Today, home buyers expect to get more from their new home. They want beauty that’s more than skin deep. A home that fits their lifestyle – of course. But also a home with solid, high quality construction. Greater comfort and security. Lower energy bills. Lower maintenance. A home that’s healthier to live in, and easier on the environment.

It’s becoming harder and harder to meet their new expectations with the same old building technology – wood framing. So more and more builders and home buyers are turning to something new. A modern adaptation of a centuries-old technology using the most proven building material on earth. Concrete.

There's more than one way to build your home with concrete:
	Concrete Masonry Units Today, new types of concrete block, advances in rigid foam insulation, and advances in construction methods have combined to provide concrete block building systems that cost-effectively outperform traditional frame building methods in every way.
	Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF) ICFs give you all the benefits that have made concrete the material of choice for home building worldwide: Solid, lasting construction that resists the ravages of fire, wind, and Father Time. But ICFs do plain concrete one better – or rather, two better – by giving you two built-in layers of foam insulation.
	Removable Forms (Cast-in-Place) This traditional concrete forming technique uses temporary forms, typically made of aluminum. Rigid foam insulation is placed inside the forms or between the forms and held in place with a system of non-conductive ties. Concrete is then poured on either side of or between the foam.
	Panel Systems (Precast & Tilt-Up) There are two main types of panel systems used for concrete walls: precast concrete and tilt-up concrete.
	Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Technically, autoclaved aerated concrete systems consist of blocks held together by mortar. But that's where the similarity to conventional mortared block construction ends. AAC uses new, technologically advanced concrete and mortar to give builders and buyers a new range of advantages.
	Shotcrete Shotcrete is a process where concrete is projected or "shot" under pressure using a feeder or "gun" onto a surface to form structural shapes including walls, floors, and roofs.

 
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