Attended Logix Insulated Concrete Formwork installation class

Date Occurred: 16 0407   Manny Umpierre and Rick Umpierre, Logix Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) representatives, gave a hands-on ICF formwork installation class. Held around the state, Logix puts on classes for clients and trades on how to design ICF formwork installations, estimate order quantities, lay out, cut, assemble and brace ICF formwork. We also practiced steel rebar reinforcment placement and discussed the importance of correct concrete pouring and what an installation crew would look like throughout the process. Working with structural engineers for reinforcement sizing and concrete mixes and then concrete suppliers rounded out the discussion. I attended with a client who was planning on self-performing footing and foundation wall installation for a "near" Passive House quality home with Passive House quality house foundations. The home also had insulated foundations at an attached greenhouse to manage greenhouse temperatures, exposed concrete foundations for a root cellar that sought contact with the earth, and "standard" foundations for a garage and screen porch. Manny and Rick did a great job presenting the information. I left with a better understanding of ICF and how to design a building with ICF. Though not my area of expertice, and this is not a professional recommendation, I left feeling ready to install and pour an ICF system with an understanding of what my learning curve would look like. Contact Logix at rick@logixicf.com or manny@logixicf.com for more information. Check us out at http://logixicf.com/pro-link-search/designers, select  the map of Minnesota and then Minneapolis. Note:  This is not a professional recommendation of Logix. Anderson Sustainable Architects is open to reviewing all ICF manufacturers and selects products and manufacturers based on client and project needs, product quality and manufacturers support, among other things.