ArchitecturalStructuralRecreationalCOST of Wisconsin/Gilder Center
Martin Palicki and Jared Stanwyck
Read MoreIt’s rare that a building’s design can become so immediately iconic – an attraction unto itself. Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona comes to mind. It is a visual feast – a sculpture that takes the shape of a building. Many architecture critics are already claiming
StructuralInternationalRoadside Slope (Portuguese)
André Bezerra de Menezes, Juliana Borella de Menezes e Lucas Passos Santana
Read MoreA utilização do concreto projetado revelou-se de suma importância no processo de tratamento dos taludes ao longo das margens da rodovia SP 333, no interior do estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Essa aplicação concentrouse em uma extensão que abrange os quilômetros 337 a 385, que
StructuralInternationalShotcrete as Roadside Slope Protection in Brazil
André Bezerra de Menezes, Juliana Borella de Menezes, & Lucas Passos Santana
Read MoreThe use of shotcrete has proven to be of paramount importance in the treatment process of the slopes along the margins of SP 333 highway in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. This application focused on a stretch covering kilometers 337 to
RepairUndergroundStructuralTAKING TUSCARORA INTO ANOTHER CENTURY
Kristina Smith
Read MoreThe Tuscarora Mountain Tunnels in Pennsylvania have a fascinating history. The older of the two tunnels, built between 1938 and 1940, was designed to carry a railroad that never came into service. Industrialists of the day, William Henry Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie, were backers of
RepairStructuralSHOTCRETE VS FIRE AND WATER REPLACEMENT OF FLUME 4/5/6 AND 30
Jason Myers
Read MoreOn August 14, 2021, the Caldor Fire started in Northern California near Pollock Pines, CA. The fire ended up consuming almost 222,000 acres (90,000 hectares) and seriously threatened South Lake Tahoe. Besides the over 1000 structures that were lost, the fire also burned along a
UndergroundStructuralInternationalSHOTCRETE AT MT PLEASANT STATION
Shaun Radomski, Lloyd Keller, Daniel Sanchez, Dudley R. Morgan
Read MoreMulti-million dollar underground stations are currently under construction on Metro and LRT lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Traditionally, the thick, heavily reinforced structural concrete station walls have been constructed using the conventional form-and-pour concrete construction method. This construction method, while widely used, is not without
ArchitecturalStructuralHIGHLINE GARIBALDI SPRINGS ROCKSCAPE RETAINING WALL
Jesse Ebenal
Read MoreThis retaining wall was contracted for a new townhouse development project in Squamish, BC, Canada. Vancouver Shotcrete & Shoring Inc. has serviced many municipalities and private companies over the past 30 years in the fields of shotcrete shoring, pools, and custom rockscapes. The shotcrete retaining
UndergroundStructuralMount Pleasant Station, Part 1: Preconstruction Qualification for Shotcreting of Mass Concrete
Shaun Radomski; Dudley R. (Rusty) Morgan, Ph.D., F.ACI; Lloyd Keller, F.ACI; Daniel Sanchez; & Laura Di Monte
Read MoreMulti-million-dollar underground stations are currently under construction on Metro and LRT lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Traditionally, the thick, heavily reinforced structural concrete station walls have been constructed using the conventional form-and-pour concrete construction method. This construction method, while widely used, is not without its
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
UndergroundStructuralMapei’s London Underground Bank Station’s Capacity Upgrade
Enrico Dal Negro, Stefano Anzani, & Steven Price
Read MoreDeep in the heart of London’s financial centre, work has been continuing to make one of the world’s largest stations safer and easier for passengers to use. Finding your way around the existing labyrinth of tunnels, connecting five London underground lines, is a task worthy