ICFMA Webinar: Prescriptive ICF Design Guide
Join us as we look at how to build ICF buildings under Part 9 in Canada. Prescriptive ICF Design Guide Webinar - ICFMA.mp4 from Dave Koop on Vimeo.
Hands-on Training and Education: Build With Strength 2.0, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Event Description: Build with Strength is partnering with Habitat for Humanity International and the Insulating Concrete Forms Manufacturers Association to fortify decent, affordable, and sustainable housing across the U.S. This initiative will help to provide incredibly strong and sustainable homes for dozens of Habitat Partner Families over the course of several years. This build in Santa Fe, NM includes two houses being built side by side. Alongside construction, the NRMCA and ICFMA partner and supplier BuildBlock will be hosting on-site training events and hard hat tours for anyone interested in learning about the benefits of building residential homes with ICFs. This is an opportunity to learn in an actual construction environment, meet industry professionals, and lend a hand as the walls go up on these special projects. Who Should Attend? Contractors, designers, architects, suppliers, and anyone interested in learning about the benefits of building with Insulating Concrete Forms and concrete. Register: Proof of a Covid-19 vaccination is required to volunteer. Please visit santafehabitat.org/volunteer to learn more and santafehabitat.volunteermatrix.com to register. Location and Schedule: Address: 12 Blue Feather Road Oshara Village Santa Fe, NM November 18:30 AM - Volunteer training | ICF Stacking Begins November 28:30 AM - Volunteers Arrive | [...]
Virtual Training Event: A Pathway to Energy + Disaster Resilience: An ICF Symposium + Training Event
Event Description This education event demonstrates how to achieve dramatic energy savings and disaster resiliency provided by insulated concrete forms (ICFs). It will describe why and how ICFs optimize the building envelope and minimize property losses due to disasters. This event offers up to 8 AIA-CES Learning Units with a certificate of completion. Who Should Attend Design professionals (A&E), Developers, General Contractors, Masonry Contractors, Wood and Steel Framers. Registration This is a free event sponsored by KY Office of Energy Policy and is intended for Kentucky residents and workers. If you have questions, contact NRMCA, James Bogdan at (412) 420-4138 or jbogdan@nrmca.org. Click here to register. Agenda (all times Eastern Time zone) Architects and Engineers 6/21/2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Introduction to ICFs 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Resilient ICF Construction 6/22/2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Zero Energy ICF School 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Virtual ICF Building Tours Contractors (design professionals also invited) 6/23/2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - ICF Contractor Training Session 1 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - ICF Contractor Training Session 2 6/24/2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - ICF Contractor Training Session 3 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm [...]
The ICFMA to Partner With the NRMCA’s Build With Strength 2.0 Coalition
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s Build with Strength Coalition Partners with Habitat for Humanity International Donated concrete will strengthen affordable housing, making it more resilient and sustainable The Insulating Concrete Forms Manufacturers Association (ICFMA) is proud to partner with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's (NRMCA) Build With Strength Program. Build with Strength 2.0 is partnering with Habitat for Humanity International to fortify decent, affordable, and sustainable housing across the U.S. Build With Strength is donating concrete for the construction of Habitat homes and will work directly with local Habitat organizations to support home builds across 16 locations. Backed by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), Build with Strength is a coalition of architects, builders, engineers, emergency services personnel, policymakers, and others committed to solving challenging housing issues. Build with Strength is partnering with Habitat to help further address those issues on a large scale. “We have a responsibility as an industry to have a positive societal impact. Our partnership with Habitat represents a commitment to that responsibility in communities across the country,” said Mike Philipps, president of the NRMCA. “We are a proud supplier of our product anywhere. But to help more families have homes that are both [...]
Sustainable Structures Webinar Series
PCI Midwest and the Minnesota Concrete Council are sponsoring the Sustainable Structures Webinar Series that was developed cooperatively by precast and cast-in-place concrete associations from the Midwest. The goal of the cooperative effort is to bring a greater awareness of the sustainable and resilient nature of concrete to the design, construction, and development communities via quality continuing education programs. Time: Noon CSTCredits: 1 PDH and/or 1 AIA LU / 1 AIA LU/HSW Better Design Through Embodied CarbonJan 13, 2021Presenter: Emily Lorenz, PEInfo: https://cvent.me/mqYLqX Concrete Systems 101 – An Intro to ICF's & Precast ConcreteJan 20, 2021Presenters: Micah Garrett (BuildBlock Building Systems) & Randy Wilson (PCI)Info: https://cvent.me/vvQrGw Resiliency – Consideration Beyond Code RequirementsJan 27, 2021Presenter: Shamim Rashid-Sumar, PE, FSFPE (NRMCA)Info: https://cvent.me/4BqYRe Building More than Just the Pedestal: An Owner/Developer’s Perspective on Building All Concrete MultifamilyFeb 3, 2021Presenter: Ryan Bedford (Bedford Development)Info: https://cvent.me/OKANRB Precast Concrete Storm SheltersFeb 10, 2021Presenter: Paul Todd (Todd Architecture)Info: https://cvent.me/MQWZwg
