R-Value Part 1: What R You Doing?
What R You Doing? A four part series looking at insulation, R-value, and value. What is the value of good? No, this isn’t a Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance moment, but we all want to know ...
Top 5 Ways to Ensure a Successful ICF Pour
For many, the concrete pour day is the most exciting day on an ICF jobsite. You’ve stacked your walls, everything is straight and plumb, and now it’s time for that sweet concrete. And that’s exactly h ...
Habitat for Humanity & BuildBlock Prove that Anyone Can Build With ICFs
Volunteers in South Dakota are building amazing homes alongside deserving families by utilizing the strength, efficiency, and simple installation of BuildBlock ICFs. Habitat for Humanity was founded ...
The Lasting Effects of ICFs
An ICF Home - The first ten years In 2004, BuildBlock Building Systems was founded offering a better way to build with Insulating Concrete Forms and related products, making installation quick and ea ...
BuildBlock Launches Online ICF Training Portal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2017 Contact: Brian Corder Phone: (405) 212-3131 9705 N. Broadway Extension, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73114 buildblock.com BuildBlock Launches Online ICF Train ...
ICF Swimming Pool Engineering Guide Released
BuildBlock releases ICF Swimming Pool Engineering Guide for In-ground and Above-ground ICF Swimming Pools, cisterns, and water vessels. BuildBlock is excited to release the BuildBlock ICF Swimming Po ...
BuildBlock ICF Installer Training Series Released
The BuildBlock ICF Installer Training Series BuildBlock recently released the BuildBlock ICF Installer Training Series, a 20 part video series that documents and explains the ICF building process fro ...
BuildBlock Expands Product Manufacturing
BuildBlock is excited to announce the expansion of product manufacturing for BuildBlock, BuildBuck, and BuildDeck. BuildBuck, introduced in 2016 has taken off dramatically. BuildBuck is designed to ...
Press Release: ICFs Outperform Wood in Independent Scientific Study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLEB LABORATORIES THERMAL STUDY PROVES INSULATING CONCRETE FORM WALLS CAN ACHIEVE UP TO 60% ENERGY SAVINGS AND 58% GREATER R-VALUE FOR HOME AND BUILDING OWNERS Oklahoma City, O ...
Asked & Answered: How Does Rebar Interact With BuildBlock Webs?
Reinforcing ICF Walls The plastic ties (or webs) in BuildBlock ICFs hold the two foam panels together and are embedded in the foam. This provides furring strips as well as options to place rebar in t ...