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4 Defining Characteristics of High-Performance Buildings
High-per­for­mance build­ings also pos­i­tive­ly impact the envi­ron­ment and pro­vide finan­cial ben­e­fits before and after con­struc­tion.
Passive Solar ICF Home Plans
Passive Solar ICF Home Plans: Costs and Design Best-Practices
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ICF vs. Steel Framing: Which Is Best For Commercial Construction?
ICFs have been used with great suc­cess for projects such as hotels, the­atres, mul­ti-sto­ry res­i­den­tial, office, retail, mixed-use retail, edu­ca­tion­al projects and all man­ner of pub­lic works and fed­er­al mil­i­tary appli­ca­tions. How­ev­er, some peo­ple argue that Steel Fram­ing is best for com­mer­cial con­struc­tion, so we decid­ed to get to the bot­tom of the ICF vs. Steel Fram­ing face-off.
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Building Stability: How to Construct Strong and Stable Structures
Cre­at­ing durable struc­tures that endure time and nature is a cru­cial aspect of mod­ern con­struc­tion. Ensur­ing sta­bil­i­ty, strength, and stur­di­ness involves more than mate­r­i­al selec­tion — it requires a grasp of con­struc­tion sci­ence.
Home plan conversion
5 Important Things to Remember for an ICF Home Plan Conversion
The build­ing indus­try has seen a rel­a­tive­ly recent trend of archi­tects, design­ers, and home­own­ers mov­ing away from ener­gy con­sump­tive forms of con­struc­tion and the imple­men­ta­tion of more sus­tain­able, less expen­sive con­struc­tion meth­ods.
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Built to Weather Any Storm, Resilient Buildings Strive to Withstand Climate Events
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What is a HERS Index Score and How to Achieve a Good HER Rating
Home ener­gy effi­cien­cy is cru­cial in today’s envi­ron­men­tal­ly con­scious and eco­nom­i­cal­ly dri­ven world.
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What is a Good R Value for Exterior Walls?
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Essential Elements of Passive House Design
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A Guide to the Commercial Construction Process - From Start to Finish
Fox Blocks presents the fol­low­ing out­line designed to help project man­agers maneu­ver the com­mer­cial con­struc­tion process from start to fin­ish.