Very few concrete projects are challenge free. Kelder LLC of Scottville, Mich., recently completed a project that posed two challenges: building energy efficient, environmentally friendly walls and ...

Q: We are finishing off part of the basement into a utility room. The washer, dryer, and laundry tub are already there, with the plumbing anchored to the cement walls. We have framed in the walls with ...

Q: I just bought my first house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the poured concrete walls. It’s got an aluminum foil face on ...

On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, ...

Hemp-lime is officially entering U.S. building codes. Discover how this carbon-storing material is changing the future of home insulation.

Insulating concrete forms, or ICFs, are forms used to hold fresh concrete that remain in place permanently to provide insulation for the structure they enclose. Originally used predominantly in single ...

The T-form, Reward Wall Systems’ latest insulating concrete form, is designed for use with the company’s iForm to make construction of interior demising walls more efficient. Like the rest of the ...

Question: In a conversation with a builder last week, I was asked how I plan to provide a foundation that meets the minimum requirements for insulation. My initial response was “Why?”, since we’ve ...

Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity is asking its volunteers to do something different this week and is inviting the public to come and watch. Instead of pounding wood together with hammers and nails, the ...

Walk past a construction site anywhere in Argentina and you know the rhythm: months of scaffolding, dust, and noise before ...

An industrial crop that was heavily restricted for nearly a century is returning to the construction sector as an approved ...