Evaluation of the use of aluminum forms as an exit route from trench excavations
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May 11, 2004 [Reviewed November 22, 2017]
Charles O. Engelken
Wall-Ties & Forms, Inc.
4000 Bonner Industrial Drive
Shawnee, Kansas 66226
Re: Use of aluminum forms as a means of egress [exit route] from trench excavations.
Dear Mr. Engelken: