For a North Carolina swift-water rescue training facility, Boulderscape replaced hard-to-form concrete river walls with shotcrete — sculpting 14,800 square feet of 8-inch structural shotcrete with a grip-textured finish for responders, delivered in 10 days at 34% below traditional construction.
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The Swift Water Rescue project was developed to provide North Carolina emergency responders with realistic training environments where lifesaving techniques can be practiced under simulated flood conditions. When challenges arose with conventional form and pour construction of the river walls, the project team turned to shotcrete as a faster and more economical alternative.
Boulderscape constructed 14,800 square feet of river walls using structural shotcrete and applied its semi textured Rescue Grip finish to improve footing and traction along the training channels. The finish was specifically selected to provide a safer walking surface for rescue personnel operating in wet conditions while maintaining the durability required for repeated training exercises.
The project consisted of an 8" thick structural shotcrete section placed over a compacted slope using a 5,000 PSI mix design. The entire scope was completed in just 10 days, delivering a durable training facility that combined structural performance, worker safety, and accelerated construction. See our sculpted shotcrete process or explore more shotcrete finishes.
Boulderscape installed all control wires, 8” thick structural shotcrete, and special textured finish over 14,800 square feet of sloped river wall. Finish was left gray in color to blend with the cast-in-place structures on site.
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5,000 PSI
No additional additives were added to the concrete mix.
