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TrenchTech Ups Efficiency, Service With New Location TrenchTech Inc. recently moved a relatively short geographic distance — 25 minutes to be exact — but is finding its new facility a vast improvement over its old home. The company, which had been leasing a property in Conshohocken, Pa., decided the time was right to own its own property, and found a location in Morrisville, Pa., that fit the bill. “When we were in Conshohocken our storage yard was a half a mile from our office and our shop was in between. So, we had issues with efficiency — getting things done, information sharing, getting trucks loaded quickly and things of that nature — just because of the delay in getting the information from one point to the other,” said Jay Kerrigan, company president. “You try to do it electronically and telephonically but a lot of times you need to do it physically. You have to be there to actually see what you’re doing. So the fact that we are consolidated here has made us much more efficient — very quickly.” Kerrigan believes his customers are already seeing the difference. “Our response time has always been very good, but it’s better now than it’s ever been. I can literally look out the window and see what I need and know it’s there and get the process started with getting a load … We deliver 95 percent TrenchTech’s new facility, located on Old Bristol Pike in Morrisville, is on approximately 15 acres of land. The building is 7,500 sq. ft., 6,800 of which is industrial of what we rent so it’s very critwarehouse. A 6,000 sq. ft. fabrication shop will be built ical to our customers that we’re in the next several months. able to deliver very quickly. And get there when we say we’re going to get there. When we fleet on the east coast in one location.” promise something we strive to TrenchTech primarily handles the mid-Atlantic region, meet that promise the best we from New York to Virginia, and out to the middle of can and the fact that we’re much Pennsylvania. more efficient at this location “We [also] do a lot of business in Maryland, a lot of busigives us the ability to hit that ness in Delaware. We’re really starting to make inroads in mark – almost 100 percent of New York,” Kerrigan said. the time. TrenchTech currently has 17 employees, including three “We’ve always been pretty people in the field selling and assisting customers with conscientious about keeping our technical issues and a four person administrative staff. The rental fleet in good shape, but remainder of the employees are drivers and yard personnel the conditions that we were and shop personnel working in Conshohocken The new facility, located on Old Bristol Pike in weren’t conducive to the type of TrenchTech carries just about any product that is available in the pre-manuMorrisville, is on approximately 15 acres of land. The welding that we need to do. It factured shoring industry. building is 7,500 sq. ft., 6,800 of which is industrial warecaused some problems for the house. A 6,000 sq. ft. fabrication shop will be built in the guys — they had to weld outAbout the Company next several months. side, sometimes they had to weld in adverse conditions. Founded in 1990 in Toms River, N.J., TrenchTech Now that we have this facility — and we’re adding the fabLooking Ahead rication shop as well — our quality control will be much moved to Philadelphia in 1996. In the winter of 2002 it moved to Conshohocken. TrenchTech also recently opened a location in better. Soon as something comes in and is cleaned and we “We are strictly a shoring company. We provide systems Baltimore, located off route I-695, which includes a lay know there is a problem with it, it goes right into the shop for supportive excavation on a sale or rental basis,” said down yard and a warehouse. and is repaired right away. Which is important in a lot of “We’re just getting that off the ground,” Kerrigan said, ways because it doesn’t slow the customers’ job down Kerrigan. “We have just about any product that is available in the adding that contractors will enjoy the same services as they when the equipment is operating efficiently and the way pre-manufactured shoring industry. From aluminum do at the Pennsylvania location. it’s supposed to. And also it guarantees the equipment is hydraulic shoring to aluminum panel boxes, larger aluFor more information, call 215/547-3800 or visit structurally sound and safe. minum trench boxes, steel trench boxes, slide rail systems, www.shoringsolutions.com. “Basically, in a nutshell, we have an increased ability to (This story also can be found on Construction better respond to folks and keep the equipment in better stone boxes – pretty much anything available in the premanufactured industry we have here. And our rental fleet is Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipoperating condition. And those are the two keys to our servworth about $15 million. It’s most likely the largest rental CEG mentguide.com.) ice and quality product,” Kerrigan said.