Portal: Pool

Upon our first meeting with the clients, I could sense that this was going to be an exciting installation.

While installing sprinklers, plants, and sod may be staples for many residential landscaping companies, higher-end clients now demand hardscapes that include water features,

Sergey and Katya Krayniy, our new clients, recently purchased a contemporary-style home situated on the highest peak in their town.

For years, says structural engineer Ron Lacher, pool builders have experienced failures of steps and benches in their shotcrete swimming pools much too frequently.

As a watershape designer and contractor, we have had the benefit of international accolades for years from both the pool and spa trade and consumer editorial press.

If ever there was a perfect application for shotcrete, pool and spa construction would be it.

Webster?s Dictionary provides three basic definitions for ?denseness?:

We see them in Hollywood movies, in luxury hotels and resorts, in state-of-the-art water parks, and now in residential backyards. Exotic, fantasy pools and spas harmo-nized within water gardens, waterfalls, and statues are now gaining in popularity. Whether it is for entertainment, exercise, the occasional dip, or simply pure family fun, pools and spas are definitely the way to go.
Unfortunately, these dream oasises are most often seen in hot weather climates for obvious reasons. But shotcrete has helped change this trend and has given northerners a chance to own and enjoy wonderful pools and spas.