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Building Resilience: How ICF Structures Withstand Natural Disasters
By Alysha Campbell
As we look ahead, the importance of disaster-resilient construction will only grow. ICF technology, with its proven history and versatile applications, represents

How To: Be Prepared
By Tom Patton
At a time when many areas of the country are experiencing extreme weather events resulting in destruction of homes, extensive damage, and loss of life, there needs to be a mindset change in design and construction for the safety of the building and its occupants.

Engineer’s Corner:  Designing For Natural Disasters And Environmental Conditions
By Dave Gowers
ICF construction is extremely suitable to resist natural disasters and extreme environmental conditions. This article explains why ICF construction is an excellent choice.

Safety, Come What May
By Vanessa Salvia
There are occasional incidents in which cars hit ICF houses. This is yet another situation in which an ICF structure helps avoid disaster.

The California Insurance Crisis
By Vanessa Salvia
After devastating huge wildfires in California, people are rebuilding, but they’re running into obstacles with insurance. Now, some insurance carriers are pulling out of covering properties in California.

Project Profile: Claunch Residence
Orange Beach, Alabama, is vulnerable to severe weather, including hurricanes, so the owners of this 12,776-square-foot single-family home located just 300 yards off the water opted to build their new home with ICF for extra protection.

Project Profile: Rich Pond Elementary School
Bowling Green, Kentucky, the site of Rich Pond Elementary School, has experienced destructive tornadoes in the past. The overall cost of construction including a safe room was less than the average cost of a school designed to simply meet code.

Project Profile: San Anselmo
At 3,420-square feet, this home is 100% ICF, including all gables, garage, bay windows and dormers, with a concrete roof and breakfast nooks with banquet seating created using 45-degree corners. The hillside house was designed and built to Net Zero standards.

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IN THIS ISSUE

September/October 2024 News

High-velocity winds can threaten homes in virtually any part of the country. But when the weather is at its worst, Variform Vortex Extreme performs at its very best. Rigorously tested, Vortex Extreme features Weather Warrior Technology — a combination of innovative...

Building Resilience: How ICF Structures Withstand Natural Disasters

By Alysha Campbell, Marketing Manager for Airfoam Industries/Quad-Lock ICFAs natural disasters become increasingly frequent and severe, the need for resilient building solutions has never been more pressing. Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) have emerged as a leading...

Be Prepared

By Tom PattonAt a time when many areas of the country are experiencing extreme weather events resulting in destruction of homes, extensive damage, and loss of life, there needs to be a mindset change in design and construction for the safety of the building and its...

Designing For Natural Disasters and Environmental Conditions

By Dave GowersICF construction is extremely suitable to resist natural disasters and extreme environmental conditions. It can resist high winds, high Richter scale seismic events, and wildfires. Several events have taken place again this year in mainland USA and...

Safety, Come What May

Photos courtesy of Nexgen ICFICF Builder magazine has an active Facebook group called ICF Builder group. If you aren’t familiar with it or already a member, you can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/icfbuildergroup.As you might imagine, many of the 13,000+...

The California Insurance Crisis

By Vanessa SalviaAllen Winters is a licensed contractor and owner of Allen Winters Concrete in Sebastopol, California, where he has lived his entire life. Winters, now 70, grew up around concrete — his father owned the local ready mix plant. As a young man in the...