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ArchitecturalStructuralInternationalRecreationalSurrey 2010 Olympic Games Preparation Center

2009 Outstanding Architectural Project

In February 2010, Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympic Games.

ArchitecturalStructuralInternationalAirform Industrial Construction

Chris Zynda

Canopy Shapes for Service Stations, etc.

RepairArchitecturalStructuralInternationalSeismic Retrofit of Historic Wing Sang Building

Dudley R. ?Rusty? Morgan and Lihe ?John? Zhang

The Wing Sang Building at 51 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, is the oldest standing building in Chinatown.

RepairInternationalThe Effects of Liquid Corrosion Inhibitor in Air-Entrained Dry-Mix Shotcrete

Jean-François Dufour, Simon Reny, Pierre Lacroix, and Richard Morin

In Canada, the main causes of reinforced concrete deterioration are the corrosion of the reinforcing steel and the action of frost, or freezing-and-thawing cycles, in the presence of deicing salts.

RepairStructuralInternationalUse of Dry-Mix Shotcrete to Repair a Lighthouse Structure

Martin Gendreau, Denis Beaupré, Pierre Lacombe, and Jean De Montigny

This article presents a description of the repair work carried out in 1996 at the Haut-Fond Prince Lighthouse located in the St. Lawrence River, 5 mi (8 km) from the coast of Tadoussac, QC, Canada.

ArchitecturalStructuralInternationalGarden Valley (Jardines del Valle) Housing

2008 Outstanding International Project

The Garden Valley (?Jardines del Valle? in Spanish) housing project is an ongoing residential housing project in the suburbs of Santiago, Chile.

RepairUndergroundInternationalA History of Shotcrete Use at Vale Inco

John Larsen, Denis Thibodeau, and Joe Hutter

Vale Inco mining company is a leading producer of nickel, copper, cobalt, and precious metals and has been operating in Sudbury, ON, Canada, located about 240 miles (400 km) north of Toronto, for more than 100 years.

RepairUndergroundInternationalGeneralFiber-Reinforced Shotcrete in the Australian Underground Mining Industry

E. Stefan Bernard

The majority of underground metalliferous mines in Australia, comprising more than 60 individual mines, now use fiber-reinforced shotcrete (FRS) and bolts as the primary means of ground stabilization.

ArchitecturalStructuralInternationalPéribonka Hydroelectric Development Project

Simon Reny

RepairUndergroundStructuralInternationalWestern U.S. and International Water Projects Using Shotcrete

Warren Harrison

Shotcrete is used for many different hydraulic projects in the arid western part of the U.S.