Sorry for the delay, I also have a day job.
I have been in the concrete business for 40 years.
My company does foundations, footings and floors in everything from a homeowner’s house to bridges to complex commercial structures.
It was a leader in my area for using value added products such as plasticizers to reduce or maintain water cement ratios in foundation walls long before many people even knew what that was.
I have been a guest speaker at RMCA meetings, and a member of the CFA for over 15 years
I have been hired by homebuilders for resolution disputes regarding concrete and foundation waterproofing issues.
Another company I own has been in the foundation waterproofing business for 10 years, installing everything from peal and stick, air gap membranes and spray applied waterproofing membranes.
Our company, won Tremco’s growth award in 2006 and has plack’s for over 3 million square ft of applied waterproofing membranes
I am a C.E.T.
I have attended the world of concrete for the past 19 years, and probably have taken just about every seminar on concrete that they have offered.
I have been the GC of record for 5 stick built bungalows, multi- level and walk out homes for my own personal residences.
As for as ICF goes, my forming company has done countless hybriding of ICF with RCF in the housing industry over the last 15-20 years. And have witnessed firsthand all the horror stories that have plagued this great ICF industry in the past.
My crews and myself are certified Blue Max ( Arxx installer) and Amvic installers. ( And oh yes , the HOBBS VICF building system)
I had the honour and privilege ,of sitting down privately with the then vice president of Arxx in Cobourg,a few years back, and had a frank and candid discussion on how to bring ICF into main stream track homebuilding.
I have for personal use, built a three level BICF home for my mother.
Complete with a radiant heated concrete floor in the basement and a suspended radiant heated concrete floor.
Last year I had the opportunity to do my first VICF with the Hobbs system, and its first ever install in Ontario.
I feel in love with the system.
Since then my crews have been involved in two multi level houses, and we just completed yesterday a residence that included 521 lineal ft of wall in one pour.
The wall heights were ranged from 10’6.5” to 9’4” to 8’0” to 2’4” high.
It had 42 corners in it including 8 -45⁰ and 2 radius walls.
One with a 45⁰ angle wall ,going into the radius wall on one end with a 90⁰ wall coming out of the radius corner on the other end.
It took 44 cubic meters of concrete or in a 6” flat wall scenario, 75 cubic meters.
And yes in my installs, if the walls don’t meet the standards that I promised them, then I will bring them up to those tolerances, by whatever means that the customer agrees to, or he doesn’t pay for that portion of wall.
Forgive me, but does not everyone in the ICF business, who has any credibility not do this?
In my position this past year, I have trained to install, helped pour the footings, and in many instances actually manned the end of the pump hose, to help train installers learn the proper and safe way to pour a wall, for countless Hobbs VICF installations in Canada and the USA.
Out of respect to the many ICF installers, and professionals out there, who have spent in some cases their entire careers in the ICF industry, I call myself new to the ICF industry ,as technically this is the first year that I have focused exclusively on VICF sales and installations.
Over the years I have been approached by various, BICF to install and distribute their systems.
It was only this spring that Mr. Andy Hobbs did me the great honour of asking me to join his team and help “yes” promote and sell his system in NA.
I have been transparent , from day one on this site ,about what I do, sir.
I was apprehensive about joining in any discussions on this site for the very reasons that you accuse me of.
It was Brad Kvanbet who said to go for it in a return PM to me, and renangle who gave me my baptism under fire.
For your info, I participated in a thread today on “ICF outside protection”.
I do not understand your opposition to me and my desire to have some sort of standard and tolerances in the ICF industry.
By definition a tolerance “is an allowance for variations” and a standard is “a gauge of recognized excellence.
In my experience with trades, it is the ones who don’t even want to talk about the topic of tolerances and standards that I have had issues with.
You seem to be a direct individual, so why don’t you answer All- Sask question on what you would do with a wall that is out his specified tolerance.
As you said ,is not answering questions what this site is all about.
I have never questioned your character or integrity, and quite frankly ,I take offence to you questioning mine and having to justify my existence or presence on this site to you.
With that being said, if I can ever help with a question that you may ask on this site, that I have had experience in, I hope you allow me to try and help with a solution