Product Overview
Excavation & Trench Safety Quick-Card by Builders Book
This six-page water resistant, full-color card with illustrations quickly covers essential Excavation & Trench Safety in construction, public works, architecture, and engineering.
Features:
- Soils
- Standard Sieve Size
- Designated Soil Sizes
- Soil Volume Characteristics
- Typical Weight of Soils, Sand, Gravel and Stone
- OSHA Prevention & Protection
- OSHA Requirements & Definitions
- Maximum Allowable Slopes
- Surface Settlements of Shored Cuts
- Factors Affecting Cave-Ins
- Unconfined Compressive Strength of Soils
- Shear Strength of Soils
- TYPE: A, B, C Soil Classifications
- Slopes for Soil Types
- Protective Systems for Trenches
- Excavated Materials for Sloping Options
- Retaining Wall
- Excavation with Sloped Walls
- Soil Classification
- Slope Protection
- OSHA Shoring Requirements
- Excavation & Trench Facts
- Excavation Slope
- Four Common Sheathing & Shoring Methods
- Calculating Excavations Steps 1-3
- Calculating Area for Common Geometric Shapes
- Calculating Volume for Common Geometric Shapes
