2025 Award Nominations

ASA’s Outstanding Shotcrete Project Award Nomination

The ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Program recognizes excellence and innovation on projects where shotcrete placement played a significant role.

Submission deadline: October 1, 2025

Shotcrete project completion requirement dates: January 1, 2023 – September 1, 2025

ASA’s Annual Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Program recognizes the projects that exemplify the advantages of placing concrete with the shotcrete process. These projects confirm the distinct benefits of shotcrete placement in concrete construction, including enhanced sustainability, architectural creativity, increased efficiency, and high quality. All with concrete’s inherent durability and serviceability.

ASA Project Award Winners will be celebrated during the 2026 ASA Shotcrete Convention & Technology Conference in Santa Fe, NM, March 1 – 3, 2026. More details on the convention will be released in late Summer. Winning projects for each category are also published in Shotcrete magazine’s annual Awards Issue, featured on the Shotcrete.org Awards Portal, through targeted concrete industry press releases, and social media channels.

Submittal Process:

You may submit as many projects as you would like; each one carries a $50 entry fee.

Qualification Requirements:

  • All U.S./Canadian projects must be completed by a certified shotcreter; international projects that do not have a certified shotcreter may only be entered under the International category.
  • At least one team member must be a current ASA Sustaining or Corporate Member. (NOTE: This requirement is exempted for International Projects.)
  • Application must be submitted through this website. No hand-written PDFs will be accepted. Information submitted by any means outside of this form, such as email, will not be accepted. Please email [email protected] if you have any difficulty with the form.
  • Projects must be submitted by 5:00 PM EST on October 1, 2025. Project submittals will not be returned and may be used by the ASA for display at meetings and trade shows.
  • Winning projects must submit an Owner’s Release Form before winning status may be confirmed.

Direct Questions to: [email protected] | 248.983.1712

To better assist you, we have compiled a list of questions to assist in collecting the necessary material for submission, the 2025 Entry Guidelines, and a sample of the Owner's Release Form.

Qualified Shotcrete Contractor – Pool Application – Part 2

When you have completed your application and compiled all required documents, you are ready to submit your application.

Checklist of Required Materials to Upload:

  • ASA Seminar Certificate of Completion
  • ASA CQ Program Status Report (Exam score)
  • Current Contractor’s License
  • Current Insurance Certificate
  • Completed ASA CQ Pool Application pdf
  • Completed ASA CQ Pool Application xlsx – 3 tabs: Equipment, Field Teams, & Projects
  • Application Fee – Payable online after submission

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The ASA Contractor Qualification Program (CQP) is a straight-forward program that helps establish a shotcrete contractor’s qualifications by review of the contractor’s previous work. In response to the specific needs and unique practices of the pool industry, ASA has further developed a pool-specific CQP to meet these needs. This qualification program provides a distinct service to the industry by assuring designers specifiers, builders, and owners that pool shotcrete contractors self-performing shotcrete placement reviewed here have a proven work record for completion of successful projects of similar work and scope. This qualification program is based on the ASA Board Position Paper, “Qualifications of the Shotcrete Construction Team.” 

Pool Qualification:

The program will review specific characteristics of applicant projects in the process pursuing (i.e. wet- or dry-mix) for details which illustrate challenges and contractor responses to items such as:

  • Scope of work
  • Thickness of wall sections and range of vertical heights
  • Reinforcement specifications
  • Subgrade preparations
  • Volume of shotcrete placed

Program Requirements:

  • Identify a Qualifying Individual (QI) to attend the required CQ Seminar and successfully complete the required pool written exam. Please contact ASA for the next available seminar: [email protected] | 248/983.1702. (The seminar will also provide helpful insights for completion of the CQ application.)
  • Documentation of company equipment and shotcrete staff, including list of certified shotcreters (previously known as nozzlemen)
  • Documentation of FIFTEEN (15) projects successfully completed in the last 3 years, representative of the various pool projects contracted.

Click here to review the full policy for help in completing your application

If you have any questions, please contact ASA at 248.983.1702 or [email protected]

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