A High School On Stilts! Fast and Easy with Insul-Deck Stay-In-Place Concrete Forming. Gross Sq. Ft.: 153,984; 124,628 Sq. Ft. of Insul-Deck
Contractors: Building Specialties Company and Roy Anderson Corp

Increased safety is integrated into schools made with concrete—they are stronger and safer in areas prone to hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes or earthquakes. Insul-Deck is the fast, lightweight, forming-system solution for concrete floor and roof construction. It comes pre-engineered, pre-cut, pre-labeled and staged for quick and easy placement on site.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, pushing a storm surge of over eight feet through the area. All the buildings were devastated, with the exception of the new science wing, which was built in the last few years. Insul-Deck stay-in-place concrete forms were used for the floor forms and besides being easy to place, the forms added much needed insulation from the area's climate....more

Cantilevers that Push the Envelope with Insul-Deck Concrete Forms in a Waffle Grid that Doubles the Beams. Northern California
Gross Sq. Ft.: 7500; 23,000 Sq. Ft. of Insul-Deck

Casa Bella Verde ("beautiful green home") is located outside Sacramento, Calif., on 40 acres in El Dorado Hills.

"Because Case Bella Verde was my own home, I had the freedom to incorporate every aspect of green-building technology and take sustainable design to a whole new level," explained homeowner and project director Briana Alhadeff.

"Concrete played a major role in the construction of Casa Bella Verde," Briana said. "The floor system of the house and the bottom of the pool was constructed entirely out of Insul-Deck Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs). Absolutely nothing compares to the strength and longevity of concrete."

Briana designed the house while architect Nicholas Nikiforuk put her design into CAD and then worked with a structural engineer to fine-tune details and make it work structurally.

A unique detail of the cantilever design was to cut the Insul-Deck forms into squares to create a waffle grid system that doubled the structural beams supporting the 30-foot cantilever. The extensive structural design creates the appearance of a free-floating silhouette.

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Bermuda Roofs and even Complex Roof Geometries Save Time and Materials with Stay-In-Place EPS Insul-Deck Concrete Forms That Add Insulation. To speed forming while saving time and money, contractors for this home chose Insul-Deck for the hip roof with a scalloped or "Bermuda" roof design. The roof was first built and poured with a rough finish, followed by stucco step finish days later using 2x4s to strike off the stucco, which produces the sloped steps. The craftsmen use the same boards to complete edges around windows and building corners.
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Complex roof geometries are easily achieved by maximizing the Insul-Deck beam structure. Saving time and materials with the form work. No other process is faster form-to-finish than Insul-Deck. Insul-Deck takes just three steps: place, pour and finish. For pre-cast and pan and deck, you need a crane and/or have to remove the forms. With Insul-Deck: you pour it, you finish it - you can take it to the bank....more