Slope Stabilization

  • Shotcrete facing for cuts, embankments and hillsides

  • Erosion protection on exposed slopes

  • Planned around your site access and sequence

Drawings, or just depth, wall length and a few photos of the lot.

Shotcrete facing over wire mesh on a sloped excavation cut

Slope stabilization: the engineer's system

  • Part of a designed system. Shotcrete on a slope is one part of a system. Your geotechnical engineer decides what the slope needs, for example shotcrete facing, soil nails, anchors or drainage, and specifies the details.
  • Reference guidance. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 7, Soil Nail Walls Reference Manual (FHWA-NHI-14-007, 2015), describes top-down construction. The ground is dug out in lifts, soil nails and an initial shotcrete facing go in at each lift, and a final facing is added afterwards.
  • Know its limits. GEC 7 is U.S. highway guidance, not a Canadian code. It covers permanent soil nail walls and does not specifically address temporary soil nail support or landslide stabilization. Your engineer decides which standards apply to your slope.
  • Shotcrete practice. For the shotcrete itself, ACI PRC-506-22, Shotcrete—Guide, covers materials, equipment, application and crew responsibilities.
  • Who decides. Your geotechnical engineer sets the design, and the authority having jurisdiction approves it. Enviro Shield places the shotcrete to the approved drawings and specifications.

Sources: FHWA Earth Retaining Structures · FHWA GEC 7, Soil Nail Walls (PDF) · ACI PRC-506-22