The Underwood pool in Belmont, MA, is known as the first outdoor public swimming pool built in the United States.
Certification Lessons Learned from the Pool Industry
When asked to write an article for ASA?s Shotcrete magazine, it took me awhile to figure out what a small-town pool builder from the mountains of Virginia could share with some of the best shotcrete minds in the world.
Shotcrete in Landscape Design
When we think of the shotcrete process, mental images of large industrial projects and repairs come to mind, such as tunnels, bridges, and drainage channels.
Controlling Efflorescence
Efflorescence typically manifests itself as a white salt deposit on the surface of a material.
Industry Update
Many pool contractors?myself included? are skeptical of the majority of so-called ?awards programs? in the pool industry.
The Outstanding Pool & Recreational Project
Cliffside Plunge: Rewriting the Rules for Concrete Placement
In 2011, Drakeley Pool Company was approached by the Donovans?new clients from Westchester County, NY?whose vision was to build a pool that would blend seamlessly with their home and surrounding landscape.
Shotcrete versus Cast-in-Place for Pools
Shotcrete and cast-in-place (CIP) concrete have both been used over the years to create the pool shell structure in swimming pool construction.
Top of the Class
Every so often, our company is confronted by the belief among certain design professionals that, as it is used by the pool industry, shotcrete is simply not viable for use as structural concrete in high-profile watershaping projects.
Saltwater Pools
By now, most people who have a pool or have been around pools in the last few years have heard about the ?new? technology of using salt water in pools.