Shoring & Ground Improvement
Shoring is essential to maintaining the safety of workers and adjacent buildings.
RP Constructors has shored industrial job sites, civil engineering projects, and more. We use an excavator-mounted MKT hammer that allows us to mobilize quickly and get into spaces a normal crane cannot.
Our sister company, CEC, designs shoring systems using DeepEX 2020 software and RP Constructors does the installation. The ability to provide an all-in-one service makes us stand out from other shoring contractors.
SHORING SYSTEMS
Shoring systems include a hybrid option that combines sheet pile with steel plates, secant pile walls, tangent piles, cofferdams, and many more. We’re experienced in several types of shoring and routinely design and construct:
Sheet pile.
We both own and rent sheet pile shoring. It is installed at the job site and left for the duration of the project. It is removed by us once the project is complete. Sheet pile has been used for seepage cutoff during drainage work.
Soldier pile walls.
Soldier pile walls are used in conjunction with piles. Once the pile is driven into the ground, lagging is placed horizontally between them. Soldier pile walls have been routinely installed on job sites to hold back the soil.
Trench shields.
Trench shields are placed inside trenches to protect workers from collapse. Trench shields are commonly used in utility work.
Why You Need Us
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that shoring, ground improvement, or an earth retention system be installed for every hole more than four feet in depth to protect workers. The deeper you dig, the more complex the requirements due to soil conditions. For example, soil contains rock, clay, and sand and each requires differing amounts of support, rock being the least and sand being the most.
Professional engineers must approve and sign off on any hole deeper than 20 feet. RP Constructors has the advantage of in-house engineering support. This not only cuts out hiring a third party but gives us the ability to respond quickly to field conditions, a huge value to our client base.
Increasing Regulations
As regulations increase, companies must meet requirements to have a licensed engineer complete a shoring plan and a Global Stability Factor (GSF) calculation. The GSF helps predict and avoid catastrophic failure that jeopardizes the public’s safety by ensuring the ground’s stability adjacent to an excavation. We are one of the few engineers/contractors that can complete this calculation in the tri-state area.
Our Expertise and Value
RP Constructors can now do shoring calculations, not only for our projects but also for contractors throughout the Midwest. We’ve made a name for ourselves by providing this service and have earned repeat jobs from contractors.
As both engineers and contractors, we will not design or analyze anything we cannot build.
Our excavator-mounted MKT hammer allows us to mobilize quickly and get into spaces a standard crane cannot. We’re the only company within a few hundred miles that owns one.
Having the ability to quickly respond to field conditions with in-house engineering is part of the value of working with RP Constructors.
Start Your Project with RP Constructors
RP Constructors works with multiple types of clients including municipal, state and federal governments, industrial, and private. Call us today to discuss your shoring needs, and we’ll design the perfect solution for you.
