| 01-21-03 |
The New Face of Affordable Housing on Display at 2003 IBS
Concrete is increasingly the construction material of choice for many Habitat for Humanity affiliates.
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| 03-28-02 |
Quick Facts: Safe Rooms (i.e., Panic Rooms, Storm Shelters)
With the release tomorrow of Columbia Pictures’ “Panic Room,” moviegoers will be introduced to the concept of an in-home hiding place more commonly known as a "safe room."
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| 02-05-02 |
Habitat and Concrete Bring Quality to Affordable Housing
Affordable yet high-quality housing has long been the mission of the concrete home industry, and now it will be a reality for three families in suburban Atlanta.
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| 12-20-01 |
New Concrete Alliance Promotes Solid Concrete Homes
Concrete construction for safe and energy-efficient housing has perhaps its strongest spokesman ever with the recent formation of the Concrete Homes Council (CHC).
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| 01-22-01 |
PCA Welcomes New Residential Staff
Portland Cement Association welcomed three new staff members to its residential department in 2000.
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| 01-17-01 |
PCA Offers New Insulating Concrete Form Training Tool
New from the Portland Cement Association, the ICF Training Module is a 4-hour training and recruitment package designed for use by promoters, developers, or builders.
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| 12-01-00 |
PCA Wins Project Impact Model Corporate Partner Award
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recognized Portland Cement Association for its efforts in promoting disaster-resistant construction through the Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities initiative.
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| 03-24-00 |
PCA Named National Project Impact Corporate Partner
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently designated the Portland Cement Association as National Project Impact Corporate Partner, recognizing the Association’s contribution to Project Impact initiatives.
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| 02-16-00 |
Wind testing shows how concrete walls hold up in a storm
Dramatic images of 2 x 4s strewn across the landscape in the wake of recent Georgia tornadoes bring up the question: What role does construction play in tornado safety? Tests at Texas Tech show that wall construction can make a world of difference.
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| 01-15-00 |
Concrete Homebuilding Surges Past 10% Market Share in 1999
Portland Cement Association partners with public and private entities to support research, train the industry, and lower cost to homebuyers. If you could build a home that saved you 30% on energy bills, wouldn’t you do it? Would you consider building a home with increased resistance to natural disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and fires? How about a home that blocked out as much as two-thirds of outside noise? In 1999, more than 120,000 new homebuyers in the U.S. said yes to those questions and chose concrete.
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| 01-14-00 |
Concrete Concepts Show Homes Open During 2000 Builders Show
Interest in concrete homebuilding surges; Portland Cement Association and Marshall Bobbitt Homes team up to present the latest in concrete homes. When it comes to building beautiful—and lasting—homes, more homebuilders around the country are relying on concrete than ever before. Currently, more than 10% of new home starts are concrete, and the Portland Cement Association predicts that share will grow by leaps and bounds in coming years. This year, PCA’s Concrete Concepts Show Homes demonstrate why builders—and homebuyers—love the beauty of concrete.
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| 12-16-99 |
PCA Hosts Field Trip, Donates Concrete Safe Room at FEMA Summit
Public–private partnership continues safe room initiative. The Portland Cement Association teamed up once again with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to educate communities about safe rooms at FEMA’s Project Impact Summit, Dec. 12–16, 1999, in Washington, D.C. The summit is a gathering of public officials and administrators, educators, media, non-profits, and other agencies and individuals committed to building safer communities.
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| 10-20-99 |
Concrete Concepts Show Homes Open During 2000 Builders Show
Interest in concrete homebuilding surges; Portland Cement Association and Marshall Bobbitt Homes team up to present the latest in concrete homes. Marshall Bobbitt Homes and the Portland Cement Association will open the doors of their concrete homes to attendees during the annual International Builders’ Show, sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders January 14–17 in Dallas. Located adjacent to a golf course in the Buffalo Creek subdivision, the 3,474-square-foot home is one of several to be built in the development using insulating concrete forms (ICFs) for the exterior walls.
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| 09-16-99 |
Wind testing shows how concrete walls hold up in a hurricane
The most inherent danger to people and property during the high winds of hurricanes is the flying debris carried in the high winds. Carried at such intense velocity, items such as 2 by 4’s can become missiles that can cut right through a building wall and endanger the people inside. Tests conducted by Texas Tech University’s Wind Engineering Research Center offer dramatic proof that concrete walls withstand flying debris from hurricanes and tornadoes—and outperform their wood and steel counterparts.
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| 09-15-99 |
Video Outlines Benefits of Concrete Homes
Your Insulating Concrete Home, a new video offered by the Portland Cement Association, describes the benefits of living in a house built with insulating concrete forms (ICFs).
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| 06-30-99 |
FEMA, Local Homebuilder & Others Announce Initiative to Provide Safe Rooms to Oklahomans
Government officials and homebuilders announced at a press conference on June 30, in Oklahoma City, a joint effort to make safe rooms and tornado-safe homes available to the residents of Oklahoma.
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| 01-15-99 |
Centex "Performance Plus" Concrete Homes Available for Tour During 1999 Builder Show
Results of the latest phase of the concrete home construction boom—homes built by a national production leader—will be on display during the 1999 National Association of Homebuilders Show in Dallas—January 15-18. Centex Homes will open the doors of a model concrete home built using insulating concrete forms (ICFs) to attendees during the Builders Show.
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| 09-25-98 |
Centex "Performance Plus" concrete homes available for tour during 1999 Builders Show
Centex Corporation and Portland Cement Association build concrete homes to test insulating concrete form systems and open the experiment up for tours during NAHB. Results of the latest phase of the concrete home construction boom—homes built by a national production builder—will be on display during the 1999 National Association of Homebuilders Show in Dallas—January 15-18.
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| 05-18-98 |
Concrete homes winners in NAHB Research Center’s EnergyValue Housing Awards
Concrete homes showed their energy-efficient side when several builders using new concrete systems won 1998 EnergyValue Housing Awards, from the National Association of Home Builders Research Center.
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| 05-11-98 |
A Dozen Locations Across the Country Chosen to Tout Benefits of Homes Built with Concrete
Twelve metropolitan areas across America have been selected to host consumer programs between May and the end of 1998, designed to show home buyers that concrete provides beautiful homes built to last and provides significant savings.
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| 05-04-98 |
PCA Joins President Clinton’s Innovative Housing Initiative
At a housing development near Los Angeles today, President Clinton announced a new private/public partnership to make American homes safer, stronger, and more energy efficient.
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| 04-15-98 |
Decorative Concrete Floors Work Magic with Gray Slabs
For years, homeowners have been adding value and design appeal to the exterior of their homes with decorative concrete. But now, that same process is working on the home's interior with new techniques, colors and processes that add a beautiful, decorative surface according to the Portland Cement Association.
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| 01-18-98 |
Homeowner Survey Reveals 44% Heating and 32% Cooling Energy Savings with ICFs
Statistical comparison indicates that using insulating concrete forms (ICFs) instead of conventional wood frame will reduce the amount of energy consumed for heating by about 44%, and for cooling by about 32% on average. A new study measured ICF homes constructed using pure foam systems (no foam-cement composites).
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New Home Buyers Find Concrete Ways to Leave Their Lumber
There are many reasons a homeowner might choose to build a new home in concrete: to achieve superior soundproofing, to avoid termites and rodents, to gain environmental benefits or to reap energy savings. No matter what the reason, more and more homeowners are upgrading with concrete as rising lumber costs close the price gap between stick-built construction and concrete.
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