Exciting news comes out of Arizona this month, with the announcement that Arizona State University has landed over $18 million in grant money from the National Science Foundation to found a five-year Engineering Research Center which will specialize in geotechnical engineering. Because innovative breakthroughs often come out of such research centers—and because only 17 ERCs …
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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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The Channel Tunnel has been making headlines this week, with thousands of migrants attempting to use it to make their way illegally into the UK, but it isn’t the only immersed European tunnel to make the news in July. This month, a new project is continuing which will see an immersed tunnel built from Germany …
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At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we are proud to unveil footage of a fresh, new shotcrete project, which was completed earlier this month. We installed a beautiful new shotcrete wall for the parking lot at the new Wal-Mart supercenter and Sam’s Club, coming soon to Fountain, Colorado. As The Gazette reported earlier in the summer, …
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Normally, if gunite hits the news, it’s in reference to large houses up for sale or recently built which boast fancy gunite pools. While interesting shotcrete projects have gotten our attention before here at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring (like in the case of the Chauvet cave recreation or the new explosion-resistant formula), most of those stories focus …
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Summer is often the key season for preparing infrastructure for the fall and winter months ahead. As the writers at Railway Age point out, the winters can be particularly harsh on railroads, especially the ones running through the Rocky Mountains. Winter not only brings heavy weather, but also the rush of traffic from transporting holiday …
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When it comes to mines, miners and geotechnical workers in Colorado and the surrounding region, Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring not only has the expertise to develop sound slope stabilization strategies, but also to keep safety as a top priority. We work on mining sites within our service area from our headquarters in Littleton, near Denver, …
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Last month, we covered some details about the most favorable soil conditions for the use of soil nailing. Today, we’re looking at unfavorable conditions in which we would not advise soil nails. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, our team of engineers reviews each project to ensure that the best method of shoring or slope stabilization is …
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As a civil engineering company providing a broad variety of geotechnical services, we at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring try to update our site visitors with new information about our services whenever possible. With this goal in mind, we’re highlighting a few more of our geotechnical services this week. We provide the following installation solutions to …
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