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Groundworks Support & Equipment

Excavation Bracing Frames

Excavation bracing provides essential support for deep excavations with vertical faces, providing temporary support as the braced excavation process is carried out. Our wide range of excavation bracing frames provide support solutions for sheeted excavations, with the capability to support clear spans of up to 25 metres.

Groundworks support equipment with sheet pile wall, edge protection and fall arrest system keeping excavation prevent ground from collapsing into the excavation
A 4 framed excavation with groundworks support equipment sheet such as sheet piles, edge protection and fall arrest system to keep the excavation clear and safe from falling debris
Ground support provided during a basement construction
Groundworks support equipment with sheet pile wall, edge protection and fall arrest system keeping excavation prevent ground from collapsing into the excavation
A 4 framed excavation with groundworks support equipment sheet such as sheet piles, edge protection and fall arrest system to keep the excavation clear and safe from falling debris
Ground support provided during a basement construction

Applications

Excavations
Single Sided Excavations
Trenching

Our Excavation Bracing Frames

Our vast range of excavation bracing frames are available in steel or aluminium, mechanical or as hydraulic bracing systems. Choose from a range of low to high load carrying capacities to suit your excavation support requirements.

Excavation bracing frames provide complete excavation support when combined with struts. With a range of excavation bracing struts available for hire, we provide your construction project with a complete excavation bracing system.

Use our allowable load capacity comparison chart below to ensure you find the right Mabey Hire bracing system for your project:

Excavation Bracing Frames specification load bar chart
Large and deep excavation to create a basement using temporary works equipment
Large and deep excavation in the water using temporary works equipment
Excavation Bracing Frames specification load bar chart
Large and deep excavation to create a basement using temporary works equipment
Large and deep excavation in the water using temporary works equipment

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Our Excavation Bracing Frame solutions

Our excavation bracing frames cover low to high load range capacity. Get strong support from our super shaftbrace, a versatile hydraulic bracing system, or explore multibrace, powershore systems and more. Discover excavation bracing systems for your construction project.

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Powershore
Powershore
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Manhole Brace
Manhole Brace
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Shaftbrace
Shaftbrace
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Multibrace
Multibrace
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Super Shaftbrace
Super Shaftbrace
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Supershaft Plus
Supershaft Plus

Get in touch with us

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For all excavation bracing, project specific design and technical enquiries, please contact your local service team. Find your local depot to get in touch.

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    Kirkthorpe Hydroelectric Plant

    Kirkthorpe, one of the largest hydroelectric power schemes in Yorkshire, uses the flow of the River Calder to generate the equivalent consumption of 800 households per year. The development required a sheet piled cofferdam to construct a permanent concrete structure.

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    Dalmore Mill

    During the construction of a housing development in Midlothian, it was identified that the existing bridge over the stream that runs alongside the site needed replacing. We provided support for the excavations on both sides of the stream where the new bridge will sit.

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    Alnwickhill Road

    In Edinburgh, pressure-relieving valves (PRVs) that were not working properly had led to major flooding in the area. Scottish Water needed our ground support to help the installation of two new PRVs and connecting pipework.

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    Derby Waste

    During works at the Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facility in Derby, our engineers designed a five-level frame to support the largest ever excavation we have undertaken.

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    Sydenham Farm

    Tank installation at the Sydenham Farm development in Horsey was set to be quite a challenge due to the bad ground conditions and high water table. Mabey Hire engineers provided a trench sheet and bracing system to combat these obstacles.

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    Mabey Hire to supply solution for Port of Tilbury regeneration

    Designing and supplying 300 tonnes of groundworks equipment for much-needed expansion of the Port of Tilbury in Essex.

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    Mabey Hire supports flood barrier construction to protect 14,000 homes

    Excavation bracing frames support complex cofferdam to enable installation of new flood barrier in the River Haven in Lincolnshire.

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    Our engineered solutions

    Our engineered solutions range from standard designs to major projects, through to emergencies. We can also offer an end-to-end service from design and supply through to installation and removal.

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