Shotcrete is concrete fired through a hose and nozzle at pressure rather than poured into formwork. It goes on in layers, it bonds as it lands and it holds on a vertical or overhead face. That is why it works for retaining walls, batters, basements and pool shells, where formwork is either impossible or not worth what it costs.
We spray wet-mix. The concrete is batched at the plant and turns up to spec, so what goes on the wall is what the engineer signed off. Dry-mix has its place. On a structural or civil job the consistency of wet-mix is what gets it through QA without an argument.
Blake sprayed ground support underground in Papua New Guinea on one of the largest shotcrete contracts in the southern hemisphere, ran robotic rigs and shaft lining, then brought that back to South East Queensland. Same standard on a pool shell at Buderim as on a range road.
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PUMPD works as a specialist subcontractor. Sprayed and pumped on TMR range works at Kenilworth and Mt Nebo through Doval, downslope stabilisation at Cunninghams Gap through PCA Ground Engineering, and the Swanbank and Tarong BESS builds for Stanwell with Yurika. Also placed for Oz Stabilisation on Lismore City Council flood restoration packages. Referees available on request.
Three types of client make up most of the shotcrete book. If you are one of them you will get a straight answer on price and program the same day you ring.
You need a shell sprayed and cut clean on the day you booked it, so the tiler and the plant crew are not standing around waiting. We confirm the afternoon before, turn up when we said and pressure-clean the road on the way out.
Basement walls, retaining and structural strengthening on sites where formwork is a fight. QBCC licensed, $20M public liability, and the documentation to satisfy a principal or a certifier without you having to chase it.
Labour-only spray against mesh and anchors your crew has already placed, working inside your SWMS and your ITP. We have done it on TMR range works and flood recovery packages under head contractors who audit properly.
Where we are not the right call. We are line pump and spray, not boom hire. We will also not spray a face that is not ready. If the mesh, the anchors or the drainage are not right you will hear it from us before the truck is booked, which is cheaper for everyone than hearing it from the engineer afterwards.
Six steps, same every time, whether it is a pool shell or a batter on a range road. Click through and see exactly what happens and what we need from you.
You ring 0434 866 490 and Blake answers it. Tell us the job, the access and the date you want it. Most of the time we can tell you on that call whether it is standard scope or a price on application, and roughly where you sit in the program.
We work out where the pump sits, where the line runs and what has to be protected on the way. On a tight residential block that is the difference between a clean day and a mess. On a batter it is about fall, water and how we get the crew onto the face safely.
In writing, with the inclusions spelled out, so there is no argument later about who was supplying what. The split that catches people is reinforcement: civil work is usually labour-only against mesh and anchors already in place, residential is often full scope.
Site-specific SWMS written against your templates, daily pre-starts on the plant, and a test panel where the spec calls for one. If you are a principal contractor our documentation slots into your system instead of sitting next to it in a folder nobody opens.
Pump positioned, lines run, everything that can be splattered gets covered. Wet-mix goes on in layers to the nominated thickness, then it is screeded, cut and finished by hand. On a standard pool shell that is a few hours, not a day.
Rebound cleared, washout contained or bagged off site, the road pressure-cleaned. You should not be able to tell which neighbour had the pump out the front. Then the invoice, which matches the scope and the variations you already signed.
Shot on site, not staged. More of it goes up on @pumpdconcrete
Anything not answered here, call Blake on 0434 866 490 and ask him directly.
Shotcrete is concrete sprayed at high pressure through a hose and nozzle instead of poured into formwork. It is applied wet-mix and built up in layers, and it will go onto vertical or overhead surfaces that poured concrete cannot reach — retaining walls, pool shells, slopes, tunnels.
EFNARC is the European standard for sprayed concrete. Our EFNARC-accredited robotic nozzleman has been tested on application quality and consistency for robotically-applied shotcrete, which is what engineers, builders and tier 1 principals look for when they assess structural and civil work.
Up to 3.2 metres as standard. Over 3.5 metres is priced on application — tell us your wall height and we will tell you straight whether it is standard scope or POA.
Depends on the job. Civil shotcrete is typically labour-only against mesh and anchors already in place. Residential shotcrete can be full scope — excavation, drainage, formwork, finish and spray. Tell us the job and we will confirm exactly what is included.
Yes. Pool shells sprayed and cut by hand, including decorative and mock-rock finishes, from Caloundra to Gympie and across the wider Sunshine Coast.
Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, Brisbane and Gympie as our core area, regularly Gold Coast, Fraser Coast and Northern Rivers NSW, and away work for the right project across regional Queensland.
If scope changes on the day we record it on site with a photo, a signature and a timestamp before proceeding. No surprises on the invoice.
