At Charlotte Airport, Boulderscape value-engineered a runway-expansion retaining wall from cast-in-place into sculpted shotcrete — 8,350 square feet of structural and architectural shotcrete in a Charlotte Ashlar finish, delivered in 8 days at 34% below traditional construction.
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To expand the turnaround area of a runway, Charlotte Airport required a large soil nail wall to retain the adjacent slope. The original design called for a cast in place concrete facing, but Boulderscape proposed a value engineered shotcrete alternative that reduced construction complexity while maintaining the project's structural and architectural requirements.
Boulderscape constructed the wall using structural shotcrete and applied its Charlotte Ashlar architectural finish to create a clean, durable appearance consistent with the airport environment. The sculpted shotcrete approach accelerated construction while providing a cost effective alternative to traditional cast in place methods.
The project encompassed 8,350 square feet of wall surface consisting of an 8" thick structural shotcrete section with an average 2" thick architectural relief over a soil nail wall system using a 5,000 PSI mix design. The entire scope was completed in just 8 days, delivering a durable retaining wall solution that combined structural performance, architectural appeal, and construction efficiency. See our sculpted shotcrete process or explore more shotcrete finishes.
Boulderscape Installed an 8” thick structural shotcrete and a 2” thick architectural shotcrete with Charlotte Ashlar finish.
Charlotte Ashlar
Gray Speckle
Soil Nail
5,000 PSI
Hydration Stabilizer
