Over the year, Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring has brought many interesting shoring stories to our audience. Covering everything from geotechnical engineering to new shotcrete techniques, we’ve done our best to bring you new and relevant news about our favorite topics. Here are a few of our favorites: A shoring project in the National Corvette …
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Geotechnical Engineering as a Career
Almost a year ago, Forbes published an article on geotechnical engineering, labeling it “the in-demand, high-pay, easy-entry job you’ve likely never heard of.” At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we think it’s only appropriate to ring in the New Year with a little reflection on the past one, and this article certainly brings up some points …
Ancient Slope Stabilization Technique Alive and Well in Colorado
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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Shotcrete Market to Increase Further by 2020
This week, Businesswire produced a press release referencing an interesting report from a few months ago, published in Markets and Markets. The report details projections for the shotcrete and gunite industry from 2015 on to 2020. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we might only serve a portion of the global sprayed concrete market, but we …
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Shotcrete Helps Science Researchers
Shocrete is making the news again, this time not in the name of history and culture, but in the name of science. We’ve written a number of blogs on the contributions of shotcrete, but none have had so much to do with scientific research as this current one. Coming to us from Space.com, today we …
Micropiles Save Time and Money
At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we believe in providing our customers with a variety of solutions for their shoring and foundation challenges which can fit every budget and time frame. To this end, we offer many slope stabilization options, including the ever-popular and increasingly affordable solution of micropiles. In previous blogs, we’ve covered the cost-effectiveness …
Safety Focused Work and Stabilization
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 Micropile Solutions
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 …
More Geotechnical Engineering History
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 …