Slide Rail Shoring
Slide rail shoring is important in excavation, especially in areas with unfavorable ground conditions or with underground infrastructure issues.
Westport Equipment’s slide rail system is the fastest and safest way to install shoring pits in Ireland, giving you more time to do your job while adding peace of mind with safe, strong and fast equipment. Our systems are designed to handle both deep and shallow excavations, areas close to buildings, and adjacent to active roadways, providing minimal settlement. Working with Westport Equipment can help save you more time on the job while keeping workers safe. We will be there on site with you to make sure it works every time.
Advantages Of The Slide Rail System
- No piling hammer requirements
- No trench sheet damage charges
- No vibration issues
- No hydraulics
- No early entry requirements, to install hydraulic frames
- The number of lifting operations reduced
- Accelerated programme / lower costs
Single Slide Rail
Recommended upto 3.8m
Double Slide Rail
Recommended upto 8.5m
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Scale, Location,
and Shoring Innovation:
Why Westport Equipment Leads the Way
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Strategically located just outside Dublin, our central hub provides immediate access to major transport networks. This key location ensures rapid dispatch, reduced transit times, and reliable on-site delivery precisely when your project demands it.
We proudly bring this scale and reliability to the vital sectors driving major infrastructure development across the island and providing the necessary infrastructure for additional housing supply:
- Water and Wastewater: Proven performance on numerous Uisce Éireann and Northern Ireland Water projects, where reliable ground support is critical for deep utility pipelines and treatment facilities.
- Transport Networks: Trusted for high-security, high-consequence environments, including the construction of deep shafts on Dublin Airport aprons and Gantry Bases along the Motorway Network where zero-vibration and structural integrity are non-negotiable.
- Power Infrastructure: Providing heavy-duty, dependable support for complex pylon foundations on transmission networks across challenging terrain.
THE FUTURE OF SHORING:
The SBH Slide Rail System
Within these critical sectors, we are leading the way with the SBH Slide Rail System, a true game-changer that is rapidly replacing traditional sheet piling and hydraulic frames. Designed for maximum efficiency and safety, this modular system completely transforms how deep excavations are managed.
Unlike traditional sheet piling, which involves high-vibration driving, intensive labour, slow program and significant noise disruption, the SBH Slide Rail system is installed progressively as excavation takes place. This drastically reduces ground disturbance, making it the ideal choice near active airport aprons, live utilities, and overhead power infrastructure.
Unmatched Dimensions,
Maximum Clearance
Our fleet features specialised reinforced panels ranging from 3m to 7m. Using the largest panels, we can achieve over 7m x 7m of completely uninterrupted working space at depths up to 5.5m. By achieving these massive dimensions with minimal components, the system eliminates the need for cluttered internal hydraulic frames, leaving your excavation entirely clear for rapid pipe-laying or concrete pouring.
Furthermore, it is installed very quickly compared to alternative sheets, frames, or traditional piling hammer schemes, drastically cutting your program duration.
Our clever Tie Back system can also achieve larger dimension cofferdams with clear openings using an innovative above ground tie back beam.
Why westport’s system
outperforms the competition
While other standard slide rail options exist in the market, Westport Equipment’s system provides distinct operational and safety advantages that alternative designs simply cannot match:
- True Positive Interlock vs. Friction Fit: Unlike alternative systems that require panels to be pitched and swung into the post at a 45-degree angle, the SBH system guides panels vertically. Systems requiring a 45-degree insertion angle frequently cause severe installation issues in tricky or collapsing ground conditions, as soil intrusion blocks the entry path.
- Fully Locked Post Sockets: With the SBH design, the panel is fully locked securely within the post socket during its entire descent. Alternative options leave the panel loosely held or improperly retained until it is completely home, increasing site risk.
- Superior Structural Rigidity: Built with heavier-duty steel gradients, our panels and posts experience significantly less deflection under high lateral earth pressures, ensuring safer working conditions at greater depths.
- Smoother Component Slide: Engineered with tighter manufacturing tolerances, our rails feature an anti-friction design. Components slide effortlessly without jamming, saving your team hours during both installation and extraction.
- Greater Clearance Heights: Our structural bracing allows for much higher clearance beneath the bottom strut, giving your excavators and pipe-laying crews maximum room to manoeuvre without sacrificing safety.
