Insulated Concrete Form Construction

Go Green With This Cool Insulated Concrete Form Home in West Oak Cliff’s Arcadia Park

By April Towery / February 20, 2024 /

A new sustainable “green build” four-bedroom home is on the market in West Oak Cliff and has a lot to offer at an affordable price.  Developer Aziz Shivji with SAKIN Inc. has been studying Insulated Concrete Form structures in Malaysia and brought the concept to Dallas, following in the footsteps of local sustainable-building pioneers like…

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This ICF In Anna Is W-O-W

By Nikki Barringer / August 13, 2022 /

Are you familiar with Anna? Not Sorkin with the greasy hair and sordid scams. But Anna, the city north of Dallas, Richardson, Plano, Allen, McKinney, and Melissa. That’s a lot of “norths.” But Anna is also south of Van Alstyne … and Oklahoma, so there you go. Here’s the deal out there. There’s a lot…

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Hoffmann Homes Builds a Tornado-Proof Stunner in Little Forest Hills

By Joanna England / October 2, 2020 /

After last year’s F3 tornado that ripped apart Preston Hollow and North Dallas, it’s surprising that tornado resistance hasn’t become a larger part of the conversation surrounding residential construction. And as the October anniversary of the storm nears, it’s definitely taking up more space at the backs of our minds. Why is it so hard…

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