ArchitecturalStructuralInternationalRecreationalWhistler Sliding Centre
2007 Outstanding Infrastructure Project
Read MoreConCreate USL Ltd. of Bolton, ON, Canada, in consortium with Emil Anderson Construction of Hope, BC, Canada, was selected to construct the Whistler Sliding Centre.
StructuralInternationalGuniting Steel Cement Kiln Stacks
John E. Lind
Read MoreSome interesting guniting work was recently accomplished at the plant of the St. Mary’s Cemtne Co. Ltd., St. Mary’s, Ont., where three steel kiln stacks were coated with gunite in order to make them self-supporting,
InternationalThe Alfranjet Shotcrete System
Jesús Gómez-Millán Roselló
Read MoreFor more than 80 years, Refractarios Alfran has supplied the refractory industry worldwide with materials from precast pieces to castables.
RepairInternationalShotcrete Repairs in Barbados? A Caribbean Experience
Joe Hutter, Jean-François Dufour, and Nigel Fullam
Read MoreChallenges associated with the placement of concrete vary depending on the conditions in which the project is undertaken.
RepairInternational2006 Outstanding International Project: Reform and Expansion of Bridgetown Port
Bridgetown Port
Read MoreThe Port of Bridgetown on the island of Barbados was originally constructed in the early 1960s and expanded in the mid-1970s
UndergroundInternationalA Report from the ITA Working Group on Shotcrete Use
Tarcisio Celestino and Atsumu Ishida
Read MoreWorking Group 12, Shotcrete Use of the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA) was established in 1989.
RepairInternationalShotcrete Repairs—the Main Development Trend in Poland
Wlodzimierz Majchrzak, Wlodzimierz Czajka, and Zdzislaw Jurek
Read MoreThe shotcrete method first appeared in Poland in the 1930s.
UndergroundInternationalFreeport’s New Barmac Delivers High-Quality Shotcrete Sand
Stacy Goldsworthy and Samuel Hewitt
Read MoreIn November 1936, during a climbing expedition to the glacier-capped peaks of central New Guinea, Dutch Petroleum Geologist Jean Jaques Dozy discovered a massive copper mineralized outcrop
StructuralInternationalSlope Stabilization Using the Shotcrete Grid Beam System in Japan
Yuji Samaru and Koji Sugiyama
Read MoreContinuous grid beam structures made of shotcrete have been used for over 30 years in Japan to stabilize natural and man-made cut slopes. This slope stabilization structure, generally called œGrid Beam, is widely applied in Japan. It was used in more than 4600 slope stabilization
UndergroundInternationalThe Use of Macro-Synthetic Fiber-Reinforced Shotcrete in Australia
Matthew J. K. Clements and E. Stefan Bernard
Read MoreMacro-synthetic ber-reinforced shotcrete (SnFRS) has rapidly gained popularity in Australia over the past 5 years. This can be attributed mainly to the huge improvement in post-crack performance that has been demonstrated over recent years and the almost universal adoption of this material for ground support