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Exciting Updates!
It has been a tumultuous few years for the pool industry. The onslaught of “COVID Pools” has brought the joy of swimming and being around water to thousands. Unfortunately, the lure of building pools in a time of high demand brought with it an ever-increasing need for better building standards in the pool industry.
Get Pool-Qualified with ASA QSC
Here are just some of the programs ASA has developed to provide the concrete construction market with educated, quality-oriented shotcrete contractors for shotcrete projects worldwide.
The Anatomy of an Award-Winning Project
Like a well-built structure, a winning submission has a distinct anatomy — key components that work together to tell a complete, compelling story. Here’s how to ensure your project has all the right parts in place to stand out from the competition.
I’m Not a Shotcrete Expert — But Here’s How You Can Write Like One for Shotcrete Magazine
If you’ve got a cool project or technical insight you want the industry to know about, you don’t need to be a professional writer. Here are some clear steps to turn your expertise into a polished article.
Raising the Bar
There are few building codes or standards applied to the pool industry, so it’s an industry with no rules, codes, or laws governing pool construction. So, anything goes, right? Wrong. Standards do exist — just not codified in law. Yet.
The Need to Recognize Quality Shotcrete Placement
Watershape University (WU) was founded to provide everyone in the pool industry with educational resources to succeed. With this in mind, WU developed two credentials for those involved in shotcreted pool shells…
ASA Contractor Qualification – Pool: Why, Who, When, and How
This article focuses on the fundamental aspects to consider for whether the Qualified Shotcrete Contractor – Pool program is appropriate for your company that focuses on the pool market.
New Column, “Shotcreter Spotlight,” to Celebrate Nozzlemen and Crews, Support Staff, and Women in Shotcrete
The editorial staff at Shotcrete magazine have created a new column entitled “Shotcreter Spotlight.” Its purpose is to shine a spotlight on the nozzlemen and teams who prep, shoot, sculpt, and finish the everyday jobs, the award-winning jobs, and everything in between. This new column also serves to spotlight those who work away from the nozzle as support staff and to specifically spotlight the women who make the industry thrive.
Framing Smartphone Photos for Shotcrete Jobs Using the Rule of Thirds
With the improvements in smartphone technology over the last decade, many of the phones we have in our hands are just as good at taking quality photos as some point-and-shoot cameras. In the absence of a professional photographer to follow us around and shoot pictures at our job sites, it turns out we have the next best thing in our pockets!