Dear Jim: I am thinking of building one of those concrete/foam block houses for efficiency, security and strength. Since concrete feels so cold, is it really energy efficient and will I be limited ...

ACH Foam Technologies makes the material in Murray. Once the blocks are in place, stacked to a height of 40 feet, they will be capped with a concrete slab, road base, pavement and then the light ...

Forming concrete. That’s according to a team at ... the researchers can lay out prefabricated blocks of foam that create forms with highly complex shapes. The foam elements go in a conventional ...

The home, of course, isn't made entirely of styrofoam. Concrete is poured into the hollow styrofoam blocks and becomes the actual structure of the house. The outside of the blocks are coated with ...

Though not load bearing themselves, wood fibre-cement blocks are an alternative to polystyrene/foam permanent shuttering. The blocks are assembled, complete with integral insulation in preparation for ...

SEATTLE -- Giant blocks of foam are being used in construction projects ... a quick-setting construction adhesive. Crews add rebar, concrete, a membrane to keep liquids out and some fabric before ...