Efficiency Production, an American manufacturer of trench safety equipment, introduced Efficiency Shoring and Supply — the company’s first factory-store, serving Chicago and northeast Illinois out of its Joliet branch office.
Efficiency Shoring and Supply is located at 1906 E. Cass St., Joliet, Ill. Its office phone number is 815/893-6700.
The new Chicago branch is staffed and operated by Blake Stevens, shoring and shielding specialist, and Kevin Vollmer, operations manager.
Efficiency Shoring and Supply offers a full range of trench shielding and shoring equipment, including:
• Steel and aluminum trench shields
• Steel manhole shields
Build-a-box aluminum modular trench shielding
• Hydraulic shores, rescue shores, high-clearance shores, and hydraulic aluminum shields
The branch also features factory-direct rental rates on Efficiency Production’s premier Slide Rail System, supported by the manufacturer’s special operations shoring division; the experienced team of slide rail experts and installers.
All products are P.E. certified to meet OSHA standards. Efficiency Shoring and Supply also supplies and services a full range of construction support equipment, such as:
• Stone Mizer Bedding Box Material Containers
• Porta-Tank Water-tank and Power-Spray System
• Road plate
• Pipe plugs
• Pipe pullers
• Gas monitors
Efficiency Shoring and Supply is the Chicago area’s complete rental resource; offering OSHA and National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) certified trench safety/competent person training.

