What a Temporary Shoring Submittal Should Include
A complete temporary shoring submittal usually has five parts: a short transmittal, the calculation package, drawings, a field sequencing plan, and the contractor's proposal. The Engineer of Record and the GC review the technical documents; the priced proposal goes to the GC only. Every page is marked as the contractor's means and methods, and all documents must agree on every shared number.
When a project needs temporary shoring, the excavation can't start until the shoring submittal is reviewed. A clear, consistent package gets through review faster. A confusing one comes back with comments, and the schedule waits.
The five documents
- Transmittal. One to five pages: what is in the package, what changed since the last revision, the key numbers a reviewer will look for, open items, and where to start reading.
- Calculations. The contractor's means-and-methods calculations for the temporary system.
- Drawings. Plan, sections and a developed elevation of the shoring line.
- Sequencing plan. A step-by-step plan written for the field, with hold points.
- Proposal. Scope, inclusions, exclusions, pricing and terms.
Who gets what
The GC receives all five. The Engineer of Record receives the technical documents, items one through four. The priced proposal does not go to the design engineer. Keeping commercial terms out of the technical review keeps the roles clear.
What a strong calculation package covers
- Purpose and basis, including the geometry and conventions used.
- The geotechnical values exactly as issued, with their source. The submittal uses them; it doesn't second-guess them.
- Loads, deflections and member checks.
- Corners, returns and lagging.
- The construction sequence and its hold points.
- Predicted movements and a monitoring plan.
- Open items, assumptions and limitations, each listed so nothing is hidden.
Hold points
A good sequencing plan says where work stops until something is confirmed: a utility located, a survey reading taken, an inspection passed. Each hold names what closes it. That turns the plan into something a foreman can follow and an inspector can check.
Labels and revisions
- Every page is marked as the contractor's means and methods, not for construction of the permanent work.
- Each revision replaces the previous one in full, and the transmittal says so.
The consistency check
Before issue, the calculations, drawings and sequencing plan must agree on every shared number: elevations, the shoring line, member sizes and lengths, forces and allowable deflections. A reviewer who finds one mismatch stops trusting the rest. We check every shared figure across all three documents before anything goes out.
Utilities near the shoring line
Buried mains are where shoring lines get into trouble. Read the utility window test before fixing any pile line near live utilities.
How we help
We prepare contractor's means-and-methods shoring submittals and build the shoring with our own crews, coordinating with your Engineer of Record. Call (800) 606-3880 to talk through your excavation.
Sources
JFPEC field practice preparing contractor's means-and-methods shoring submittals. The Engineer of Record designs the permanent work and reviews the submittal.