Project · Structural shotcrete
Novus Construction — Ironwood Court, Edmonton
A structural shotcrete wall on an excavation in Edmonton, AB, completed for Novus Construction in three days, August 17–19, 2026. Rebar tied tight over drainage board and a clean, even finished face.
The job
Novus Construction needed a structural shotcrete wall on an excavation at Ironwood Court in Edmonton, and needed it on a tight schedule. Enviro Shield delivered it for Novus in three days, August 17–19, 2026.
The method is what makes shotcrete the right call on an excavation: drainage board, rebar tied over it, and shotcrete sprayed into place, with no forms to set or strip. What Novus got was a straight wall with a clean, even face, and dowels left out where the walls meet.
Project facts
- Client
- Novus Construction
- Location
- Edmonton, AB
- Project
- Ironwood Court
- Scope
- Structural shotcrete wall on an excavation
- Schedule
- Three days, August 17–19, 2026
- Reinforcement
- Rebar tied over drainage board
- Shotcrete
- Structural shotcrete on the excavation face
- Finish
- Clean, even face
Drawings and specs, or just a few photos of the excavation.
1. Rebar tight on the drainage board
Drainage board went on first, then the steel: vertical and horizontal bars tied into a tight, even mat, with dowels left out at the corner where the next wall ties in. Steel set straight and tight before shooting is the base of a straight, even wall.
Rebar tied over drainage board, with dowels left out where the walls meet.
2. Shotcrete, built up to a clean face
Shotcrete was built up and finished to a clean, even face, panel by panel along the excavation. The lower lift was finished smooth before work moved up, and the rebar above was left clean and ready for the next lift.
Finished face on the lower lift, rebar above ready for the next lift.
Walking the finished wall at Ironwood Court.
Finished walls, with dowels left out along the top.
3. Finished on schedule
Three days on site, August 17–19, 2026, and Novus Construction had a structural shotcrete wall with a clean, even face along the excavation, ready for the next stage at Ironwood Court.
The finished face, end to end.
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