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Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF)
Nudura Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) provide you with superior energy efficiency, consistency in performance, and lower utility costs over the lifespan of your home versus traditional building methods like wood.
Ideal for residential, commercial, and institutional construction, INSUL-DECK buildings are not only more comfortable, quieter and super energy efficient, but can also provide safety from hurricane level winds, fire and floods.
Meet U-STUCCO™, the world’s first ‘insulated’ stucco that is revolutionizing the stucco industry with its thermal, water and fire-proofing properties. It’s an ultra-light weight, hydrophobic, high crack and corrosion resistant, UV reflective, ready-to-use powder-mix product.
Building for Future Generations
Disaster Resilient Buildings & Homes
Continuous Insulation
Consistent Performance - Lower Energy Bills
Made from Recycled Materials
Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) are the superior alternative to traditional building methods and materials. When you choose ICFs for your home or project, you can rest assured that you’re using the best building solution available today.
Homeowner
You imagine your dream home to be a beautiful, safe, and comfortable place. With the steady rise in energy costs and the effects of climate change, it’s also a smart decision to make sure it’s environmentally friendly and energy-efficient. Thanks to today’s modern materials, your next home can be all this and more.
Build better for your family
Nudura Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) provide you with superior energy efficiency, consistency in performance, and lower utility costs over the lifespan of your home versus traditional building methods like wood. This means long-term savings and better value for your dollar.
Homes built with Nudura are also disaster-resilient, offering strength, safety, and durability against extreme weather conditions. Our ICFs even give your architect greater design flexibility, allowing them to build to your specifications
Builders & Developers
Today’s builders face a dynamic industry with tough market conditions. Consumers are demanding more sustainable and energy-efficient homes, while labor costs are rising, and energy code requirements are becoming increasingly strict. Rise to the challenge and maximize your ROI by building with Nudura Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs). The innovative material is easier and faster to build with than wood, letting you save time and money.
BUILD A BETTER CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS
Boost customer satisfaction and ratings with a safe, reliable, and sustainable home that will keep building owners and homeowners happy and comfortable for years to come. Flat packed and easy to ship, move, and install, Nudura ICFs also allows you to save costs during the construction process.
Architects & Engineers
Designing gorgeous and sustainable buildings that offer superior performance benefits can help your structures leave a lasting impression and positive impact. Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) let you do just that while giving you the maximum design flexibility to create the unique structures you envision. Our interlocking blocks can be custom cut to the shape or radius you specify, meaning the only limit to your designs is your imagination.
BUILD BETTER VALUE INTO YOUR STRUCTURES
Give your clients a safe, reliable, and sustainable building that will keep them satisfied and comfortable for years to come.
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LOWER BUILDING COSTS
ICFs are quicker and easier to install than wood framing and take up less space on the job site, saving you labor and other expenses.
FIRE PROTECTION
Non-toxic, fire-retardant expanded polystyrene foam provides a fire protection rating of up to 4 hours.
COMFORTABLE CLIMATE
Improved ventilation for healthier indoor air quality and an environment that’s less susceptible to mold.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Energy-efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable, Nudura is a responsible choice for building an eco-friendly home.
MAXIMIZE TIME
Building year-round is possible with ICFs, even in below-freezing temperatures, so you never have to slow operations.
BUILDING-CODE READY
Meet or exceed energy codes with advanced energy-efficient insulation that creates comfortable temperatures for occupants.
Why build your dream house with Nudura ICF's?
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Wind resistance of up to 250 mph (402 kph), equivalent to an F4 tornado.
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Steel-reinforced solid concrete cores ranging from 4 inches to 12 inches provide far superior strength and safety compared to wood.
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Your home is less likely to contain cold areas as the insulation is continuous around the entire house.
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Concrete forms require less maintenance over time, saving you the expense and effort of continuous upkeep.
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Our ICFs are made from 100% recycled polypropylene, reducing waste and your home’s carbon footprint. By choosing an alternative to the wood you’re also helping the planet, as wood framing contributes to global deforestation.
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Flat packed and easy to install, Nudura ICFs require less labor to install, which can help lower your overall construction costs.
*Information provided by the ICFMA data report.
Nudura ICF vs. Wood Framing
The question is…Why wood you?
Nudura ICF Forms are high-tech industry-leading insulated concrete forms that have proven technologies to make building easier and faster. The Nudura line of ICFs offers innovation that is exclusive to Nudura, which allows builders the ability to build and design structures with greater efficiency.
Offering superior performance when it comes to thermal bridging, resulting in even temperatures throughout your home with reduced drafts and cold spots, ensuring you are comfortable no matter what the temperature is outside by providing Performance Values saving building owners up to *60% in annual energy costs. ICF also acts as an effective sound barrier by dampening sound vibrations from unwanted outside noise, such as traffic, trains, and neighbors.
ICF walls are built with reinforced concrete and fire-retardant Expanded Polystyrene Foam (EPS), providing a fire protection rating of up to 4 hours – 4 times that of a typical wood-frame home.
Nudura ICFs in addition provide greater impact resistance and can be engineered to withstand some of mother nature’s worst, like winds up to 250 mph (402 kph) ensuring that the occupants of the home are safe and secure. Nudura’s concrete embedded multi-purpose roof/ truss anchor system provides greater resistance to wind uplift forces than most other conventional systems. Structural reinforced concrete in a Nudura building offers substantially better durability and typically better results in lower life cycle costs compared to wood structures.
Fire Rating
Nudura
4+ hours
Wood
45 minutes
Comparing Nudura vs wood framing
| Comfort and Quiet | Nudura | Wood Frames |
| Calculated R-Value | R-23.59 (RSI 4.16, U-Value 0.24) | R-11 to R-19 (RSI 1.94 – 3.35, U-Value 0.52 – 0.30) |
| Tested R-Value of Wall* | R-24.1 (RSI 4.25, U-Value 0.24) | R-15.2 (RSI 2.68 and U-alue 0.37) |
| Reduced Heating & Cooling Cost | Yes | No |
| Thermal Mass | up to 75 lbs/sq.ft. (3.59 kPa) | 2 lbs/sq.ft. (0.10 kPa) |
| Typical Air Leakage | 1.11 ACH | 3.36 ACH |
| Sound Dampening | Effective | Minimum |
*ASTM C-1363 testing per ICFMA/UL(CLEB) Laboratories
| Strength and Durability | Nudura | Wood Frames |
| Bearing Capacity Top of Wall | 41800 plf (60192 kg/m)* | 5404 plf (8041 kg/m)** |
| Wind Capacity | 250 mph (402 kph) | 90 mph (145 kph) |
| Fire Rating | 4+ hours* | 45 mins |
| Flying Debris Protection | Assured | Minimal |
| Defends Against Termite & Pest Intrusion | Yes | No |
| Interior Finish Nail Pop | No | Yes |
| Wood Split & Warp | No | Yes |
| Risk for Mould Growth & Rot | None | High Risk |
*As per Nudura’s UL/ULC listings. **As per American Wood Council DES230.