PoolASA Pool Shotcrete Contractor’s Qualification Program
Ryan Oakes & Marcus von der Hofen
Read MoreIt’s been a wild few years in the pool industry with growth in some areas of the industry estimated to be up over 500%, and it’s not all good unfortunately. The COVID Pandemic brought pool buyers out by the hundreds of thousands, and new pool
PoolRecreationalRobust Contentment
Bill Drakeley
Read MoreThis 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
PoolRepairArchitecturalUndergroundStructuralInternationalRecreationalGeneralThe Jetcreter – The First Continuous-Feed, Dry-Mix Gun
Ted Sofis
Read MoreDuring 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
PoolRepairRecreationalSobre Productividad, Cálculo de Costos de Trabajo y Éxito en el Shotcrete
Ryan Oakes
Read MoreComo 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
PoolRepairRecreationalOn Productivity, Job Costing, and Successful Shotcreting
Ryan Oakes
Read MoreAs 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
PoolWhere Form and Pour Stops
Ryan Oakes
Read MoreThough our primary business, Revolution Gunite, specializes in dry-mix process shotcrete, we also own a design firm called Waterforge, Inc. In this firm, we develop architectural conceptual plans and engineered construction drawings, mostly for swimming pools and other watershapes, including foundations and complicated site conditions.
PoolGrotto Falls Lagoon
Dan Pitts
Read MoreThis project came to fruition when the homeowner enlisted us to create a unique pool that was inspired from the natural rock in the Squamish/Whistler area of British Columbia. The client had a vision of a pool that would remind them of when they would hang out in the local river pools of the glacier runoff amongst the waterfalls. However, not freezing their toes off with melted glacier water would be the best perk on their backyard pool.
PoolRepairUMA Corrects Shotcrete Pool Settlement Issues with HDPR Injection
Brian M. Fraley
Read MoreU MA was contacted in January 2021 regarding a residential pool in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was experiencing settlement issues in the shallow end. Prior to UMA’s involvement, Catawba Valley Engineering & Testing (CVET) conducted soil test borings at the property to determine the in-situ soil conditions.
PoolGrotto Pool Project
Andy Duck
Read MoreWhen one of our core builders called us to announce their prospective client’s desire to completely redo their beach house on the Sound in Corolla, NC, they mentioned that a new concrete pool would be part of the project. Steve Daniels, of Renaissance Construction Company, Inc., had his designer, Paul Gilbertson, send us preliminary information on the prospective property and the client’s wish list for the backyard. To call it a transformation is a significant understatement
PoolBarges, Golf Carts and Shotcrete
Ryan Oakes
Read MoreBald Head Island, off the southern shores of North Carolina is a 6 mi2 (16 km2) island, accessed only by ferry, for guests, and by barge, for construction. It is steeped in history, playing a part in both the American Revolution and the Civil War. Feared by seamen, it is well protected by 30 mi (48 km) of shoals right off the cape into the Atlantic Ocean, known as the Frying Pan Shoals. North Carolina is famous for its barrier islands that