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O'Hare Puts Concrete Home to the Test
Buyers of concrete homes are generally aware of their home's built-in energy efficiency. The sound-attenuating benefits of concrete homes may be less prominent. But for anyone considering a home less than a mile from O’Hare International Airport, those benefits couldn’t be more of a blessing. More
New American (Concrete) Home on the Rise
The 2006 New American Home, the official Show Home of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is taking shape on a spectacular lakefront property in Orlando, Fla. More
Restored Colonial Village Counts on Modern Concrete Technology
The not-for-profit Henricus Foundation has a goal of fully recreating the 1611 Citie of Henricus by 2007, the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. With that ambitious goal in mind, Foundation members are turning to a structural building material that is decidedly more durable than materials available during the early 1600s—Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs). More
Alex Car Named Residential Committee Chairman
Alex Car (Essroc) was recently named chairman of the PCA Residential Committee. He succeeds Alan Kreisberg (Lafarge North America), who is now chairman of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC). More
ICF Walls Pass Blast Test
The Insulating Concrete Form Association (ICFA) and the Northern Virginia Concrete Advisory Council successfully demonstrated the blast-resistant properties of ICF building systems during the Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED V) April 26–28, 2005, at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Northern Virginia. More
Inaugural Concrete Technologies Tour
Kansas City hosted the CHBC’s Concrete Technologies
Tour, and the tour exceeded expectations. Over 100 attendees enjoyed an
informative two days. More
In our next edition, we'll announce a new round of NAHB courses on ICFs
and foundations. We'll also share details on a Habitat project in the
Northwest.
Building with Insulating Concrete Forms - DVD
Contractors can learn to build beautiful and marketable concrete homes using insulating concrete forms (ICFs) with this DVD version of our 1996 5-part video training series.
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