Concrete Home Building Council - 03/15/2007 (Plain Text Version)

CHBC Chairman
Michael H. Weber

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In this issue:
Don't Miss 2007 Concrete Tour. Register Today!
NAHB, ICC Announce Green Building Agreement
Defeating Mandatory Fire Sprinklers
CHBC at Green Building Conference
The New American Home: Efficiency, Durability
NAHB Study: Home of the Future
PCA Launches DIY Promotion Tools
When We Say 'At Home with Concrete,' We Mean It!
CHBC Educational Courses
Concrete Walls Save Lives, Property from Fire
Concrete Designed for Living
ICPI New Advanced Certifications
Concrete Briefs

Don't Miss 2007 Concrete Tour. Register Today!

This behind the scenes event features tours of cement-based manufacturing facilities and demonstrations with various building materials. Not to mention the numerous networking opportunities with industry professionals through our welcome reception, annual golf tournament, and banquet dinner.

Register Today! www.nahb.org/concretetour

Tour Stops Include:

Molin Concrete Products Company
Molin, with more than 100 years in the prestressed/precast concrete industry, provides design, manufacturing and installation services for such products as hollow core planks, precast foundation walls and precast/prestressed beams, columns, structural wall panels.
Schwing America, Inc.
Schwing manufactures a broad line of truck- and trailer-mounted concrete pumps that allows its customers to grow with the company. Schwing also provides an array of innovative products for ready-mix producers.
Becker Architectural Concrete
Becker Architectural Concrete brings together the disciplines of quality concrete construction with the limitless possibilities of color, texture and form to give designers and builders the creativity and strength of concrete.
Holcim (U.S.) Inc.
Holcim (U.S.) is one of the largest suppliers of Portland and blended cements and related mineral components in the country. The company offers an extensive line of cements and related construction materials, as well as technical support.
Anchor Block Company
Anchor Block Company manufactures concrete blocks, autoclave-cured decorative masonry units, pavers and retaining walls in a vast array of textures and colors.
Cemstone Products Company
Cemstone Products Company, a family-owned and operated business founded in 1927, delivers quality concrete for everything from residential driveways, to walls in homes built with Insulating Concrete Forms technology to high profile commercial projects. The company supports concrete batch plants, contractor supply stores, state-of-the-art concrete pumping trucks, a concrete block plant and 18 aggregate mines.
Reward Wall Systems
As one of the industry's leading manufacturer of insulated concrete forms (ICFs), Reward Wall Systems was the first to manufacture a reversible flat wall system and the first to engineer a reinforcement system.

To Register
Receive $100 off registration with our early bird rates. Available until Monday, March 26!

For more information and to register, visit www.nahb.org/concretetour

Special Thanks to the event sponsors: