Concrete is Green for the following reasons:
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Long service Life.
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Plant-controled Production maximizes the use of recycled
materials such as fly ash, slag, silica fume, crushed concrete.
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Most of the ingredients are inert and require less energy to produce than wood and steel products.
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The inherent thermal mass of the concrete can be incorporated into building system to conserve energy.
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Continuous material, conceals the building with no leaks.
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Save up to 60% on utilities bills with the use of insulated form.
Why build with Insulated
Concrete Form, ICF ?
ICF will provide up to 50% heating cost savings.
If you save $50/month, at 8% interest rate, How much do you think you will accumulate in 30 years? You will save $75,000!!
Fire Resistance:
Non-combustible self extinguishing materials.
Concrete will not burn,
Non-compsitable
Can sustain flooding with no structural or mold damage.
ICF has a high mass substrate and is not susceptible to:
Wind Resistance
Walls can be reinforced to a much higher degree as required to meet local wind speed and earthquake zone classifications –
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Designed to withstand winds up to 250mph
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ICFs provide greater impact resistance than wood frame or even concrete block
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Wall design principle is a monolithic structural concrete wall. (Up to 9x stronger than a wood framed wall.)
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ICFs deliver superior performance to wood or steel framed walls in terms of – structural, thermal, air/moisture barrier, and acoustic capabilities
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Solid concrete provides substantially better defense against all natural elements including hurricane, tornado, fire, flood, etc. Resulting structure exceeds all code requirements for tornado and hurricane prone areas.
- Resulting structure exceeds all code requirements for tornado and hurricane prone areas
Saves on Construction Costs
The same sub-trades are used for:
- Interior / exterior strapping
Why choose Nudura
Please visit: www.nudura.com
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Fast and Easy Construction
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ICF is excellent for a strong and warm basement or daylight basement
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You can pour concrete at colder temperatures
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Excellent for curved walls
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"We have no choice
but to go green."
Nabil Taha, Ph. D., S.E.
President,
Precision Structural Engineering







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