Large excavations are sometimes required for fixing small underground utility repairs. Those excavations can be messy, though, not to mention dangerous to work crews.
A solution is the EasyDig Trench Cage from EasyTech Infrastructure Group. These small, circular shoring systems are designed to have a low impact and provide a safe work area. The modular shoring system comes in lightweight 2-by-4-foot half-circle pieces that are easy to transport and carry by hand. They come with a built-in ladder and are engineered to conform with national regulations. They also include a locking lid as an accessory to secure the excavation. According to Carmelle Isaac, CEO of EasyTech Infrastructure Group, EasyDig not only helps provide a safe work environment, its use can save time and money.
“EasyDig is small and hand moveable, so it can be carried in the back of a pickup truck,” Isaac says. “That means minimal ground disturbance, and a neat and clean excavation area, for example on a front lawn waterline repair. There is really no other circular, modular shoring on the market designed to work with hydrovacs.”
The latest design of the EasyDig is engineered to a 28-foot depth, pending soil conditions. Created specifically for utility repairs such as sewer and water repairs, it also fits across multiple other applications, including utility pole installation, curb-stop repairs, sewer/water repairs, directional drill bore pits, cable splicing/repair and wellhead repair. According to Isaac, the research and development of the product spanned roughly 10 years.
“The developer team included longtime hydrovac operators with a history in product manufacturing. It was used by the inventors out in the field for about 5 years and rented to various local contractors,” Isaac says. “Feedback was used to create a new prototype and brought to engineers for the required pressure testing. This evolved into the lightweight product we have today.
Basically, what previously involved a backhoe and a large messy excavation can be completed in the same amount of time or less with the EasyDig Trench Cage and a hydrovac, Isaac says.
“Plumbers love it because they can work in a clean space instead of a mucky hole, and hydrovac companies receive more work, especially from municipalities,” he says. “Honestly, we have had no negative feedback to date, and EasyDig has been utilized from northern Alberta to southern Mississippi.” 855-485-3279; www.easydig.ca
