Service offering

Below grade foundation walls
Column encasement
Architectural finish
Stamped
Carved

Our Advantage

HCM Shotcrete utilizes the shotcrete process (typically wet process) to simplify concrete placement for architectural placements. Shotcrete is advantageous for architectural applications for the following reasons:

Improved schedule

Elimination of time, labour, and materials related to formwork construction, erection, stripping, and re-finishing

Improved quality control

Visually review concrete placement at all work areas to confirm consolidation and embed placement

Improved concrete

Increased concrete material compressive strength, superior finish, durability, and quality

Elimination of crane requirements related to concrete placement

HCM Shotcrete utilizes tow behind pumping equipment for all concrete placement requirements – no crane lifts are required for concrete placement

Examples

: Typical wall setup – winter construction

: Tensioned “piano wire” used to layout face of wall

: Shotcrete is applied in two lifts – scratch coat and finish coat

: Pencil rod used to layout radial wall.

: Scrach coat – note highly compact, well consolidated shotcrete

: A six foot screed is used to cut face of wall to guide wires

: Power trowel – used before steel trowel finish

: Steel trowel finish

: Radial wall finish

: Cast in place wall – unknown areas of poor consolidation…

: Yorkdale Mall, Toronto – Structural Shotcrete Tunnel Walls

: Five-Nine Condos, Toronto – Foundation Walls

: James and Vine, Hamilton – Foundation Walls

: UTAS Landing Gear Manufacturing Facility, Oakville – Machine Pit Foundation Walls

: Wilfred Laurier University – Architectural Walls