Mega Success for CHBC

The World of Concrete’s Mega Demos provide attendees with an opportunity to experience live, hands-on, demonstrations showing new technology in concrete construction. You can see it, feel it, and talk with the presenters. This year’s Mega Demos, "At Home With Concrete", focused on something the venerable trade show had never offered before: systems for building concrete homes and residential concrete applications. The event provided a unique opportunity to see all the major concrete wall building systems demonstrated side by side.

With residential concrete construction grabbing more market share each year, the Mega Demos could not have been more opportune for interested attendees. Co-sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Concrete Home Building Council (CHBC), Residential Concrete magazine, and Concrete Construction magazine, the event highlighted several above-grade wall systems for concrete homes as well as slab-on-grade foundations using post-tensioning reinforcement and pervious pavement.

Held during two days of the show, more than 4,000 attendees gathered in the Mega Demo area outside the Las Vegas Convention Center to learn more about how the following technologies can enhance their portfolio:

Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) Walls: Participating Companies: Insulating Concrete Form Association, American Polysteel, Degussa Admixtures, Eco-Block, Portland Cement Association, Quad-Lock, and Reward Wall Systems

Masonry Walls: Participating Companies: Arizona Masonry Guild, the National Concrete Masonry Association, and Superlite Block (an Oldcastle Company)

Pervious Pavement: Participating Companies: The National Ready Mix Association (NRMCA), PCI, Degussa Admixtures, and Bunyan Industries

Removable Form Walls: Participating Companies: The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), Concrete Homes Council (CHC), Composite Technologies, Degussa Admixtures, Dow Chemical, Durand Forms, Master Paint, Schwing America, Scott Systems, and Wall-Ties and Form

Precast Walls: Participating Companies: The Portland Cement Association and Precast Technologies of Nevada

Post-Tensioned Foundations: Participating Companies: Evaluation and Certification Services, Suncoast Post-Tension, Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT), Precision Surelock, Western Forms, Ironworkers Local 416

Tilt-Up Walls: Participating Companies: The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA), JD Construction, Scott Systems, Composite Technologies, Meadow Burke, Dayton Superior, and Degussa Admixtures [ return to top ]