are coordinating with them to make sure that you, the contractor has the appropriate shoring to meet your needs.

“We discovered through the use of trench shields that we were able to keep our trenches narrower and thereby increase our daily pipe production while decreasing our installation and restoration costs."

SLIDE RAIL SYSTEM

What is Slide Rail?

Efficiency Production’s Slide Rail is a component system comprised of steel panels and posts. It is commonly used as a cost-effective alternative to traditional driven closesheeting. The universal system can be used in a variety of configurations to meet any shoring challenge, particularly in poor soil conditions or near adjacent structures.

Where is Slide Rail Used?

Efficiency’s Slide Rail can be custom-engineered to shore:

• Large and small vault installations

• Pump stations, lift stations, and wet-wells

• Large tanks

• Footings and foundations

• Press pits inside buildings

• Long pipe joints

• Parallel water-mains

• Boring Operations

How is Slide Rail used?

Slide Rail is installed simultaneously as the trench or pit is excavated by sliding the panels into rails on the posts, and then pushing the panels and posts incrementally down to grade as the pit is dug; a process commonly referred to as a “dig and push” system. Slide Rail posts have eithera double or triple rail which telescope panels to required depth.

NEW PRODUCTS

Ground Quick-Release Shackle

In the process of installing Slide Rail, the shackle connecting the top of posts, panels, and sheeting must be removed manually. This is normally done by climbing on a ladder to reach the top. The innovative new Ground Quick-Release™ Shackle has a spring loaded pin that when pulled by a connecting rope, retracts and frees the shackle from the ground.

Slide Rail Barrier Post & Guard Rail

Slide Rail shored excavations typically remain open for extended periods of time. Efficiency’s new Barrier Posts & Guard Rail are an easy, OSHA compliant fall protection device. The posts have a telescoping guard rail that fits all lengths of Slide Rail panels. The posts’ adjustable shoes also fit 3-8 inch trench shield sidewalls.

Accessories

Corner Spacing Tool

Slide Rail Squaring Tool

Panel Push Pad

Sheeting Pushing Pad

Slide Rail Job Box