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Commercial Block brings unparalleled experience
to the ICF industry .Our installation crews, tech support,
sales staff and managers have been involved in some of the
largest ICF projects in the country .Our largest ICF job to
date is a building that is over 130,000 square foot. This
building has 41 and 51-foot tall walls. Taller than any other
ICF, with out the use of intermediate floors. Our research
and development team has designed our own bracing system that
allows us to build tall walls with out the need for intermediate
floors to brace off of. Commercial Block creates a solid monolithic
concrete wall that has a 4-hour fire rating. Incorporated
into our foam block is a 25 gauge metal stud (not plastic)
located on 8-inch centers. This should keep the drywall on
the wall longer in case of a fire. Our metal stud was designed
with the help of a Licensed Structural Engineering team. The
center of the stud is open to allow concrete to flow through
it and has six built in rebar chairs three on the top and
three on the bottom.
- Concrete works great to stop sound. Our blocks are ideal
for Theatres, Hotels, Motels, Office complexes, Church's,
Hospitals, Schools, Condo's, Townhouse's and much more.
Excellent sound proofing, high R. Values and a 4-hour fire
rating.
- Shorten construction time on your next project by as much
as 20%. By finishing the job quicker, both time and money
are saved by the Owner and the Builder.
- By shortening the construction schedule by one month,
the interest on a commercial loan can be cut by as much
as $8000.00 per $1,000,000.00 of loan amount, depending
on how the loan is written.
- HVAC can be downsized up to 30% because of the high R-Values
and thermal mass of our walls. A licensed Mechanical Engineer
will be able to help in this area.
- Shorter construction schedules not only help lower construction
costs, but also help the owner open for business and start
generating revenue sooner.
- Utility bills can be lowered by up to 60% when compared
to that of conventional buildings of the same size.
- Our 3 in 1 system also eliminates the need for some of
the subcontract trades that
need to be coordinated. We can replace the concrete block
masons, the concrete crew, the framing crew and the insulation
crew wherever our walls are being placed.
- Our metal stud is recessed 1/2 inch behind the face of
the Expanded Polystyrene, this allow EIFS or Stucco to be
applied directly to our block saving on the cost of EIFS.
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