Gunite and Shotcrete Services Limited specialise in both wet spray (Shotcrete) and dry spray (Gunite) applications of sprayed concrete, together with refractory lining installation.
Gunite and Shotcrete Services Ltd specialise in the planning, managing and delivery of high end, design-lead projects utilising shotcrete and gunite construction methods for civil engineering and urban regeneration contracts.
The last fifty years have seen the GSSL management team involved in important commissions and contracts in both the UK and worldwide, and are widely recognised as one of the most experienced and committed teams currently operating in the UK today.

GSSL – Gunite and Shotcrete Services Limited is managed by John Aveling (Managing Director) supported by Matt Groves (Director / Contracts Manager), Nicola Groves (Director / Office Manager), Pat Carden (Business Development Manager), Andy Bird (Operations Manager) and Renwick Leitch (Commercial Manager) with a combined industry experience well in excess of over one hundred and fifty years. GSSL operate throughout the UK and internationally.
GSSL are accredited to the following British standards; – ISO 9001 (Quality Management System), ISO14001 (Environmental Management System) and ISO45001 (Health and Safety at work), together with Constructionline (Gold certificate level), Achilles UVDB, PQS SSIP and are long standing members of the Sprayed Concrete Association (UK).
Water Retaining Structure – Sea Lion Pool
In May 2021, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened the new ‘Point Lobos’ expansion featuring a family of six California sea lions, making the two-acre water feature the largest filtered sea lion exhibit in the world.
Sprayed Concrete Lining Works (SCL)
After wagons in a freight train derailed close to Carlisle the damage to the track and the bridge resulted in an emergency programme of structural reinforcement to the existing brick arches of the rail bridge.
Geotechnical Works
A typical slope stabilisation project requiring excavation, soil nails, reinforcing mesh and a sprayed concrete facing shouldn’t pose any real issues for a specialist contractor.









