Trench Shoring

Icon’s trench shoring services go hand-in-hand with trench safety!

Trench shoring and excavation procedures are performed thousands of times a day across the United States. Unfortunately, however, trenching accidents claim the lives of about 60 people every year. It is incumbent upon contractors and construction laborers to understand the laws and regulations applicable to trenching and excavation occupations and know what types of trench boxes, trench shoring equipment and trench shoring services are available for any particular project. They should also understand the statutes that are in effect for the express purpose of protecting those who work in trench shoring and excavation situations.

ICON provides the necessary training, trench boxes, trench shoring equipment and trench safety precautions to ensure a safe operation

There are no second chances in ensuring trench safety precautions are followed when providing trench shoring services and trench box rental. Soil is an extremely heavy material, and may weigh more than 100 pounds per cubic foot (pcf). A cubic yard of soil (3 ft x 3 ft x 3 ft), which contains 27 cubic feet of material, may weigh more than 2,700 pounds. That is nearly one and a half tons in a space less than the size of the average office desk. Wet soil, rocky soil or rock is even heavier. The human body cannot support such heavy loads without being seriously injured. Icon’s trench box, trench shoring equipment and trench shoring services are designed with this in mind.

Icon is revolutionizing the vertical shoring and trench shoring industry by furnishing trench boxes and trench shoring systems that achieve new benchmarks of quality for exceeding current industry standards through creativity, teamwork, and partnerships. Our innovative designs for trench shoring systems and trench boxes utilize our slide rail system and incorporate many benefits, including:

• Excavation can be performed by an excavator and two laborers rather than traditional equipment- and labor-intensive techniques
• Equipment is produced of high-grade materials that are quality inspected, never of wood, which is not always to spec and could result in trench shoring failure
• Vibration-less installations virtually eliminate property damage and toeless design does not disturb the excavation sub grade
• Impact Design guarantees systems that will perform hundreds of installations during their lifetime rather than conventional sheeting materials that have a limited number of reuses

We at Icon pride ourselves on being “Big Enough to Handle Any Job…Small Enough to Know Your Name.” We have the experience and resources to handle trench shoring and vertical shoring projects of any size and in any location, something our competitors would love to be able to claim, but cannot. ICON services a variety of clients, contractors, utilities and manufacturers across the country. As industry-leading trench shoring experts, we are uniquely qualified to provide you with field-tested and cost-effective solutions that provide uncompromised trench safety and meet your specific needs.

Call ICON’s corporate headquarters now at 800-836-5011 or click here to contact us immediately. A trench shoring engineer will get back to you within one business day.