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PoolRecreationalWIPEOUT!

John Harpole

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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) contacted Nationwide Shotcrete, asking for the fastest and most efficient way to produce several pools and foundations for a new game show called ?Wipeout.?

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PoolChecks and Balances

Bill Drakeley

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AS the educational efforts of organizations such as the American Concrete Insitiute (ACI) and the American Shotcrete Association (ASA) expand, there is great emphasis on the procedural techniques during shotcrete application.

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PoolSwimming Pool Construction in Southern California

Chris Zynda

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Private swimming pool construction in Southern California has reached epic proportions that is worthy of analysis that will help explain its growth and trends,

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PoolHomegrown Innovation in Swimming Pool Dry-Mix Shotcrete Equipment

Ron Lacher

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I have always enjoyed our ASA President Chris Zynda?s articles, where he?s mentioned his past experiences working on a gunite crew in the swimming pool industry.

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PoolDon’t Get Buried

Chris Zynda

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My company recently started work on a 164 ft (50 m) long-course compition swimming pool with an attached diving well at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

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PoolArchitecturalCanterbury High School

2008 Outstanding Pool & Recreational Project

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Every so often our company, Drakeley Industries, is confronted with a set of beliefs by some design professionals that the shotcrete process, particularly in the pool industry, is not viable for high-profile structural concrete.

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PoolNegative Edge Swimming Pool, Perimeter Edge Spa, and Runnel Connector

Jamie Scott

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A client had recently built a new weekend home in Upstate New York, with a distinctly modern style interior and exterior.

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PoolNeed for Nozzleman Certification in the Swimming Pool Industry

Bill Drakeley

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As I travel across the country presenting seminars on the shotcrete process in the pool and watershape industry, it continually amazes me as to how much we, as an industry, don?t fully understand its usages.

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PoolThe Star Pass Lazy River Project

Warren Bezanson

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The area of Tucson, AZ, has been a threeseason resort destination since the early 1900s,

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PoolFormwork in Swimming Pool Construction

Ron Lacher

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One of the great advantages of shotcrete over other forms of concrete placement is that, generally, only a one-sided form is necessary.