Market Share Maintains Positive Trend

Portland Cement Association recently released the above-grade, single-family detached concrete wall market share numbers. Based on data provided by NAHB, concrete’s share of the homebuilding market increased to 16.3% in 2004. While the 0.2% increase pales in comparison to the 2% increase seen in 2003, it continues the streak of positive market share gains that have occurred every year since tracking started in 1993. More

Stoughton, Wisconsin, residents picked up the pieces after a tornado recently leveled most homes in the area. One home is still standing amidst the rubble: a concrete home, currently under construction in an upscale Stoughton neighborhood, built with insulating concrete forms (ICFs). More

Twin Cities Fall Parade of Homes Featured Concrete

Three ICF homes were featured by three different builders in the Twin Cities Parade of Homes. The homes by Vogue Homes, Brandl Anderson, and Family Homes, Inc., were available for show on the parade. More

ICFA Fall Meeting and Expo Sets Record Attendance

The Insulating Concrete Form Association’s 2005 Fall Meeting and Expo was filled with energy and renewed enthusiasm as over 300 participants networked and attended education sessions. With batteries recharged, those eager individuals returned to work ready to promote the use of ICFs and increase awareness about the considerable benefits of the energy efficient, storm-resistant building system. More

ICF Industry, Habitat Continue Partnership

The Hamilton County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, the Insulating Concrete Form Association (ICFA), and the Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association (IRMCA) recently joined forces to build the nonprofit group's first house using ICFs. More

ICFA Finds Niehoff in Good Form

The Insulating Concrete Form Association honored PCA residential manager Jim Niehoff with the 2005 Excellence Award at its Fall Meeting and Expo last month in Indianapolis. The award recognizes Niehoff’s outstanding service and contributions to the ICF industry. Niehoff has served as the chairman of the ICFA Public Affairs Committee since April 2004 and was elected to its Board of Directors in September of that year. More

Multiple Concrete Courses Available Through NAHB's Univ. of Housing

The NAHB’s University of Housing is making it more convenient to receive residential concrete training.

Upcoming courses are listed below:

November 9, 2005 – Louisville, KY – “Cast-in-Place Concrete Foundations”

November 10, 2005 – Louisville, KY – “Building with Insulating Concrete Forms”

January 11, 2006 – Orlando, FL – “Building with Insulating Concrete Forms”

For more information, or to register, please click here.

PCA LEEDs the Way at Greenbuild 2005

Let PCA be your guide to the latest “Concrete Thinking” at USGBC’s Greenbuild 2005 International Show and Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, November 9–11, 2005 (Booth #647). More

Concrete Systems for Homes and Low-Rise Construction

Fast gaining on more traditional homebuilding materials, concrete systems save builders time, money, and headaches. Offering durability, cost savings, energy efficiency, and eye-pleasing aesthetics, concrete systems now account for large shares of the walls, floors, roofs, finishes, and landscape products in small buildings in the United States.

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