ArchitecturalQ I am an architect and we have a client that is planning to do some major landscaping to his yard. He would like to consider shotcrete to create stone-type walls and outcroppings. Can you advise us on this? Would this be an appropriate application? Should he also just consider having a landscape company install boulders in lieu of a shotcrete-type landscape?
Shotcrete placement for a concrete wall gives the owner the advantages of concrete durability and the appearance of rock. Shotcrete has been used extensively for creating false rock faces for zoos, water parks, highways, and retaining walls. However, because shotcrete placement and carving to look like natural rock requires quite a bit of labor, the costs to do so may be more extensive than simply placing boulders.
