The key to safe excavations between 5 and 20 feet deep is that the work be supervised closely by a trained, competent person. (Trenches 20 feet or deeper require a safety system devised by a ...

BIG SUR – Slope stabilization efforts at Regent’s Slide on Highway 1 have been effective in helping sustained excavation activity at the site where traffic along the Big Sur Coast remains blocked.

A steep rocky slope is no place for a little digger – unless it's got a bigger digger to hang onto. On the slopes above the earthquake damaged Sumner Rd crews from Button Logging have been using a 3- ...