One of the greatest advantages of using shotcrete is that shotcrete can be placed on vertical and overhead surfaces without the need for forming.
Air Content in Shotcrete: As-Shot Versus As-Batched
Air-entraining admixtures are added to shotcrete primarily for durability considerations.
How Important Is Shooting Sequence?
When someone does something a certain way long enough, it often becomes the way it is done?whether proper or not.
False Security
This article is a true account of an accident that resulted in an injury to a worker.
Avoiding Heat-Related Illnesses
The Right Choice
For those in the watershape, skate park, and other recreational industries, shotcrete?s advantages over the form-and-pour method are numerous and well documented.
Rusty Steel
If you?ve seen reinforcing steel, you?ve likely also seen rusty reinforcing steel. Is this OK? Yes, but there are limits.
New Construction Speed Savings of 33 to 50%
Both cars looked the same. When asked why one was more expensive, the salesman had no explanation.
Can Nozzleman Skill Affect Bond Quality?
It is essential that a nozzleman understand how moisture affects shotcrete bond quality.
Improve Your Shotcrete: Use Coarse Aggregates!
In the shotcrete industry, appropriate aggregate selection and specifications are often the neglected aspects of the shotcrete mixture design.
