We also hope the updates will help our marketplace of small- and mid-sized contractors to quickly find practical, credible information to support safer operations and stronger project outcomes, moving always toward our goal of zero injuries and fatalities.

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Robert Stevenson Joins
Trench Shoring Company
as Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer, Stevenson will lead company operations with a focus on teamwork, consistency, and customer support, reinforcing Trench Shoring Company’s commitment to safety, reliability, and long-term partnerships in the construction
industry.

Throughout his career, Stevenson has been deeply involved in large-scale projects, training initiatives, and complex shoring applications. In addition to his industry leadership experience, he brings strong insight into shoring products and trench safety training, helping connect field execution, operational planning, and contractor needs.

“Robert understands this industry from the inside out,” said Kevin Malloy, President of Trench Shoring Company. “He knows the people, the pressures, and the realities contractors face every day. That depth of industry knowledge—combined with his leadership style and commitment to safety—makes him a great fit for our team and for the customers we serve.”

About Trench Shoring Company
For more than five decades, the California and Nevada construction industry has relied on Trench Shoring Company to support some of its toughest and most demanding underground projects. Since our inception in 1973, we have worked with contractors to meet challenging job requirements with a consistent focus on safety, service, and customer satisfaction.

With extensive industry knowledge and a complete inventory of trench safety and shoring equipment, Trench Shoring Company delivers same-day service from 12 locations across Southern California, the San Joaquin Valley, the Bay Area, the Sacramento Valley, and Southern Nevada. We understand that time is money—and that dependable execution matters on every job.

Whether supporting a critical phase of a current project or planning for the next one, Trench Shoring Company is a trusted partner for shoring equipment, expertise, and responsive service when it matters most.

Media Contact:
Ryan Malloy
Marketing Director
Trench Shoring Company
Mobile: 714-883-6270
Email: ryanm@trenchshoring.com

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Pacific Shoring Products, LLC named to Inc.’s 2025 Best in Business List in the Best in Innovation, Large Company Category

The annual list recognizes the industry-leading companies that are the best at what they do

Santa Rosa, California, December 2, 2025

Pacific Shoring Products, LLC is proud to announce its inclusion on the Inc. Best in Business list in the Best in Innovation category. Inc.’s annual Best in Business Awards celebrate the exceptional achievements and contributions of companies that have made a profound impact on their industries.

The recognition honors companies that, through exceptional execution, have achieved significant milestones and core business wins, like customer expansion, key product launches, increased market share, and industry-defining accomplishments. Companies from a wide range of industries – such as technology, health care, finance, and retail – have been recognized for their success and their positive influence on the business world.

“Each Best in Business honoree achieved a breakthrough moment this year.” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “No matter what their business win looked like, their projects and initiatives had a sizable impact on their company and even on their industry at large, making them worthy of this honor.”

Inc.’s Best in Business Awards are open to companies of all sizes and types, in all industries and locations. Inc. editors and reporters hand-review every application and select Best in Business honorees that, in each of the award categories, have had an outstanding influence on their communities, their industries, the environment, or society as a whole.  
 
“This award is an exceptional honor for Pacific Shoring Products and was driven by our introduction of the EZE Shore composite shoring system to the USA and European shoring markets. The EZE Shore system is an easy to transport system that can be installed without additional equipment required at the job site. The easier we make shoring to use, the higher likelihood of safety compliance at every job site, big or small. Our commitment to innovative trench safety enhancements is never ending” said Pacific Shoring Product’s CEO, Bruce Russell.

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Trenchman Shoring Joins Sunstate Equipment, Expanding Service & Fleet in the Pacific Northwest

TRENCHMAN SHORING IN OLYMPIA & PASCO, WA IS NOW PART OF SUNSTATE’S GROWING PORTFOLIO OF TRENCH SAFETY EQUIPMENT RENTAL BRANCHES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

CONTACT: Liza Buchanan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sunstate Equipment
Tel: (800) 229-2398
press@sunstateequip.com
www.sunstateequip.com

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Excavation Shoring Industry Mourns
the Passing of a True Leader
and Founding Member of NAXSA

In 2022, Dave achieved one of his proudest milestones:  transitioning DP Nicoli into a 100% employee-owned company. His decision to sell the business to its employees reflected his lifelong commitment to shared success and ensuring the future of the company would remain in the hands of those who helped build it.

Beyond the business, Dave was a mentor, a friend, and an inspiration to all who had the privilege of working with him. His legacy of leadership and generosity will continue to guide DP Nicoli and the people he cared so deeply about.

NAXSA President, Ryan Jaffe, adds, “It is hard to imagine the number of lives he has saved though his commitment to trench safety – or the number of people he has empowered with lifesaving skills and knowledge to carry into their workplace each day. His role as a founder of NAXSA carried through actions large and small in his years of consistent leadership and personal dedication to their welfare.” 

Dave is survived by his family, friends, and the hundreds of employee-owners who will carry forward his vision, as well as his colleagues at NAXSA.

We honor his life, his leadership, and his enduring belief in people.

“People do business with people.” – Dave Nicoli

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NAXSA was created to promote the safe and efficient use of excavation shoring practices. It represents manufacturers, engineers, rental companies/distributors, universities/educators, associates/suppliers, and government agency representatives who share the common goal of maintaining safety in the excavation shoring industry with the result of zero deaths and injuries.

North American Excavation Shoring Association
P.O. Box 964
Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0964
Phone: 615-488-0902 | Fax: 615-488-0903
naxsa.org
info@naxsa.org

NAXSA Featured in Business View Magazine

Dear NAXSA Members and Colleagues,

I’m pleased to report that NAXSA was featured in Business View Magazine this November.  We’re happy to be in the company of organizations like the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), and the US Soccer Federation, among the many groups the Magazine has chosen to spotlight.

A multi-page article sets out NAXSA's goals, purpose, strengths, and success.  Featuring quotes from interviews with Kevin Malloy, Ryan Jaffe, and me, the article shows the Association's growing influence, innovative events, and deep reach into the world of thousands of small and large contractors.

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P.O. Box 964
Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0964
Phone: 615-488-0902 | Fax: 615-488-0903
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info@naxsa.org

Sunstate Trench Safety Rentals

Now Open in Romoland, CA! 

North American Excavation Shoring Association
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
James McRay, NAXSA Media Relations Specialist
517-275-2461 mobile, news@naxsa.org

Inaugural NAXSA Pennsylvania Trench Safety Summit
225+ Workers, Contractors, And Experts In 
Eastern Pennsylvania Zero In On Trench Safety 

Construction and safety professionals converged on the Kimberton Fire Company Fairgrounds in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, October 22 for the state’s inaugural Trench Safety Summit; presented and hosted by the North American Excavation Shoring Association (NAXSA).

Participants arrived in the early morning, ready to reach one common goal: help prevent a tragedy in the workplace by learning more about trench safety and shoring equipment and practices.

“Learning how to protect trenches from cave-ins, is really learning how to protect workers, who are our greatest asset,” says Event Coordinator Steven Simon, Regional Manager at Sunbelt Rentals. “NAXSA has conducted Trench Safety Summits across the country, and the high attendance at this event shows how excavation professionals in Eastern Pennsylvania are committed to safe practices in the workplace,” Simon says.

The day-long Summit offered a cross-training of indoor presentations and outdoor equipment demonstration stations. 

Outdoor demonstrations, led by industry safety professionals, included:

Indoor presentations featured Trench Accidents and Statistics, OSHA Activity Update, plus keynote speaker, Eric Giguere’s presentation on his harrowing experience as a trench collapse survivor.

NAXSA member companies who organized and cohosted the event were Arcosa Shoring Products, Sunbelt Rentals, and United Rentals Trench Safety; plus Leeco Steel.

“This Trench Safety Summit is an investment in trench safety awareness training,” says Ryan Jaffe, President of NAXSA. “The employers who have sent their workers to this Summit have shown they care about the importance of trench safety, and want to keep their workers safe and have everyone go home at night,” Jaffe says.

Sponsors and exhibitors at the event included BTS-Beaver Technology Services, Pacific Shoring, National Trench Safety, Trench Shoring Company, Stemer Equipment, K2 Machining and Fabrication Services, Cherne Industry, PA One Call System, Med-Tex Services, Glendale Steel, Compliance Consultants, Inc., and Craneworks Inc.

NAXSA was created to promote the safe and efficient use of excavation shoring practices. It represents manufacturers, engineers, rental companies/distributors, universities/educators, associates/suppliers, and government agency representatives who share the common goal of maintaining safety in the excavation shoring industry with the result of zero deaths and injuries.

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More than 250 construction workers and safety professionals attended the 2024 North American Excavation Shoring Association (NAXSA) Pennsylvania Trench Safety Summit on October 22. The Summit is a cross training program on the dangers of excavation construction, and demonstration of the life-saving trench shoring equipment available to prevent trenching-related incidents and fatalities.

North American Excavation Shoring Association
P.O. Box 964
Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0964
Phone: 615-488-0902 | Fax: 615-488-0903
naxsa.org
info@naxsa.org

Fraudulent Emails Originating From melaniem@naxsa.org

Dear NAXSA Member,

My NAXSA email melaniem@naxsa.org was hacked when I was communicating with a NAXSA supplier.  The bad actors have been sending fraudulent emails masquerading as Melanie McKee requesting electronic payment which would go directly to them.
 
Please note that all financial transactions should be placed directly on our secure NAXSA website at https://www.naxsa.org or you can mail a check to the address below.  If you would like to transfer money electronically, call me at 615-488-0902 so that we make those arrangements outside of email correspondence.
 
Below is a link to the FBI website with information about how to protect yourself from email Spoofing and Phishing. 

Warm Regards,

Melanie McKee
Executive Director 

North American Excavation Shoring Association
P.O. Box 964
Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0964
Phone: 615-488-0902 | Fax: 615-488-0903
naxsa.org
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Pacific Shoring Products, LLC Makes the Inc. 5000 for the Third Time

NEW YORK, August 15, 2023  - Inc. revealed today that Pacific Shoring Products, LLC has been honored with inclusion on the 2023 Inc. 5000, Inc Magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent businesses.

Bruce Russell, CEO of Pacific Shoring Products, LLC said “It is truly an honor to be included on this list of prestigious growth companies for 2023. Making the list for the third time in four years is a testament to our talented team of industry professionals and our focus on providing quality products delivered with the industry’s best lead times. It is rewarding to be an industry leader providing innovative solutions to keep workers safe on the job sites.”

The Inc. 5000 class of 2023 represents companies that have driven rapid revenue growth. In all, this year’s Inc. 5000 companies have added 1,187,266 jobs to the economy over the past three years.

About Pacific Shoring Products, LLC
Pacific Shoring Products, LLC is a leading manufacturer of trench shoring safety equipment. Pacific Shoring sells to an international dealer network comprised of the most well-known dealers in the trench safety equipment rental industry. Pacific Shoring Products is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA with additional manufacturing operations in Houston, TX and a distribution center in Graham, NC.

CONTACT:
For more information please contact Bruce Russell, CEO. brussell@pacificshoring.com (833) 705-1938

About Inc. 
Inc. Business Media is the leading multimedia brand for entrepreneurs. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.’s award-winning work reaches more than 50 million people across a variety of channels, including events, print, digital, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. 

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Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0964
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Two More Issues of
Tips from the Trench in Spanish! 

Dear NAXSA Members and Colleagues,

Ready to distribute to colleagues and customers!  Two more issues of Tips from the Trench en español!

With thanks to NAXSA member volunteers who customize standard translations and tech to make sense in the office, the field, the trenches.

Edición 5 Enero 2023
GUÍA DE SUPERVIVENCIA PARA LA INSTALACIÓN DE SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS
+ SUPERAR LA CONCEPCIÓN ERRÓNEA SOBRE PRODUCTIVIDAD Y BENEFICIOS [insert link]

Edición 6 Febrero 2023
SEPARADORES DE TUBOS DE TRANSPORTE

Con agradecimiento y aprecio, 

Sincerely,

Melanie McKee
NAXSA Executive Director

North American Excavation Shoring Association
P.O. Box 964
Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0964
Phone: 615-488-0902 | Fax: 615-488-0903
naxsa.org
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NAXSA and Six Industry Groups Sign Formal Alliance with OSHA
Agreement Aims to Protect Workers from Fatality and Injury in Trenching, Excavation, Shoring, and Other “Focus Four” Hazards

Washington, D.C. / June 22, 2023 -- NAXSA’s desire to establish an Alliance with OSHA was fulfilled recently as it joined OSHA leaders and six other prominent industry groups for a signing ceremony at the U.S. Bureau of Labor headquarters in Washington D.C.

The Alliance, called Partners for Safe Trenching and Excavation Operations, includes a formal Agreement among the organizations to “provide their members/associations and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to trenching, excavation, shoring, and other ‘Focus Four’ hazards and addressing equipment related issues, as well as understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).”  The Agreement calls for the Alliance to “forge innovative, creative, and effective ways to fill the gap in trench and shoring safety communication and education between industry, government, and small-to medium-sized contractors.”

More information on the Alliance is available on its webpage.

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Industry On a Mission to Protect Pavement, Trench Workers

The DOL and OSHA are laser-focused on highway worker safety this construction season. The deaths of six Maryland highway workers on the job recently prompted demands that the feds realize workers, too, are vulnerable road users. Meanwhile, trenching-related deaths doubled in the past two years, and the agencies are recognizing trench workers are at risk, as well.

A worker is three times more likely to die on a construction site than in general industry, said Scott Ketcham, OSHA directorate of construction director.

On the road surface, more than 45 percent of worker deaths at highway construction sites were caused by vehicles striking workers on foot. 

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Arcosa Shoring Products acquires Cerda Industries

NEWS RELEASE:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: James McRay, Director of Marketing & Media
Telephone: 517-676-8800; james.mcray@arcosa.com

“I’m very proud and excited to have Cerda join the Arcosa Shoring Team,” said Victor Cerda, founder of Cerda Industries. “Working together to expand our capacities and synergies over all four brands will allow us to better serve our customers,” he says. “This acquisition will allow me personally to focus more time on new innovations with a goal of having the best trench safety products in the industry.” Cerda says.

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Oxford LowPro 23/05 Road Plate goes global

Innovative Road Plate Cover launched by Oxford Plastics 
approved by New York authorities

PRESS RELEASE:

Wilmington, DE - March 13, 2023 - Leading innovator and manufacturer of site safety equipment Oxford Plastics has had its Oxford LowPro road plate covers approved by New York authorities. 
  
The Oxford LowPro 23/05 Road Plate which has been designed and developed by the UK company, to comply with HS20-44 standards and has been successfully trialed in one of the most taxing construction environments in the USA.

The New York Department of Transport needed a solution to noise pollution caused by steel plates used in urban areas. 
  
Peter Creighton, Business Development Director for Oxford Plastics said: “The metal plates being used within New York city can cause major noise pollution problems as they have a ‘rocking effect’ and cause a lot of noise as traffic passes over it. In built up areas such as in Manhattan, the sound reverberates and causes major complaints by residents and business owners. 

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A Note from Jasper Calcara, P.E., D.H. Charles Engineering, Inc. -  NAXSA Engineering Committee Chairperson 

NAXSA Engineering Committee issues groundbreaking Trench Shield Inspection Guidelines 

Since the founding of NAXSA, the most common request of the Engineering Committee has been to provide guidance on when, and PE stamped. The user can then evaluate, legally and with certainty, if a shield needs to be repaired (under the direction of the manufacturer or professional engineer) or if it is safe for continued use.

At this point we’ve obtained stamped documents from GME, Pro-Tec, Efficiency Production and Pacific Shoring but are working on collecting limits and stamps from other manufacturers.

We understand this document may not provide answers and directions to each and every condition, but rest assured that our committee spent many years trying to cover the needs of its members. I want to offer a huge thank you to Tim Dey who worked on developing this document, along with my fellow sub-committee members Gary Carlson, Joe Zylman, Mike Hayet, and Jose Garcia, who all supported bringing this document to NAXSA.

Our goal on the Engineering Committee is to bring impactful education, tools, and resources to our members and the industry as a whole. We look forward to announcing a long-awaited surcharge document in the coming months and to learning what topics you’d like us to tackle next.

Below is a revised document including NAXSA supporting members.  

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