Shotcrete: Materials Performance and Use is a comprehensive textbook covering the current state-of-the-art shotcrete technology. It provides an overview of the many and various uses of shotcrete. Shotcrete is well suited for construction of curvilinear structures (domes shells bobsleigh/luge tracks etc. ) and overhead shotcrete applications (seismic retrofit repairs ground support etc. ) that could not be constructed technically and/or economically using conventional formed cast-in-place concrete construction methods. It contains chapters on history shotcrete materials and mixture proportioning performance shotcrete research equipment and shotcrete application. It is also comprised of shotcrete case history examples including buildings and structures infrastructure repair and rehabilitation ground support and shoring underground support in tunnels and mines swimming pools and spas and finally architectural shotcrete. This text should be of interest to design engineers and architects considering the use of the technology as well as academics. It serves as a useful guide to contractors using shotcrete in one or more of its many and various applications. . Language: English