Every year, more than 1,000 tornados touch down in the United States, causing millions of dollars in damage and scattering the victim’s personal treasures over miles of ground. A surprising number of ICF homes have sustained direct hits from tornados, and all of them have stood up to the pounding very well. Tornados are far […]
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Over 200 builders from around the country gathered on February 5th at the 2020 ICF Builder Awards to honor the impressive work and design feats achieved in the ICF industry over the past year. The judges were looking at the “complexity, creativity, site challenges and media exposure” of each project to
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Scope out this Rise article that features a quote by our very own Dave Phelps! Sourced from buildwithrise.com Maria Saxton | Rise Writer | Aug 28, 2017 | 5 minute read Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) are becoming a more common way to build homes. This innovative building material is typically made of blocks of polystyrene
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When considering building materials for houses, builders should be looking for materials that are going to be energy efficient for the homeowners. ICF is absolutely energy efficient but it tends to rank lower than it should because proper testing hasn’t been done on one of the biggest reasons for its energy efficiency: passive geothermal heat.
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WILDFIRE In most areas of the United States, the greatest threat to homes and commercial structures is not hurricanes and tornadoes, but wildfire. The U.S. Fire Administration (www.usfa.dhs.gov) reports that fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined—averaging more than 3,700 people—plus another 20,000 injured— every year in the last decade. Direct property loss
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What’s green and indestructible? No, we’re not talking about the Hulk. We’re talking concrete! Specifically, concrete homes. Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) are building materials for homes created using hollow foam insulated blocks that are stacked together like Legos then have concrete poured into the center. This produces buildings that are low maintenance and have a
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The last few years have brought us wildfires galore but 2020 seems to have gone above and beyond what anyone expected. California Wildfires California Wildfires According to the California government site, 5 of the top 20 largest wildfires in California history have occurred in 2020. 8,700+ fires have burned well over 4.1 million acres. 31
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A year after Hurricane Michael tried (& failed) to take out an ICF home known as Sand Palace in Florida in 2018, another powerful storm built up strength and landed in the Bahamas. September of 2019 brought destruction for a great number of families and homes in the paradise islands of the Bahamas. Reaching wind
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