No siempre se ve venir. Las sobredosis por opioides no siempre estan vinculadas al uso ilicito o a la adiccion en el sentido tradicional; muchas comienzan con una receta despues de una lesion en el trabajo o una cirugia. Pero, con la misma frecuencia, se originan en una realidad…
Answering the Call: A Construction Industry Response to the Opioid Crisis
You don’t always see it coming. Opioid overdoses aren’t always tied to illicit use or addiction in the traditional sense; many begin with a prescription after a jobsite injury or surgery. But just as often, they stem from…
This is What We Do
All of our engaged committee members who routinely share their time and experience to better the shotcrete community are our unsung heroes. Would you like to play a part?
Exciting Updates!
It has been a tumultuous few years for the pool industry. The onslaught of “COVID Pools” has brought the joy of swimming and being around water to thousands. Unfortunately, the lure of building pools in a time of high demand brought with it an ever-increasing need for better building standards in the pool industry.
Get Pool-Qualified with ASA QSC
Here are just some of the programs ASA has developed to provide the concrete construction market with educated, quality-oriented shotcrete contractors for shotcrete projects worldwide.
The Anatomy of an Award-Winning Project
Like a well-built structure, a winning submission has a distinct anatomy — key components that work together to tell a complete, compelling story. Here’s how to ensure your project has all the right parts in place to stand out from the competition.
I’m Not a Shotcrete Expert — But Here’s How You Can Write Like One for Shotcrete Magazine
If you’ve got a cool project or technical insight you want the industry to know about, you don’t need to be a professional writer. Here are some clear steps to turn your expertise into a polished article.
Raising the Bar
There are few building codes or standards applied to the pool industry, so it’s an industry with no rules, codes, or laws governing pool construction. So, anything goes, right? Wrong. Standards do exist — just not codified in law. Yet.
