StructuralQ I am looking for design information for shotcreting a steel sheet pile wall to create a composite structure for a lift station wet well. I can design the sheet piling, which would be driven into the ground in a plan circle of 12 feet diameter, followed by excavation. I need to know the practicality of then applying a layer of shotcrete, primarily as a means of sealing the joints of the sheet pile, protecting the sheet pile from the wastewater, and providing additional wall strength. The lift station will be above the water table during construction, but would be periodically below the water table under groundwater conditions.
There are four common types of sheet pile sealing: 1.) all seams were welded to keep the ground water from seeping in, 2.) the sheet pile surface was sandblasted for bonding, 3.) wire mesh was tack welded to the sheet pile and 4.) rebar was tack welded to the sheet piles. This was done prior to the shotcrete layer. In each case the shotcrete is used as a coating to keep the water from touching the piles and in the third and fourth examples, it is used as a structural coating as well.
