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.
Quick Release Shackles are designed specifically for pitching trench sheets and piles using appropriate lifting equipment. They must not be used for pile extraction Their purpose is to enable sheet piles to be lifted vertically into temporary guides and then released quickly and safely from ground level once the sheet or pile is secured.
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The shackles have the advantage that the release mechanism is operated from ground level. This speeds up the positioning of the piles, saving time and money and increases safety on what has traditionally been a slow and laborious task.
Depth (mm)
Width (mm)
SWL (Kg)
Weight (Kg)
Pin Diameter (mm)
228
20
2000
19.0
250
6000
24.0
32
Sheet Pile Extractors are available as ‘Standard Duty’ or ‘Heavy Duty’ and suit all sheet profiles. Both models are produced from high grade steel and incorporate a hardened steel pin.
SheetMaster is a revolutionary, non-hydraulic, sheet handling and installation attachment developed to undertake the three dig and push operations of pitching, driving and extraction for the Groundforce Shorco range of trench sheets. Reducing the need for manual intervention and keeping operatives clear of the slewing excavator, means SheetMaster introduces greater safety into trench sheet handling operations by assigning much of the control to the excavator driver.
Larssen Piles are a type of sheet piling that has an interlocking section which forms a sheet piling retaining wall. Each sheet pile section is connected at 180 degrees from the previous one to form a uniform wall with alternating troughs and peaks. Larssen Sheet Piles are typically used in temporary or permanent cofferdams, retaining walls and foundation construction.
Groundforce Shorco offer a comprehensive range of cold formed lapped trench sheets and interlocking light pile sections to provide a cost effective solution for most excavation support applications. Many of the sections are produced from high yield steel which provides an exceptional strength-to-weight ratio resulting excellent durability whilst driving and resistance to on-site damage.
