Transcription of Guide Specification for Structural Shotcrete Walls
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18 Shotcrete Winter 2008 Guide Specification for Structural Shotcrete Wallsby Dudley R. Rusty Morgan and Larry TottenThe use of wet-mix Shotcrete in lieu of conventional cast-in-place formed concrete for construction of reinforced concrete Walls has a long history of successful use up and down the West Coast of the The use of wet-mix Structural Shotcrete has its origins in seismic retrofit of schools and commercial buildings in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas in the 1950s, later spreading to Seattle and San Diego. When carried out by qualified Shotcrete contractors, the method proved to be technically sound and economically attractive compared with conventional cast-in-place concrete and subse-quently found extensive use in the construction of the permanent, deep reinforced Structural Walls
18 Shotcrete • Winter 2008 Guide Specification for Structural Shotcrete Walls by Dudley R. “Rusty” Morgan and Larry Totten T he use of wet-mix shotcrete in lieu of conventional cast-in-place formed concrete for construction of reinforced concrete walls has a long history of successful use up and down the West Coast of the U.S.
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