The body of work called variously Earth Retention, or Shoring, or
Geo Support,
or Sheeting has historical roots. Earth Retention, as we know it
today, has been
the amalgamation of construction technologies, equipment
innovations and engineering
analyses borrowed from many other disciplines. The real coalescing
of
these roots into a distinct discipline did not occur until well
into the latter part of
the 20th century, but now represents literally billions of dollars
of work annually
in the United States alone.
Earth Retention systems are created by a contractor drilling,
driving and excavating,
and an engineer investigating, analyzing, predicting, measuring and
confirming.
The innovations of the past have come together in the 20th century
to form
a critical mass which has evolved into the shoring industry as we
know it today.
The body of work called variously Earth Retention, or Shoring, or Geo
Support,or Sheeting has historical roots. Earth Retention, as we know it today,
has beenthe amalgamation of construction technologies, equipment innovations and
engineeringanalyses borrowed from many other disciplines. The real coalescing
ofthese roots into a distinct discipline did not occur until well into the
latter part ofthe 20th century, but now represents literally billions of dollars
of work annuallyin the United States alone.Earth Retention systems are created
by a contractor drilling, driving and excavating,and an engineer investigating,
analyzing, predicting, measuring and confirming.The innovations of the past have
come together in the 20th century to forma critical mass which has evolved into
the shoring industry as we know it today.
