Groundforce Shorcos equipment portfolio includes a full range of Trenching Equipment and Shoring Equipment including: Trench Boxes, Trench Sheets and Piles, light and heavy duty hydraulic bracing, hydraulic struts and other related products.
Supplying Piling equipment nationwide, we strive ourselves on customer service and product quality. Our ranges include EMVs, Larssen Sheet Piles and more
We have a wide range of Pile Croppers available to suit all applications, helping you save time and money on site.
Stopper Specialists supply pipe stoppers and pressure testing equipment to the construction, civil engineering and utility industries; offering an unrivalled portfolio of products for a variety of tasks from blanking off vessels to pressure testing pipelines.
Groundforce Bridge is the temporary bridge hire division of Groundforce. Our temporary bridge structures cater for the construction, transmission, rail and events sectors.
Groundforce Training Services offer a wide range of courses primarily for those working in utilities, construction and civil engineering. From short duration health and safety awareness to more complex or specialist safety consultancy solutions.
Groundforce Shorco are pleased to announce the launch of YourSolution+ an industry-first temporary works design tool providing bespoke box design solutions.
Groundforce has built a reputation as a first class market leader by developing seven core business elements. Each division was formed to serve the entire construction industry by offering specialist solutions in Shoring Equipment, Trench Boxes, Piling Equipment, Pile Croppers, Pipe Stoppers, Temporary Bridges and Industry Wide Training Courses. The divisions operate throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. A commitment to developing our vast product range means Groundforce’s customers can be certain of innovative products and a comprehensive service.
Are you looking for a new role? At Groundforce we have a wide range of roles on offer, from engineering to accounting.
As part of our commitment to reach Net-Zero by 2050, we have released a short term roadmap which will help us to achieve this. We are continuing to identify opportunities that will reduce our carbon footprint whilst also making a positive impact on the environment.
Our bespoke box design tool is now live, create bespoke trench and manhole box designs, tailored to site specific soil profiles and surcharges.
We have a large suite of user guides available to view from our technical library. Highlighting our products and how to use them, these are perfect to use on site.
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Our free to access technical library gives you access to our range of literature and tools such as user guides, design notes, technical literature, AutoCAD blocks and much more. Our technical library also allows you to access My Hires and previous YourSolution submissions. Signing up is free and simple by clicking 'Sign Up' below.
Equipment User Guide for various Trench Boxes (Mini, Standard, Magnum and Premier).
Groundforce Shorco’s vast fleet of site safety equipment, including trench boxes, heavy duty hydraulic bracing and strutting systems, are delivered by a team of over 300 professionally trained staff covering all aspects of business.
Mr Cropper is the UK and Ireland’s premier supplier of hydraulic pile croppers to construction, civil engineering and piling contractors working on basement and foundation projects.
Groundforce Bridge is the temporary bridge hire division of Groundforce. Our temporary bridge structures cater for the construction, transmission, rail, and events sectors.
Piletec is the UK and Ireland’s leading specialist provider of Piling & Foundation equipment to the construction, civil engineering, utilities and marine sectors.
Take a look at the latest news from our Groundforce divisions, highlighting key updates and projects we have recently been involved in.
Specialist construction services supplier Groundforce has won a brace of shortlistings in this year’s Ground Engineering Awards.
Contractors redeveloping the old Castlegate Market site in Sheffield are exposing a long-hidden stretch of the River Sheaf with help from specialist hirer Groundforce Shorco.
Groundforce have introduced the Instagrid GO Mobile Power Supply: a portable, lightweight device that delivers grid-like electrical performance without the limitations associated with conventional diesel or petrol generators.
Building on our excellent reputation throughout the construction and civil engineering sectors for delivering high standard courses, Groundforce Training have now made available a new portfolio of EUSR accredited utility courses.
Groundforce Shorco has provided specialist shoring equipment and design services for a complex excavation at a new housing development in North Yorkshire.
Groundforce equipment has created critical time and cost savings on a challenging project on a live healthcare campus in Gothenburg.
Installing a sheet-piled cofferdam was traditionally a specialist operation and many piling subcontractors still offer this as a specialist service. However, modern piling technology has made the process of installing steel sheet-piles a task well within the capabilities of any competent excavator operator.
Groundforce appoints two Garys to its piling businesses.
At the Mannofield Water Treatment Works near Aberdeen, contractor ESD is carrying out an £8 million upgrade for Scottish Water
Piletec were challenged with providing equipment to install sheet piles needed to penetrate to a depth of 9m to engage the bedrock.
The Hire Desk team at Groundforce Shorco have been recognised as Highly Commended in two categories at the 2024 Northern Contact Centre Awards
Our Stopper Specialists division recently took Callum, one of our hire controllers, to a Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) upgrade site in the South, part of the ongoing AMP7 investment programme.
It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to Richard Cherrie as he prepares to enter retirement
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