Structural Design Of Insulating Concrete Form Walls In Residential Construction

This step by step guide will introduce you to the many advantages of icfs such as energy efficiency design flexibility strength durability and ease of construction and show you how to design and construct houses out of them.

Structural design of insulating concrete form walls in residential construction.

The first edition also served as the source document for building. Insulating concrete forms icfs result in cast in place concrete walls that are sandwiched between two layers of insulation material. These systems are strong and energy efficient. These include traditionally formed reinforced concrete slabs icf slabs precast hollow core plank concrete on metal deck combined with steel joists or cold formed joists.

Concrete block or concrete in insulated concrete forms icfs. Common applications for this method of construction are low rise buildings with property uses ranging from residential to commercial to industrial. Insulating concrete form or insulated concrete form icf is a system of formwork for reinforced concrete usually made with a rigid thermal insulation that stays in place as a permanent interior and exterior substrate for walls floors and roofs. Icf walls are simply concrete bearing walls so any floor system that is used for other types of bearing wall construction can be used in combination with icf wall systems.

Structural design of insulating concrete form walls in residential construction was developed as a guideline for the design of single and multi unit residential structures using insulating concrete form icf wall systems. Structural design of insulating concrete form walls in residential construction eb212. Structural integrity for better resistance to forces of nature compared to framed walls. Prescriptive method for insulating concrete forms in residential construction.

Nahb research center author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The insulating concrete form association represents the icf industry in north america and provides an overview of the technology. Structural design of insulating concrete form walls in residential construction paperback january 1 1998 by inc. The objective of this design guide is to employ the technology efficiently.

The insulating forms protect the concrete from temperature extremes permitting concrete to be placed at below freezing temperatures and extending the construction season. This style of residential structural design can be considered a combination of both load bearing walls and post and beam construction since as a whole the framed exterior wall is a load bearing wall but all the elements within in are acting as posts and beams.