Kuebitz Residence

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Project Description

Client: Carl Kuebitz
Location: Poway, CA
Surface Area: 5700 sq. ft.
Year Completed: 2015
Value: ~$1 Million
Architect: Laurie Fisher

The Challenges

Time Warner Cable

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Project Description

Client: Time Warner
Location: Temecula, CA
Surface Area: 3000 sq. ft.
Year Completed: 2012
Value: Not disclosed by owner
Architect: Brian R. Bloom

The Challenges

Due to the simple floor plan of this commercial structure, our crew did not experience any major challenges with this project. We can’t say enough good things about the people we worked with on this building who made our jobs easier!

Quilter Residence

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Project Description

Client: Patrick Quilter
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Surface Area: 1600 Sq. Ft
Year Completed: 2011
Value: $750,000
Architect: Gregg Abel

The Challenges

The main challenge of this job was the tight radius wall that accentuates the front entrance to the home. This 3′ radius wall had to be hand constructed from 5′ radius block adapted into a 3′ radius curve and tied together with Fox Blocks HV Clips to be tight and sturdy.

We initially thought that because this was our first build with Fox Blocks it would be a challenge. However we soon realized the Fox Blocks ICF system was the strongest and easiest to work with out of all the previous systems we had used.

Penna Residence

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Project Description

Client: Helen and Joe Penna
Location: San Clemente, CA
Surface Area: 3000 sq. ft.
Year Completed: 2005
Value: $1.2 Million
Architect: Suzie Burgess

The Challenges

This project had two difficult cantilevered ICF walls: one above the kitchen and another over the entry way. The second story also had high rake walls for vaulted ceilings which can be difficult because sometimes the peaks can be upwards of 18-20′ when pouring the concrete core in the ICF forms.

Penna Development

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Project Description

Client: Penna Construction Inc.
Location: Capistrano Beach, CA
Surface Area: 6,880 sq. ft.
Year Completed: 2008
Value: $1.5 Million
Architect: Cheryl Moe

The Challenges

The big challenge for us was owning and operating our business as we were building our new headquarters. There was also zero lot line clearance between buildings causing us to have to put on pre-painted concrete siding as we constructed the ICF walls.

Kurtz Residence

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Project Description

Client: Steve Armstrong
Location: Malibu, CA
Surface Area: 4982 sq. ft. of ICF walls
Year Completed: 2013
Value: $80,000 installed in ICF walls
Architect: David Ferrin

The Challenges

Location was a challenge for getting material onsite. Each load of block had to be carted in with a small trailer. Also the grade beam detail was extremely complex and required a lot of structural steel in the top of the walls to hold the roof. On top of this, the rake in many of the walls made it difficult to install this steel.

Leech Residence

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Project Description

Client: Jim Leech
Location: Rancho Bernardo, CA
Surface Area:
Year Completed:
Value:
Architect:

The Challenges

Hilliard Bruce Winery, Lompoc

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Project Description

Client: Steve Ririg
Location: Lompoc, CA
Surface Area: 12,297 sq. ft. of ICF Walls
Year Completed: 2013
Value: $205,180 of ICF walls
Architect: Vladimir Milosevic

The Challenges

One challenge was pouring high walls up to 30+’ at a time. Scaffolding (instead of a scissor lift) had to be used to reach the outside of the walls as well as the inside which made strapping walls slower and more difficult.