Welcome to Griswold Machine & Engineering, Inc.
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Creating the equation:
GME Trench Shoring + GME Trench Shielding = Trench Productivity
Trench Productivity = Your Productivity
Service
GME creates a partnership with your people – at the counter, in the office, and in the field – to provide a one-call solution to specifying, quoting and scheduling the right products for your application.- Fully staffed Customer Service department at the factory
- Consistent high rankings in Customer Service surveys
- Match and build to job spec
- Broad product line of steel, aluminum and hydraulic shoring and shielding
- Factory-direct Registered Professional Engineer
- Multiple plant locations to manufacture and ship
- Available to visit job sites
- Factory help to quote complex jobs
Support
GME is a diverse company with a simple philosophy: “Challenges always have solutions”. GME is an expert in the areas of trench shoring and shielding and maintains a factory direct staff of people and resources to help you get your job done and win more business.- Sales and product application training is provided
- Outside personnel are available to visit job sites
- We design innovative solutions to unordinary excavations
- Factory expertise to help to quote complex jobs
- Registered Professional Engineer stamped Tab Data
- Exclusive North American stocking, distribution and manufacturing source for the E+S Slide Rail System
- Slide Rail fleet available to re-rent with your inventory
- Factory direct product sales force
- Factory direct Slide Rail installers
Quality
GME has served contractor installations for over 40 years with tough, hard-working shields and shores designed, engineered and built for productivity and safety.- Original equipment manufacturer since 1960
- Service proven designs
- High tensile materials
- Experienced and knowledgeable workforce
- Investment in facilities, machinery and people
- All raw and finished materials are of new manufacture
Safety
GME shields are certified by a Registered Professional Engineer to meet OSHA standards. To assist with compliance a printed and laminated document with your trench shield model number and tabulated data is provided with every GME shield or shoring system.- OSHA compliance
- Conduct educational programs
- Conduct Competent Person training
- Trench protection
Reliability
You can rely on GME to be around for the long haul and to support our partnership. The exposure GME has with all levels of the distribution channel and participation in industry organizations is the foundation for our commitment.- Robust designs for all types of service and duty cycles
- On-time delivery
- Continuous manufacturing operation
- Diversified product lines
Value
GME products help contractors be quicker on the job site, provide value in your inventory and safety in the trench- High return on your investment – however you measure it: ROI, ROCA, Utilization
- No mechanical parts to repair or service – no motors or oil changes
- No special storage considerations
- GME products provide a competitive advantage
- Fewer machine cycles
- Narrower trench
- Less spoil removal
- Less restoration cost