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“ICF is faster than building with wood, [and] concrete doesn’t combust as wood does, that’s the truth,
Patrick Matsche
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Patrick Matsche
Senior Director, Building Innovations, Structures and Sustainability Group at National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
OFFICIALS TOUR CUTTING-EDGE APARTMENT COMPLEX
Apartment building with 220 units in Charleston, S.C., features concrete and insulating concrete forms.
Last month, representatives from EYC Companies, Amvic Building System, and Build With Strength, a coalition of engineers, architects, fire service professionals, and industry experts, gathered for a multi-family executive roundtable and site tour event of 17 South, a 220-unit apartment complex under construction in Charleston, S.C., that utilizes the latest innovations in concrete construction.