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PoolInternationalTHUNDERBIRD FALLS

Dan Pitts

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Building a swimming pool on the edge of a cliff can be an exciting and challenging project, especially when using shotcrete as the main building material. Shotcrete is chosen for its strength, durability, and ability to create complex shapes, which is essential for a pool

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PoolInternationalSOUTH EAST ASIA JUNGLE TRACK AUCKLAND ZOO

Darin A. Brenner and Monica Lake

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Aqua-Environs Construction was subcontracted to provide shotcrete installations as a part of our broader scope of work: construction services to create a naturalistically themed terrestrial and aquatic habitats for Auckland Zoo’s new South East Asia Jungle Track (SEAJT), the Zoo’s most ambitious project in its

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PoolWatershape University: Filling a Void

Bill Drakeley

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Swimming pools are so commonplace; it’s easy to take them for granted. When we step back and consider, in specific terms, what the industry is about and what it does, however, we find a profound and even surprising need for education as well as licensing

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PoolWhy We Need a Design Code for Concrete Pools

Charles Hanskat, PE, F.ACI, F.ASCE, ASA Executive Director

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The swimming pool design and construction indus- try is not highly regulated, and in some cases, it is simply not regulated. Some states and municipalities require licensed professional engineers to design all pools. Some jurisdictions require only commercial pools to have a set of plans

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PoolPrograma de calificación para contratistas de concreto lanzado para piscinas de ASA

Por Ryan Oakes y Marcus von der Hofen (Raúl Bracamontes, Editor de Traducción)

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Han sido unos años salvajes en la industria de las piscinas, con un crecimiento en algunas áreas de la industria estimado en más del 500% y desafor- tunadamente no todo es bueno. La pandemia por el COVID 19 atrajo a cientos de miles de clientes

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PoolASA Pool Shotcrete Contractor’s Qualification Program

Ryan Oakes & Marcus von der Hofen

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It’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

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PoolRobust Contentment

Bill Drakeley

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This 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

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PoolRepairSobre Productividad, Cálculo de Costos de Trabajo y Éxito en el Shotcrete

Ryan Oakes

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Como 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

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PoolRepairOn Productivity, Job Costing, and Successful Shotcreting

Ryan Oakes

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As 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

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PoolWhere Form and Pour Stops

Ryan Oakes

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Though 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.