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Timing for Concrete Placement
Design Perspectives: Answering Questions About ICFs
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Project Profile: Sunshine Green Home
Project Profile: The Driftwood
Project Profile: Garnet Way
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Timing for Concrete Placement
By Tom Patton
The placement of concrete in an ICF wall is the most exciting part of the build. This stage of the build is not something to be taken lightly and needs to follow certain rules for success. If you have not placed concrete before there are few procedures to follow.
Design Perspectives: Answering Questions About ICFs
By Heather Hering-Brown
What is an Insulated Concrete Form (ICF)? That is the question this master builder gets asked all the time when meeting with clients to design their home. She has not built a traditional stick-built home since 2018.
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Project Profile: Sunshine Green Home
The Sunshine Green Home in Hurricane, Utah, was the builder’s first ICF project. He received four more build jobs based off this project. Two are using the same floor plan of this home, which was the Small Residential and People’s Choice winner.
Project Profile: The Driftwood
The builders of this million-dollar, Large Residential 1st Runner Up named The Driftwood, in
southwest England, estimate that the crew saved 30 days by building the home with ICF over other
building methods.
Project Profile: Garnet Way
This project won both the Unlimited Residential category and the People’s Choice Award in the 2023 ICF Builder Awards. The design followed the unusual terrain of the mountain in order to enhance the connection with the natural environment.
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