THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA he saw that ICF could achieve all his design priorities while still offering all the other benefits. That experience also taught him that ICF homes could be delivered quickly. Prior to that, he had only done one ICF project 15 years ago, and he remembered being frustrated with the speed. In the yearsin-between, when he talked to trades about ICF building, they would express similar frustration. The more research he did, however, the more ICF intrigued him. He came to believe that with the right procedures in place – and with a team that was on the same page – ICF could be delivered quickly and efficiently. On his own home, Adam was proven right: “My dad and I did it in a weekend,” he says. “We learned that if you approach it systematically, and if you design the house for it, you can be really efficient.” “So the next home we did, we did an ICF foundation,” he continues. “That got the snowball rolling. We started getting a lot of referrals from clients and a lot of recommendations – and not just from our clients, but also from a lot our trades.” “Our electricians, our plumbers, our HVAC guys – so much of our work comes from recommendations from them,” he says. “They’re telling people how efficient we are at it. When those people research the benefits of ICF, and they learn about the energy savings, they
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