Carleton College in Northfield, MN Carleton College is up for the 2010 annual Greensite awards in the Institutional category. We have blogged numerous times on this project, its sustainable properties and the efforts of the college to to receive a LEED Gold certification. So along with an ICFA, ICF Builder, and Minnesota ARM award, this Read more »
Posted: September 24, 2010 in Marketing, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
Wrapping up this project highlight I wanted to give some special credit to the guys who actually put this thing together. As Reward is just the insulating concrete forms, some one has to know how to stack ICFs, align ICFs, and pour concrete as well…oh yeah and DESIGN using ICFs. ICF Construction and Design Team Read more »
Posted: March 11, 2010 in From the Field, Marketing, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
Since we are talking about Carleton College from the last couple posts, I have to bring up the tieKey masonry anchor as that project used over 20,000 of them for the brick veneer. Reward Wall Systems tieKey is the only patent-pending ICF masonry anchor in the market. It is an easy to install, cast-in-place, adjustable Read more »
Posted: February 25, 2010 in Lets Get Technical!, Product Announcement, with 0 Comments
Last week we started highlighting the award-winning Carleton College, one of the top ICF construction projects of 2009. We were happy to be the ICF of choice for this project, as the school is nationally know for their sustainable practices. Here are a few quick facts of the Carleton College. ICF Project Statistics Location: Northfield, Read more »
Posted: February 23, 2010 in Marketing, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
Carleton College Student Residence Halls This was one of our favorite projects for 2009. There were so many features to these buildings and Carleton College truly showed their commitment to a sustainable campus. In the next few posts I will attempt to give our due diligence to this project, show you different construction phases and Read more »
Posted: February 16, 2010 in From the Field, Marketing, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
Fly Ash is a supplementary cementitious material used in concrete mix designs. There are two types of Fly Ash – Class C & Class F which have to do with the type of coal that is being used at coal-fired power plants. The different types of coal come from different areas of the country. Fly Read more »
Posted: October 6, 2009 in Lets Get Technical!, with 0 Comments