Specialist Advice and Engineering
EAW can arrange engineered designs to suit your special applications, using either the EAW extruded aluminium sections that have the same tensile strength as steel, or a combination of aluminium and steel.
The EAW Trench Shield aluminium extrusions are approximately a third of the weight of steel, making EAW Trench Shield a more user-friendly shoring system.
EAW can provide expert advice on most shoring problems and is happy to work with design engineers at the early design stages of projects to develop shoring systems specific to the project.
Designing systems at the early stages saves time and money on site and these designs can then be built into the tender process.
Field and Technical Support
Our engineers and designers are available to advise and design safety systems to suit your specific requirements.
With 70 years’ combined experience in the design, engineering and installation of safety systems, our consultants have the expertise to assist you in the field to ensure that you have safe access to the most difficult working environments.
We have a licensed mine manager with many years’ experience of trenching and tunnelling.
Active Earth Pressure Graphs
EAW has produced some graphs to use as a guide to active earth pressure in various soil types.
NOTE: This information is supplied as a guide only. If you need accurate soil pressures, have a soil test done by a geotechnical engineering or soil testing company.