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.
