New American Home 2006 Is Ready for Show

With only punch-list items remaining, The New American Home 2006 stands ready for the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, January 11–14. Several concrete and cement-based products were used in the home that was built to demonstrate the “green” philosophy. The 9,500 square foot home features concrete roof tiles, fiber-cement siding, and precast concrete lintels. It is coated with an acrylic-textured finish with a portland cement base coat. More

Builders' Show Attendees Will Experience Largest Concrete Pavilion Yet

Attendees of the International Builders’ Show (Jan. 11–14) will be able to get all their concrete questions answered in the largest PCA Concrete Pavilion to date. Thirty-five cement-based companies and associations will take up 12,550 square feet of exhibit space in the West Hall of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. More

On December 3, the Chicago Tribune featured the first “Fortified…for Safer Living®” home in Illinois, now being constructed in Bolingbrook. The 2,800 square foot home will have added protection against tornadoes, hail, and severe winter weather—three of the state’s most destructive natural elements. More

Concrete House Stands Up to Katrina

The Sundbergs had been building their fully mitigated home for eight years, and it was 85% complete, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into their area on Aug. 29 with a huge storm surge and reported sustained winds of 125 mph. The water reached an elevation of 28 feet. More

Concrete Homebuilder Helps to Fortify Florida

“Our Houses Don’t Blow Away” is the motto for RFB, Inc., a South Fort Myers, Florida, homebuilder that has just completed the first home in Lee County to be certified under the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) “Fortified ... for Safer Living®” program. This home has already been sold and there are several more under construction. More

NAHB’s Concrete Home Building Council Shows What It’s Made of During 2006 WOC “At Home with Concrete” Mega Demos

The National Association of Home Builders’ Concrete Home Building Council—the voice of America’s concrete housing industry, will sponsor two days of Hanley Wood’s World of Concrete Mega Demos to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 18–19, 2006. During this time, in the Silver Lot in front of the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, attendees will be able to see the latest in concrete housing construction systems. More

HVAC Sizing for Concrete Homes, Version 3.0

Version 3.0 of the HVAC sizing software has all the great features of the original, plus some new capabilities. The program calculates an estimate of annual electricity and natural gas consumption. Additional concrete wall systems have been added. The user now has the capability to model a two story house with separate heating or cooling systems on each floor.

CD044—$59.95