GeneralChemistry and Heat Treatment
Andy Kultgen
Read MoreIf you stop and take a look around your shop at your equipment and tools, and maybe the walls and beams of the building itself, you are bound to see dozens or hundreds of individual metal components.
StructuralGeneralCan Supplemental Consolidation Extend the Limits of Shotcrete Placement
Oscar Duckworth
Read MoreIn many major metropolitan regions of the United States, shotcrete methods are being used daily to place concrete within elements incorporating large, highly congested reinforcement layouts.
GeneralThe True Cost of an Injury
Jason Myers
Read MoreWhen an injury occurs, management will often look at the cost of the injury only as the cost of the insurance statement.
GeneralHose and Fitting Wear
Sean Madole
Read MoreIn May of 2016, our company, Madole Construction, participated in the rehabilitation of the historic Lincoln Hall Dormitory at the University of Nevada in Reno, NV.
GeneralHow It’s Made: Wet-Mix Shotcrete Equipment
Andy Kultgen
Read MoreIn the shotcrete industry, we occasionally inform or remind people that shotcrete is a method of placing concrete.
UndergroundStructuralInternationalGeneralCellular Sprayed Concrete
Kyong-Ku Yun
Read MoreCellular sprayed concrete is an innovative method of remixing ordinary portland cement (OPC) concrete into a high-performance concrete (HPC) by adding cellular material and silica fume or other powdered admixturesat a jobsite.
SafetyGeneralShotcrete Truck Safety
Mason Guarino
Read MoreSEATBELTS, SEATBELTS, SEATBELTS! There, now that this is out of the way we can start.
GeneralGetting the EDGE
Jason Myers
Read MoreAs managers, we are always trying to find the latest management methods and secrets of the rich and powerful.
GeneralTrouble in the Air: Common Air System Errors Influence Shotcrete Quality
Oscar Duckworth
Read MoreEver try to place wet-mix shotcrete without enough compressed air?
GeneralA History of Shotcrete in Refractory
Ted W. Sofis
Read MoreIt wasn?t long after Carl Akeley developed the dry-mix process (originally trademarked by the Cement Gun Company as ?gunite?) in the early 1900s that dry-mix started to be used for the fireproofing of mines.