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In This Issue:

Front Page
Senate Bill on GSE Reform Found Wanting
Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera
Apartment Rentals Home to Fewer School-Aged Children
Coast to Coast
Work-Site Thefts Rising
Housing Forum
What Housing Bubble?
Politics & Government
Bill Would Help Small Builders Provide Health Insurance
Economics & Finance
New Single-Family Sales Hit a Record Pace in June
Existing Home Sales Smash Record in June
Eye on the Economy
Tips
Builders’ Tip: Keeping Mud Off a House Under Construction
IBS
The New American Home Goes Caribbean, Targets Boomers
Business Management
Technology for the Home Building Industry: An Overview
Remodelers
Turning Down the Heat of That Burning Question
Design
Informal Living Trend Found by Architect Design Survey
Construction Safety
Hot Weather Poses Hazards for Workers
Education
Certified Graduate Designees of the Year Entries Sought
Education Calendar
Sales
Twenty Easy Steps for Creating Persuasive Direct Mail
Building Systems
Tour Provides Insights on Concrete Technologies
Almost 100 ICF Home Designs Available on New CD
International
Utah Builder to Tap Into Expanding Market in Mexico
Labor
Tucson Plumbing Trainer Named ‘Instructor of the Year’
Building Products
Wood-Burning Stoves Focus of Clean Air Campaign
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Herman J. Smith Scholarship Award Winners Announced
Association News
Builders Get Behind Habitat for Humanity, Local Charities
Tucson Builders Donate Diapers and Anti-Graffiti Truck
NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11
Save on Dell™ Computer Products
Help Tsunami Survivors Rebuild Their Homes
Save More With BuilderBooks.com Rewards
Calendar of Events

Related Articles

Tour Provides Insights on Concrete Technologies

Almost 100 ICF Home Designs Available on New CD

Nearly 100 home designs for insulating concrete form (ICF) construction are available on a new “Home Plan CD” released last month by Reward Wall Systems.

Almost a year in development, the CD has been designed to allow home builders to easily browse design plans based on the features they most desire.

Helpful tips on the CD demonstrate the comfort and cost savings that can be attained in homes using the innovative concrete technology. The CD also includes information on the durability of ICFs and their ability to eliminate allergens, mold and noise.

While construction costs for a Reward concrete home can run from 0%-5% higher than a traditionally built house, depending on its size and design, the technology will result in savings that more than make up the difference, the manufacturer says, including as much as a 50%-80% savings on monthly heating and cooling bills and lower mainetnance and insurance costs.

Reward concrete walls also elminate cold or hot spots in the home, keeping temperatures uniform throughout, and are significantly more wind- and fire-resistant than wood-frame houses.

Located in Omaha, Neb., Reward Wall Systems was the first national manufacturer of two complete and diversified lines of insulating concrete forms for residential and commercial structures.

Customers of the company include general, residential and concrete contractors and construction supply distributors.

Reward Will Systems is a member of the Concrete Home Building Council.

To order copies of the “Home Plan CD,” contact the Reward Wall Systems customer service department at 800-468-6344.


 

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