Capitalizing on Speed, Cost, and Other Side Benefits Precast concrete systems offer a number of advantages: the building (s) go up faster, the overall project cost is often lower, and side benefits ...

When most Americans imagine a home, they picture a wood-framed house. But in an era of high housing costs and extreme weather events, precast concrete offers a mix of durability and efficiency.

Concrete slab foundation homes became popular in the early 1900s and increased with time. They went mainstream for a reason, but they tend to complicate the maintenance and functionality of other home ...

We talked with Franck Boursier, CEO of Everlasting Homes Building Group, about how concrete homes are designed to withstand disasters. While he says the cost of building a concrete home can run 10 ...

Precast concrete is used in construction for building walls, facades, pillars, freestanding walls, security walls, pipes and tunnels. Precast concrete is also used for modular paving and is tinted ...

The basic home opens at 12.8 ft. wide, 12.8 ft. tall and runs 39.4 ft. long — with the most common style using a 3,000-psi precast concrete. However, the structures can also be modularly ...

Precast concrete, gates, fences, and walls have a long list of attributes: They're wind- and earthquake-resistant, fireproof, insect-proof, and rustproof; nor will they rot, mold, fade, or warp ...

“Our concrete home has exceeded our expectations in every way imaginable,” says Faichyger. “The total cost of the precast concrete was about a quarter of our project cost.

Superior Walls of America, based in New Holland, Penn., is a 35-year-old company with a dozen licensees in the United States and Canada, and has been an innovator in precast concrete building ...