How Building a Disaster-resistant Home Will Save You Money
By Trevor Brown I feel that the most overlooked value of an ICF home is RESILIENCE. In an era of...
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Category: Disaster Resistance
Building for Resilience: Adapting Construction to Withstand Natural Disasters
By Elise VuePhoto Credit: iStock The unprecedented frequency and intensity of natural disasters...
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Building Resilience: How ICF Structures Withstand Natural Disasters
By Alysha Campbell, Marketing Manager for Airfoam Industries/Quad-Lock ICF As natural disasters...
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Be Prepared
By Tom Patton At a time when many areas of the country are experiencing extreme weather events...
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Designing For Natural Disasters and Environmental Conditions
By Dave Gowers ICF construction is extremely suitable to resist natural disasters and extreme...
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Safety, Come What May
Photos courtesy of Nexgen ICF ICF Builder magazine has an active Facebook group called ICF Builder...
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From the ICFMA: Still Standing After Disasters
Natural disasters, which are becoming more frequent every year due to the drastic changes in...
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Building Safer Schools With ICF
West High School in West, Texas. By Vanessa Salvia Talk to any school-age child about Legos and...
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Subdivision Built to Withstand Wildfires
Approximately three years ago, I became involved with the construction of a new residential...
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Adjusting to Increasing Natural Disasters
The increase in natural and climate-related disasters has caused a record number of expenditures...
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A Case Study on How Insulated Concrete Forms Can Prevent Structure Loss During Wildfires
Logix ICF Home on Cliffhanger Lane that Survived the Camp Fire (Lennox, 2019) Editor’s Note:...
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An ICF House Proves Its Strength Over Decades
By Vanessa Salvia Terri Jean Smith, a resident of Fort Morgan, Alabama, on the top of a tiny...
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Intro to ICFs and Alternative ICFs
People need to be aware of all alternative building products. Because we are all better than...
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ICF Homes and Car Collisions
ICF homes have a remarkable ability to shield occupants from all sorts of disasters, including...
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Starting and Growing a Successful ICF Business (Part II)
This article is adapted from a presentation made at the 2017 ICF Summit titled “Building Your...
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In the News: Surviving Dorian
Hurricane Dorian is said to be one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the Bahamas. The...
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Benefits of Living in an ICF Home
When the heat or A/C goes out, ICF homes will maintain steady room temperature far longer than any...
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Mexico Beach Survivor
This ICF home in the Florida Panhandle was virtually the only home left standing in the...
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Recovering From the California Wildfires: How ICF is Playing a Role
This house, built with Logix ICF, narrowly escaped destruction in last year’s California...
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Breezy Point: Rebuilding to Withstand the Storm
When Superstorm Sandy hit New York City in 2012, it brought “the city that never...
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Engineering For Storm Surge
This ICF home in the Caymans survived the storm surge from Hurricane Ivan (2004) despite being...
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Termites and ICFs
Termites are more than just a nuisance. They cause an estimated $5 billion in damages every year...
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Storm Proof Roofing
ICF WALLS HAVE A WELL-ESTABLISHED TRACK RECORD OF SURVIVING NATURAL DISASTERS. However, in...
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Standing Up To Man-Made Disasters
ICF structures have gained a well-deserved reputation for surviving all types of natural...
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