Title:
Shotcrete Wine Storage Caves
Author(s):
Jon Y. Kaneshiro
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
11
Issue:
7
Appears on pages(s):
42-44
Keywords:
reinforced concrete; shotcrete; subsurface structures; storage; tunnels; Construction
DOI:
Date:
7/1/1989
Abstract:
Reinforced concrete underground wine storage caves were constructed using shotcrete and a forming and reinforcing system that was designed for alpine tunneling. The forming and reinforcing system consists of interlocking plates of corrugated steel stamped to provide a "V" rib between a high-lowbasketweave-profile section. After the plates were assembled into a framework and covered with shotcrete, the shell structure was buried. Homes, highway culverts and undercrossings, mines, prison and security walls, and portal structures can all be constructed using this system.