Residential Concrete Demos

	Tilt-up walls will be one of the residential construction "Mega Demos" at World of Concrete in Las Vegas next month.

NAHB’s Concrete Home Building Council (CHBC) is sponsoring two days of mega demonstrations of residential concrete construction processes and applications during World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Jan. 18-19.

CHBC’s “At Home With Concrete” will feature several below- and above-grade residential concrete construction systems during the two-day demonstrations at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This will be the first time that residential construction systems will be demonstrated following a project from start to finish at World of Concrete.

“With the popularity of above-grade residential concrete construction growing every year, the overall concrete industry is starting to take notice,” said Michael H. Weber, president of the Concrete Home Building Council. “More builders and contractors across the nation are beginning to expand their businesses and portfolios to include residential applications. World of Concrete’s Mega Demos will allow any builder interested in residential concrete systems to learn first-hand how these systems work and the sustainable and beautiful finished product they deliver.”

“At Home with Concrete” will demonstrate the installation and use of the following residential concrete systems:

• Tilt-Up Walls: Affordable & Durable Replacement Housing for the Gulf Coast
  Participating Companies: Tilt-Up Concrete Association, JD Construction, Schwing America, Scott Systems, Composite Technologies Corporation, Meadow Burke, Dayton Superior, Nox-Crete Products Group, Degussa Admixtures, Nevada Ready-Mix, Portland Cement Association
  
• Practical Precast: For Single & Multifamily
  Participating Companies: Precast Technologies of Nevada, LLC, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Portland Cement Association
  
• Post-Tensioned Reinforced Masonry Systems for All Seismic Areas
  Participating Companies: Arizona Masonry Guild, National Concrete Masonry Association and Superlite Block, an Oldcastle Company, Degussa Admixtures, Nevada Ready-Mix, Portland Cement Association
  
• The Growing Popularity of Insulating Concrete Form Construction
  Participating Companies: American Polysteel, Eco-Block, Quad-Lock, Reward Wall Systems, Insulating Concrete Form Association, Degussa Admixtures, Nevada Ready-Mix, Portland Cement Association, James Hardie
  
• Removable/Reusable Form Above-Grade Construction
  Participating Companies: Concrete Foundations Association / Concrete Homes Council, Schwing America, Wall-Ties and Forms, Durand Forms, Composite Technologies Corporation, Dow Chemical, Scott Systems, Degussa Admixtures, Nevada Ready-Mix, Portland Cement Association
  
• Post-Tensioned Residential Foundation
  Participating Companies:  Evaluation and Certification Services LLC, Suncoast Post-Tension LP, Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT), Precision SureLock Inc., Western Forms, Degussa Admixtures, Nevada Ready-Mix, Portland Cement Association
  
• Importance of Pervious Concrete
  Participating Companies:  National Ready Mix Concrete Associaiton, Nevada Ready-Mix

World of Concrete is the industry’s largest annual international trade show, with more than 1.3 million square feet of exhibition space and 1,600 exhibiting companies.

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