An Underutilized Concrete Application: Shotcrete - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Recorded On: 10/12/2025

Vertical concrete in the landscape can be achieved in many ways; shotcrete provides greater flexibility, a smaller carbon footprint, and a faster completed scope. Here you’ll learn the fundamentals of shotcrete, key components to specifying it, and how to advocate for it, and you’ll see its carbon savings with built work.

Learning objectives:

Become familiar with shotcrete as a structural and design solution; it’s more than just an inground pool.
Learn about the potential carbon savings with using shotcrete and see a case study of the same project with and without shotcrete.
Review the key performance indicators of the shotcrete specification.
Become fluent in the language of shotcrete; highlight the attributes of shotcrete to owners and contractors; develop workable details for successful implementation in the field.

ashley cruz, ASLA, PLA, ISA

Director of Operations

Cruz Concrete & Guniting Repair

Ashley Cruz is a licensed landscape architect who has stepped into the family concrete construction business; more specifically, shotcrete contracting. Ashley was the chair of the American Shotcrete Association’s Marketing Committee and helped formulate their new strategic plan. Ashley works daily to educate engineers on the finer details of the shotcrete application process while also attaining that her crew in the field is providing quality work. Ashley has had the opportunity to install shotcrete for landscape architects in New York City on a few occasions. Ashley is a graduate of the University of Connecticut's landscape architecture program.

Mike Hee, ASLA, PLA

Landscape Architect

Studio-MLA

Mike Hee designs projects with a passion for detail and craft. Over the last 19 years he has become a leader in technical systems and details while managing projects of varying scales and types. Mike excels in the advanced project phases of design development, documentation, and construction administration, coordinating and problem-solving with clients, consultants, and internal teams. As a resource for the office, he mentors teams on technical design and provides services on projects across the practice. Mike received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a minor in Sustainable Environments.

Jeffrey Poor, ASLA, LEED AP

Partner

Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners

Jeffrey Poor brings more than 30 years of experience in the conceptualization and implementation of sustainable and compelling site design to Starr Whitehouse. As Partner and Studio Director, Poor plays a lead role in making the design team’s vision a reality. His experience and attention to technical detail result in fully integrated and innovative public realm open space. Award-winning works span a wide range of project scales and types, from Central Park Merchants Gate, Hunters Point South Roof Terraces, VIA W57 Courtyard, Bronx River House, and the landscapes of the Battery Bosque and Playscape.