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House Foundation Types: Understanding Structural Choices Below Grade
A home’s per­for­mance begins at the ground inter­face. Foun­da­tions trans­fer struc­tur­al loads, sta­bi­lize the build­ing, and resist move­ment caused by soil and mois­ture.
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How to Open a Movie Theater: Materials, Layout, and Code Compliance Tips
Every movie the­ater starts as a con­cept, but bring­ing that con­cept to life takes pre­ci­sion, exper­tise, and the right mate­ri­als.
Growing ICF Awareness
Any­body that knows ICF has said or heard the same thing. What a great way to build-why don’t we see it going up every­where?”
6 Tips for Designing a Minimalist House Exterior
6 Tips for Designing a Minimalist House Exterior
Min­i­mal­ist archi­tec­ture mate­ri­als and design always aim for func­tion­al­i­ty. Fox Blocks presents six sug­ges­tions on mate­ri­als for design­ing a min­i­mal­ist house exte­ri­or.
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Laying the Groundwork: Steps for Building a Solid Foundation for a Small House
In this arti­cle, we will explore how to build a foun­da­tion for a small house using insu­lat­ed con­crete forms (ICFs) and dis­cuss the advan­tages of choos­ing this mod­ern con­struc­tion method.
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Swimming Pool Engineering and a Great Material to Utilize
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Masonry vs. Wood Frame Construction and a Better Option
As tech­nol­o­gy has advanced, new con­struc­tion meth­ods have emerged. Under­stand­ing the tra­di­tion­al mason­ry vs. wood frame rival­ry sets the stage for why a bet­ter alter­na­tive exists.
WOC 2011 - Great Kick Off
Trav­el­ing back to my home/​office in Atlanta from the recent World of Con­crete Show in Las Vegas, I was able to reflect on some of our company’s recent achieve­ments. The recent World of Con­crete show gave our com­pa­ny a plat­form or per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to…
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The New Canadian NBCC Code and ICFs Compared to Wood Framing
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LANDSCAPE RETAINING WALL
The chal­lenge for this build was to cre­ate a home that would appeal to a sophis­ti­cat­ed buy­er with fea­tures that an emp­ty nester mov­ing from a larg­er more expan­sive home would enjoy. The result is an ener­gy effi­cient home which cre­ative­ly uses space in an attrac­tive, lux­u­ri­ous, and cost effec­tive way.