GeneralOvercoming Pumping Problems
Neil McAskill
Read MoreThere is probably nothing as frustrating to even the most tolerant wet-mix shotcrete placing contractor or crew as problems related to pumping. While the following comments are spe-cifically related to shotcrete placement, many of them are also applicable to normal concrete pumping applications. The rheology
GeneralShotcrete Guides and Specifications
Dr. Rusty Morgan
Read MoreMost architects, design engineers and design-build contractors are familiar with preparing and producing specifications for various types of concrete construction. There are projects where the use of shotcrete, rather than cast concrete, may be more technically and economically advantageous, but the designer is reluctant to
GeneralShotcrete Bibliography
Dr. Rusty Morgan
Read MoreI was asked by the ASA Executive ComÂmittee to prepare a bibliography of shotcrete reference publications that would provide owners, designers/specifiers, supÂpliers, contractors and testing companies with useful information concerning the various aspects of shotcrete technology. I started by going to the ACI CD-ROM ConÂcrete
GeneralPerformance vs Prescription Based Shotcrete Specifications
Dr. Rusty Morgan
Read MoreIn prescription-based specifications the engineer will typically set out in detail all requirements for the materials and shotcrete mixture proportioning as well as the type of equipment required for batching, mixing, supply, and application of shotcrete. In performance-based specifications the engineer will specify the required
GeneralASA- A Needed Voice for a Diverse Procedure
Jim Warner
Read MoreShotcrete is a unique procedure for placing concrete or mortar. Because of its substantial advantages, it has found use in a wide variety of very different applications. This has unfortunately led to much misunderstanding and few, if any, practitioners that have experience in all of
GeneralShotcrete, Airplanes, and Automobiles
George D. Yoggy
Read More“Giving structural steel a protective rustÂproof and fireproof coating, without the use of forms … Lining tunnels, dry earth walls, irrigation ditches, etc. with a waterproof protective coating … Coating wood piles to protect them from destructive sea insects … Waterproofing concrete dams and reservoirs
GeneralASA Holds Initial Shotcrete Nozzleman Certification
ASA
Read MoreStreetsboro, Ohio, a small town just southeast of Cleveland, recently became the site for a landmark occasion in the shotcrete industry. For six days in SeptemÂber, 1999, the back lot of the Master BuildÂers’ manufacturing plant and a local hotel in Streetsboro became the venues
GeneralShotcrete and Prestressed Composite Tanks
Lars Balck
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