2011 HEAVY CommErcial
BEST IN CLASS
H.C. Moore Library, College of the Bahamas

Project Statistics
Location: Nassau, Bahamas
Type: University Library/Disaster Relief Center
Size: 60,000 sq. ft. (floor)
ICF Use: 32,000 sq. ft. walls (75% of exterior walls)
Cost: $28 Million
Total Construction: 600 days
ICF Start-to-Finish Time: 300 days

Construction Team
Owner: College of the Bahamas
General Contractor: CGT Contractors and Developers
ICF Installer/Distributor: Quad-lock Bahamas, Ltd
Architect: Axum Architecture
Engineer: ETS
ICF System: Quad-Lock

Fast Facts

• One of the largest public buildings in the Caribbean
• Doubles as hurricane/emergency relief shelter
• 85% of exterior walls are radiused
• Integrated pilasters, including asymmetrical 5-sided columns
• Large-scale construction mock-up demonstration convinced project management to use ICFs
• ICFs installed by 3-man crew