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On shotcrete sites, it is not unusual to hear comments starting with œIn a perfect world, … Of course, in a perfect world,there wouldn™t be any shotcrete because there wouldn™t be anything to repair or strengthen. Fortunately, there are plenty of imperfections in the jurisdiction