Las Vegas, NV – The 2009 ICF Builder Awards concluded at the World of Concrete on February 3rd, 2010 with an awards banquet held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. There were over 50 entries representing 15 different types of Insulated Concrete Forms. A panel of judges narrowed down the entries to four or five finalists in each of the 6 categories, and the winners in each category were announced at the awards banquet.The finalists in each category represented projects from throughout the United States, Canada, and as far away as Russia.

The lone finalist from Arizona was a project in the Heavy Commercial category, submitted by Arizona ACI Chapter Members Beth Britt and Mike O’Brian from Southwest Wall Systems.  The project, Ironwood Hall in Chandler, AZ, utilized the Arxx ICF system to construct the 71,000 sq. ft. community college. ICF’s were utilized on 58,000 sq.ft. of exterior walls and 1,788 sq. ft. of interior and landscaping walls. The project included some very unique construction elements including cantilevered 2nd story ICF walls. In addition, some of the foam was removed from a portion of the exterior walls after the concrete cured, creating a unique architectural finish.

 Project Facts:

• Owner: Maricopa Community College
• Architect: Architekton
• General Contractor: Caliente Construction
• ICF Installer: Structured Builders
• ICF Distributor: Southwest Wall Systems
• ICF System: Arxx
• Total Construction Time: 390 days
• ICF Start to Finish: 110 Days
• Other: Removed foam and ties were recycled, LEED Silver is pending