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Getting The Word Out About ICFs
By Vanessa Salvia
How do you get people to notice your work and not break the bank doing it? Mike Vellucci found a way.

Cut Future Costs With ICF
By Vanessa Salvia
Using ICFs can reduce future utility and insurance costs.

From the ICFMA: ICF Construction: When to Hold and When to Fold
By Blaine Dejax
When asked whether ICF is really the best product, in many (most?) cases, the answer ought to be a resounding “Yes.” But, promoting ICF in situations where it is not truly beneficial to the client is detrimental to the industry as a whole.

How To: Investigate Water Intrusion
By Tom Patton
Water intrusion is one of the biggest problems for any building. The big advantage for ICF walls is that they  do not promote mold or mildew and will not rot or decay. But water still can make its way through an ICF  wall assembly if certain procedures are not followed.

Engineer’s Corner: ICF Construction For Commercial & Industrial Projects
By Dave Gowers
While there are similarities between residential and commercial construction decisions, it is not surprising that some factors are far more pertinent to commercial building decisions.

Build With ICF Corner: Commercial and Industrial ICF
By Trevor Brown
When you talk to companies doing commercial construction, you will find different pain points than residential construction companies. When making construction method decisions, most owners of commercial projects are looking at two major concerns: return on investment and marketability.

Project Profile: Divi Little Bay Resort
This Heavy Commercial Winner and $20 million hotel addition to the existing Divi Little Bay Resort on the Dutch side of Sint Maarten was designed for high seismic and hurricane wind loads.

Project Profile: Drury Plaza Hotel Lake Buena Vista
This hotel, which won both MultiFamily 2nd Runner Up and People’s Choice, is the first ICF building/hotel  on Disney property. There are also three other Drury properties in Florida built from ICF.

Project Profile: Homewood Suites & Hilton Garden Inn
This seven-story dual-brand hotel was the winner of the MultiFamily award. The project created 240 guest rooms and two independent hotel lobbies joined by a common elevator lobby.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Getting The Word Out About ICFs

By Vanessa SalviaPhotos courtesy of Mike VellucciEvery once in a while I hear about things our readers are doing that make me think about ICFs in a new way. A couple of months ago, I got an email from a contractor named Mike Vellucci who installs ICFs on what he...

Cut Future Costs With ICF

By Vanessa SalviaPhotos courtesy of Jack WernerA couple of months ago, I had a conversation with reader and construction professional Jack Werner, who has owned A to Z Inspections in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for 21 years and has a degree in construction with a...

ICF Construction: When to Hold and When to Fold

By Blaine DejaxPhoto courtesy of the Insulating Concrete Forms Manufacturers AssociationOverlooking the Bow River near Cochrane, Alberta, sits a 7,000-square-foot ICF home. This home boasts two stories of ICF, a below-grade safe room, an interior cold room, 46 corners...

Investigate Water Intrusion

By Tom PattonPlacing a barrier between the home and the environmental elements is required due to forces that will compel the structure to absorb water.Water intrusion is one of the biggest problems for any building. In a wood-framed home with fiberglass insulation,...

Commercial and Industrial ICF

By Trevor BrownThe barrel room of the Hilliard Bruce Winery in Southern California is LEED Silver-certified and is just one of dozens of ICF winery projects. Photo courtesy of Jeremy BallMost people know that insulated concrete forms began primarily as an option for...

ICF Construction For Commercial & Industrial Projects

By Dave GowersPhoto courtesy of Consigli Construction Co. Inc.The Maine Molecular Quality Controls Inc. (MMQCI) project in Saco, Maine, is an example of ICFs being used in a laboratory setting. The project added and renovated a lab and office space, totaling nearly...