OSHA Timber Shoring Design
OSHA Timber Shoring Design
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Hi,
I am studying how to design a timber shoring for an excavation using design tables from OSHA (https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standar...). I hope someone can answer the following questions:
1. According to the table, there are time when wales are not needed. If that's the case, how would the uprights be connected to the cross braces?
2. What do I do if the timber sizes in my country are too small for the ones specified in OSHA?
I am studying how to design a timber shoring for an excavation using design tables from OSHA (https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standar...). I hope someone can answer the following questions:
1. According to the table, there are time when wales are not needed. If that's the case, how would the uprights be connected to the cross braces?
2. What do I do if the timber sizes in my country are too small for the ones specified in OSHA?
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RE: OSHA Timber Shoring Design
2. Options: use more closely spaced horizontal wales, buy thicker vertical boards, slope a few feet of depth off the top to reduce the wall height,, brace individual vertical boards with trench jacks or hydraulic shores, use steel instead of timber, etc.
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