May/June 2017
$4.95
Project Profile: Shelving Rock
Effective Waterproofing for ICFs
Green Building in the Commercial Sector
Project Profile: South Warren High School
Project Profile: Graymoor Friary
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Project Profile: Shelving Rock
This remarkably functional and beautiful home also meets two demanding design criteria. It’s a DOE-registered Net-Zero Ready home and also meets aging-in-place guidelines.
Effective Waterproofing for ICFs
By Brian Corder
A thorough review of the options for waterproofing above- and below-grade ICFs, including spray-applied coatings, membranes, dimple sheets, and integral concrete admixtures.
Green Building in the Commercial Sector
By Kenny Stanfield
Having designed several of the nation’s most sustainable commercial buildings, Kenny Stanfield explains how ICFs’ attributes contributed to achieving maximum sustainability.
Project Profile: South Warren High School
One of the nation’s largest ICF projects, this combined high school and middle school campus is also one of the nation’s most efficient. Yet it features stunning aesthetics and was built at an extremely affordable cost.
Project Profile: Graymoor Friary
Built as housing and worship space for a New York religious order, this five-story building is expected to last for centuries, and was built from the top down.
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