The swimming pool design and construction indus- try is not highly regulated, and in some cases, it is simply not regulated. Some states and municipalities require licensed professional engineers to design all pools. Some jurisdictions require only commercial pools to have a set of plans and specifications that are produced and sealed by a licensed design engineer. Unfortunately, they have no requirements for a licensed engineer to design a residential pool.
Cementing a Legacy: A Concrete Understanding of Municipal Skatepark Development
Skateparks have soared in popularity as public facili- ties. Globally, cities are embracing the once-deemed risky activity and shedding any previous notions of skateparks being mere passing trends. As many municipali- ties embark on constructing their first—and possibly only— skatepark, city staff members find themselves in a position where they must rapidly acquire knowledge about what constitutes a skatepark and how to successfully develop one.
ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Awards Program
The ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Program exists to recognize excellence and innovation on projects in which the application of shotcrete has played a significant role.
ASA’s Annual Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Program provides an exciting real-world demonstration of the exceptional advantages of placing concrete via the shotcrete process. Many sustainability advantages are also inherent in the shotcrete process and play a significant role in winning projects as well as the project owner’s ultimate decision to use shotcrete as the method of concrete placement. Projects must be completed between January 1, 2022, through September 1, 2024, and can be submitted in the following areas: Architecture │ New Construction, Infrastructure, International Projects, Pool & Recreational, Rehabilitation & Repair, and Underground.
To assist in your submission, we have provided submission resources to inform you of the submission guidelines, a list of questions, and a copy of the owner release form. Please email any questions to [email protected].
Award Archive
2024 – Twentieth Annual Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awardees
Outstanding Architecture | New Construction Project
Math, Science & Shotcrete | Holly Springs, NC
Project Name:
Math, Science & Shotcrete
Location:
Holly Springs, NC
Shotcrete Contractor:
Revolution Gunite
Architect/Engineer:
Dewberry Engineering
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Revolution Gunite
General Contractor:
Progressive Contracting
Project Owner:
Wake County Public Schools
Outstanding Infrastructure Project
Ice Harbor Dam Draft Tube Modification | Burbank, WA
Project Name:
Ice Harbor Dam Draft Tube Modification
Location:
Burbank, WA
Shotcrete Contractor:
PCiRoads, LLC
Architect/Engineer:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Master Builders Solutions
Equipment Manufacturer:
Gary Carlson Equipment / Putzmeister
General Contractor:
Voith Hydro
Project Owner:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
Outstanding International Project
Modernization Of the Water Treatment Plant In Poznan | Poznan, Poland
Project Name:
Modernization Of the Water Treatment Plant In Poznan
Location:
Poznan, Poland
Shotcrete Contractor:
SPB TORKRET Ltd
Architect/Engineer:
Sweco Poland
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
SPB TORKRET Ltd
Equipment Manufacturer:
Sika – Aliva, Atlas Copco
General Contractor:
TERLAN/HYDRO-MARKO
Project Owner:
Aquanet S.A.
Outstanding Pool & Recreational Project
Boundless Waters | Hudson River, NY
Project Name:
Boundless Waters
Location:
Hudson River, NY
Shotcrete Contractor:
Drakeley Pool Company
Architect/Engineer:
Hollander Landscape Architects
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Brewster Transit
Equipment Manufacturer:
Schwing Concrete Pumps
General Contractor:
Yankee Custom Builders
Project Owner:
Yankee Custom Builders
Outstanding Rehabilitation & Repair Project
Hemlock Reservoir Dam Improvements | Fairfield, CT
Project Name:
Hemlock Reservoir Dam Improvements
Location:
Fairfield, CT
Shotcrete Contractor:
Patriot Shotcrete, LLC
Architect/Engineer:
Tighe & Bond, Inc.
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Sika Corporation
Equipment Manufacturer:
Putzmeister America
General Contractor:
Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman Inc.
Project Owner:
Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut
Outstanding Underground Project
Anderson Dam Tunnel | Morgan Hill, CA
Project Name:
Anderson Dam Tunnel
Location:
Morgan Hill, CA
Shotcrete Contractor:
Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring, Inc.
Architect/Engineer:
AECOM
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
The Quikrete Companies / Bekaert Corporation (Fibers)
Equipment Manufacturer:
Schwing Concrete Pumping
General Contractor:
Flatiron West Inc.
Project Owner:
Santa Clara Valley WateHr District Tunnel Ground
Honorable Mention Project
Kicking Horse Canyon Mountain Stabilization | Golden, BC
Project Name:
Kicking Horse Canyon Mountain Stabilization
Location:
Golden, BC
Shotcrete Contractor:
LRutt Contracting Ltd* / Ocean Rock Art Ltd
Architect/Engineer:
Aecon/Emil Anderson
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Golden Concrete Ltd
Equipment Manufacturer:
REED
General Contractor:
Kicking Horse Canyon Constructors
Project Owner:
Government of Canada
Honorable Mention Project
Goose Pond Dam Improvements | Canaan, NH
Project Name:
Goose Pond Dam Improvements
Location:
Canaan, NH
Shotcrete Contractor:
Patriot Shotcrete, LLC
Architect/Engineer:
Gannett Fleming, Inc
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Gannett Fleming, Inc
Equipment Manufacturer:
Western Shotcrete Equipment, Inc.
General Contractor:
Michels Construction, Inc.
Project Owner:
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Honorable Mention Project
Édouard-Montpetit Station – Réseau Express Métropolitain | Montreal, Canada
Project Name:
Édouard-Montpetit Station – Réseau Express Métropolitain
Location:
Montreal, Canada
Shotcrete Contractor:
NouvLR
Architect/Engineer:
AECOM / AtkinsRealis
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Bekaert / Lafarge Canada
Equipment Manufacturer:
Various equipment manufacturers including Shaft & Cavern
General Contractor:
NouvLR (SNC-Lavalin, Dragados, Aecon, EBC, Pomerleau)
Project Owner:
CDPQ Infra
Honorable Mention Project
Shotcrete & Waterproofing – Brigade Tech Gardens | Bengaluru, India
Project Name:
Shotcrete & Waterproofing – Brigade Tech Gardens
Location:
Bengaluru, India
Shotcrete Contractor:
Kasturi Projects Private Ltd
Architect/Engineer:
Brigade Properties Pvt Ltd
Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Prism Johnson Ltd
Equipment Manufacturer:
Epiroc India
Project Owner:
Brigade Properties Pvt Ltd
Board Position Statement
DownloadSpraying Shotcrete on Synthetic Sheet Waterproofing Membranes
DownloadSpraying Shotcrete Overhead in Underground Applications
DownloadCuring of Shotcrete for Swimming Pools
DownloadForming and Substrates in Pool Shotcrete
DownloadMonolithic Shotcrete for Swimming Pools (No Cold Joints)
DownloadWatertight Shotcrete for Swimming Pools
DownloadSustainability of Shotcrete in the Pool Industry
DownloadShotcrete Terminology
DownloadCompressive Strength Values of Pool Shotcrete
DownloadRobust Contentment
This beautiful project, nestled on the Connecticut shores of the Long Island Sound, required a careful balance of robust construction and design, and careful adherence to environmental codes protecting the adjacent oceanic rock formations and biologically sensitive tide pools. “It was a steep challenge,” explains Bill Drakeley, but he and his company welcomed the opportunity. This project started with a spectacular setting. It’s located in Connecticut in an area known as the Gulf Coast on the Long Island Sound. It’s in an exclusive, private community where people both enjoy the outdoor lifestyle but are also mostly very private. It’s not a place where they have neighborhood block parties.
The Jetcreter – The First Continuous-Feed, Dry-Mix Gun
During the summer of 1970, on my 18th birthday, my father woke me up and told me they needed me on a job. I drove out that morning in July to the Crucible Specialty Steel plant in Midland, PA. It was my first experience working on a Gunite job. We were gunning refractory in a vessel, and I was throwing 100 lb (46 kg) bags of pre-packaged refractory into a paddle mixer to pre-dampen the material. We emptied the paddle mixer on sheets of plywood and shoveled the pre-dampened refractory material into the dry-mix shotcrete gun’s hopper. The Jetcreter was a continuous-feed gun, and it was tough for us to keep up with it. It was a very long day for me because it took 15 hours to complete the gunning. I left the house that morning in the dark and returned home in the dark. That was my introduction to “Gunite” (now referred to as dry-mix shotcrete).
Sobre Productividad, Cálculo de Costos de Trabajo y Éxito en el Shotcrete
Como miembro de la Sociedad de Honor Internacional en Economía y con una doble licenciatura en Finanzas y Banca, ingresé al mundo del shotcrete preparado de manera un poco diferente que la mayoría de los que ingresan a esta industria. Eso fue hace más de 20 años, pero los principios de comprender el tiempo, el valor del dinero y los costos de oportunidad están indeleblemente grabados en mi psique. En la actualidad, junto con mi socio comercial, quien también proviene de un entorno de fabricación y negocios en un campo internacional, dirigimos una empresa de transporte, una empresa de concreto lanzado vía seca, una empresa de PebbleTec y una empresa de diseño, todo bajo un mismo techo. En conjunto, tenemos entre 55 y 60 empleados en cualquier día dado. En un negocio de este tamaño, la productividad y la comprensión de los costos laborales son clave para sobrevivir.
On Productivity, Job Costing, and Successful Shotcreting
As a member of the International Honor Society in Economics and with a double BS in Finance and Banking, I came into the world of shotcrete prepared a little differently than most entrants to the field. That was over 20 years ago, but the principles of understanding Time, the Value of Money, and Opportunity Costs are indelibly ingrained into my psyche.
Skateparks, sculptures, zooscapes, aquarium exhibits, amusement parks, and museums are just some of the recreational projects which have found shotcrete’s flexibility, adaptability, and durability a great fit for their designer’s creativity. Shotcrete allows the many favorable construction characteristics of concrete to give expression to the increasingly innovative designs being built today.