ICF Builder Awards Expand in 2008

Since 2006, ICF Builder Magazine has been awarding the best ICF projects of each year.  According to its website, “The Builder Awards competition is an annual event designed to showcase the innovation, quality, and energy-efficiency of ICF construction, and promote [ICF] as a sustainable, durable and attractive building material. More

PCA Appoints New Market Manager for Low-Rise Commercial Buildings

Jamie Farny is PCA’s new Market Manager, Low-Rise Commercial Buildings. The low-rise group, part of the Market Development Department at PCA, promotes the use of concrete products for low-rise, non-engineered buildings. More

Concrete Pavilion Finds Quality Leads at International Builders' Show

PCA hosted the 21st Concrete Pavilion at the International Builders' Show, January 20-23 in Las Vegas. While attendance was markedly down from past shows, there was a bright spot. "There seems to be an inverse relationship between quantity and quality at this show," said Mike Collignon, market manager for residential. "The quantity was much lower than I estimated, but the quality was higher than I anticipated, too."   More

Volunteers Help Out at 2009 Concrete Pavilion

Associations depend on member involvement for success. PCA would like to thank the following member and state association employees for volunteering to help staff the PCA booth at the 2009 Builders’ Show. More

NAHB Releases Green Building Standard

The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and the International Code Council (ICC) jointly announced the recent release of the ICC 700-2008 National Green Building Standard™ for all residential construction work including single-family homes, apartments and condos, land development and remodeling and renovation.  It is the first and only green building rating system approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).    More

IS320: Easier Energy Star® Compliance with Concrete Homes

New! Click here for a tech brief in single page format and written in a non-technical style intended to inform the building industry and consumers about the ways concrete home building technologies can more easily meet the exterior envelope requirements of the US Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star® program.

EB049: Portland Cement Plaster/Stucco Manual

Bestseller! Click here for a how-to guide and technical manual contains everything you need to know about plastering and stucco.