ICF Walls above 10ft
ICF Walls above 10ft
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I have designed a couple of ICF homes with 8-10ft plate height where prescriptive design is allowed. However we are being approached about a commercial building with wall heights of 15-20ft. We are probably going to use flat wall. My question is what ACI method is most commonly used? Empirical design method from ACI 14.5 or Slender wall method from ACI 14.8? Any other input for commercial application is appreciated. Thanks!






RE: ICF Walls above 10ft
The Portland Cement Association has a couple of soft cover books for ICF wall construction.
I did the first (I think) ICF building in Manitoba about 40 years ago using a product called FoamForm. It was a 3 storey 'walk-up' in Dauphin, Manitoba...
Dik
RE: ICF Walls above 10ft
RE: ICF Walls above 10ft
Dik
RE: ICF Walls above 10ft