There is little question that the history of shotcrete is fascinating and useful. The invention, the evolution, the successes, the œcrash, and the struggle to recover through parts of the century is somewhat unique to the shot-crete process. How shotcrete is viewed in today™s construction industry, however, is very serious and very important. What of this œrecovery from the seeming demise of a construction method that achieved such success for so many years and then wandered away from the technical foundation and discipline of application?