Insulating Concrete Forms Construction : Demand, Evaluation, & Technical Practice

Book Info
Guide to construction methods, providing the business and technical facts needed to make pro or con decisions about ICFs. Covers construction process details, including plumbing and electricity; comparisons of ICFs in commercial and residential construction; getting a good ICF crew; and more. Supported by the Insulating Concrete Form Association. For construction contractors.


From the Back Cover
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CUTTING-EDGE CONSTRUCTION METHODS

Draft-defeating, quiet, energy-efficient, strong, durable, lightweight, easy to cut and piece together, stably priced, and offering design flexibility -- it's no wonder ICFs are being used in construction at a briskly growing 30% a year. If you want authoritative, detailed answers on whether insulating concrete forms are right for your business or project -- on what it's like to work with them -- on how they perform -- on installation or post-installation trades work -- you've come to the right place. Look inside for:

* The business and technical facts you need to make pro or con decisions about ICFs
* Construction process details, including plumbing and * First-hand, from-the-site reports on working with ICFs
* Comparisons of ICFs in commercial and residential construction
* Getting a good ICF crew
* Estimating ICF jobs
* Tips from the pros on marketing; working with building officials, architects, and engineers; and more
* Future trends in ICF construction
* Training and supplier information

Supported by the Insulating Concrete Form Association


About the Author
Ivan S. Panushev is a licensed engineer who has researched ICFs for the past three years. He is a graduate of three ICF training programs and labored on several job sites to learn the details of ICF construction first-hand. His articles on ICFs have appeared in such magazines as Concrete Construction, and he is the author of the Prescriptive Method for Connecting Cold-Formed Steel Framing to Insulating Concrete Form Walls in Residential Construction.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CUTTING-EDGE CONSTRUCTION METHODS

Draft-defeating, quiet, energy-efficient, strong, durable, lightweight, easy to cut and piece together, stably priced, and offering design flexibility — it's no wonder ICFs are being used in construction at a briskly growing 30% a year. If you want authoritative, detailed answers on whether insulating concrete forms are right for your business or project — on what it's like to work with them — on how they perform — on installation or post-installation trades work — you've come to the right place. Look inside for:

* The business and technical facts you need to make pro or con decisions about ICFs
* Construction process details, including plumbing and * First-hand, from-the-site reports on working with ICFs
* Comparisons of ICFs in commercial and residential construction
* Getting a good ICF crew
* Estimating ICF jobs
* Tips from the pros on marketing; working with building officials, architects, and engineers; and more
* Future trends in ICF construction
* Training and supplier information

Supported by the Insulating Concrete Form Association

SYNOPSIS

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CUTTING-EDGE CONSTRUCTION METHODS

Draft-defeating, quiet, energy-efficient, strong, durable, lightweight, easy to cut and piece together, stably priced, and offering design flexibility — it's no wonder ICFs are being used in construction at a briskly growing 30% a year. If you want authoritative, detailed answers on whether insulating concrete forms are right for your business or project — on what it's like to work with them — on how they perform — on installation or post-installation trades work — you've come to the right place. Look inside for:

* The business and technical facts you need to make pro or con decisions about ICFs
* Construction process details, including plumbing and * First-hand, from-the-site reports on working with ICFs
* Comparisons of ICFs in commercial and residential construction
* Getting a good ICF crew
* Estimating ICF jobs
* Tips from the pros on marketing; working with building officials, architects, and engineers; and more
* Future trends in ICF construction
* Training and supplier information