Requirements to prevent trench collapse during sheet-pile operations.
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October 17, 2000
Mr. Charles Walling
Hawkins Construction Company
P.O. Box 9008, Station C
Omaha, NE 68109
RE: 1926.603(c)(3), 1926.650, 1926.651(g), 1926.651(j)(1), (j)(2), 1926.652, 1926.652(b)(1)(i) & (b)(1)(ii), angle of repose, maximum allowable slope, minimum sheet-pile height above grade, benching
Dear Mr. Walling: