A report from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program classifies about 75 percent of U.S. roads as “low-volume” roads created and maintained by local rather than state or federal agencies. Unfortunately, these agencies often omit an important engineering step when they build these roads, reasoning that it’s unnecessary because the roads experience minimal traffic. This …
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Do you enjoy motoring in the Colorado Rockies? If so, shotcrete is saving you money each time you make a trip up to the mountains in colorful Colorado. How, you ask? By keeping small rocks, and boulders that can damage vehicles off of the roads and expressways that traverse the mountainous regions of Colorado. Back in 2005 a …
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An interesting article appeared in The Watch section of the Telluride Daily Planet last week which we thought showcases the enormous challenge of geotechnical engineering. Here in Colorado, we at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring love a good slope stabilization story, and since this one comes to us from Silverton Mountain, within our home state, we’re …
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When it comes to keeping people safe, nobody takes the job more seriously than Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring. We are safety-focused in our work policies to keep our workers safe and we are also dedicated to providing slope stabilization and infrastructure repair services to our clients to keep roads and tunnels safe. Our dedication to …
Soil nailing and micropiles are vital techniques for slope stabilization, used to save money and increase safety within confined and restricted spaces. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we implement both micropiles and soil nailing for our customers seeking custom slope stabilization solutions. From our office in Littleton, Colorado, near Denver, we design each project to meet …
This week, we’re continuing our story of the history of geotechnical engineering. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we think that this next bit of history is some of the most exciting, as it takes the ancient concepts and brings them into more recent centuries. At Thorcon, we implement the most advanced methods available to service …
To continue our historical theme this month, we’re diving into the long history of geotechnical engineering. As a civil engineering company, we here at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring are thankful to the advancements in engineering which came before us and have enabled us to move into the future and provide our clients with safe, reliable …
News out of Lake Tahoe, Nevada yesterday brings with it an update about a crucial infrastructure project being undertaken by the Nevada Department of Transportation. Because this story might affect some of our clients and potential clients, we thought it should be brought to everyone’s attention. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we provide geotechnical services …
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In the news these days, there’s a lot of political talk about our cyber infrastructure, but we can never forget the importance of keeping up our physical infrastructure as well, particularly when it comes to slope stabilization and roadways. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we are dedicated to the safety of our team members and …
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