WU's Essential Major Renovations at World of Concrete 2027
January 18 - 19 | Las Vegas, Nevada
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Address: Las Vegas Convention Center
Break Into Today's Market and Stay Competitive in the Long Run
Discover a new opportunity at World of Concrete 2027 as Watershape University is offering CONSTRUCTION 2711: Essential Major Renovations! Build the foundation you need to enter the growing pool and watershape renovations market. Learn practical approaches for evaluating existing structures, planning major renovations, and navigating the unique challenges that come with transforming an existing project, giving you greater versatility and long-term value as a professional. Add renovation expertise to your skill set to expand your services, reach more clients, and create new opportunities for sustainable profit.
This course counts towards the Certified Watershape Renovator designation.
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WU CONSTRUCTION 27111: Essential Major Renovations
January 18 - 19, 2027
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1.6 IACET CEUs | Duration: 16 hours
As existing pools age and ownership turns over to a new generation, major renovations have become a larger and larger part of the watershape construction market. This in-depth, two-day major renovation design course is formatted with a series of targeted lectures supporting an interactive renovation design project.
Instructor: Bill Drakeley
What you will learn.
Explore the scope and nuances of major renovation projects.
Review images that will inspire design and illustrate key concepts.
Develop a complete renovation project from site analysis, troubleshooting existing problems and failures, through first-draft design.
Describe the scope of work, design, material selection, structural engineering, mechanical systems, construction considerations and project management.
Your instructor.
Bill Drakeley, ACI, IWI
William Drakeley is principal and founder of Drakeley Pool Company, a New England-based luxury design and build custom watershaping firm; and, Drakeley Industries, an international consulting firm focusing on shotcrete applications and techniques. He is an award-winning shotcrete technologist specializing in concrete science and construction, particularly shotcrete applications, techniques and standards. He has thirty-plus years of experience in shotcrete installation, watershape geotechnical design and detailed custom construction—services include consultation and review, training and testing and expert testimony. As an educator and advocate for the highest industry standards, Bill is co-founder of Watershape University (WU), an industry-leading education provider of the highest quality live instruction covering business, design, engineering and construction—reaching students at all levels of pool, spa, aquatics and outdoor living sectors. He has conducted training for the Colorado School of Mines, the American Society of Landscape Architects, World of Concrete, NESPA Pool Show, and most notably for the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority underground tunneling projects. His technical writing has been widely published in trade magazines and e-publications. Bill is chairman of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Swimming Pool Shotcrete Committee, which in 2024 published the country’s first legal document for proper pool shotcrete protocol, ACI PRC-506.8-24. He is also a connoisseur of fine wine and a recent winery co-owner.
Become certified.
Certified Watershape Renovator
This credential demonstrates that you have met a globally recognized standard for expertly reshaping, reconfiguring, and renovating pools, spas, and waterfeatures—backed by verified training and a completed in-class project.
Requirements: C2711
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