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regional sales manager of the MidAtlantic region for Reward Wall, a manufacturer of ICFs, held at Construction Supply Center in New Holland, Pa. Colasuonno brought a consultant and one of his lead supervisors. Concrete will be poured into the 10-inch space in these ICF forms. The 2.5-inch sheets of foam provide insulation against heat and cold as well as sound. THE FIRST MEETING Reilly recalls that ﬁ rst meeting and the ﬁ erce determination of Colasuonno to have his own crew do the masonry work in the Hillside project. “Richard was researching how to put in his own foundations,” Reilly said. “The initial concept was for Richard’s people to pour the basement so they would not have to bring in a mason to do the block. So we got to talking about how to selfperform, giving ideas of people who had don it before, and showed him done sample p product.” The m more Reilly talked, the more Colasuonno liked what he heard, and Colasuo the next thing he knew, Colasuonno was sold not only on the idea of using ICFs for the basements, but taking the system all the way to the rooﬂ ine. syste “As w talked about maybe doing “A we the enti structure and about the entire energy savings and sound abatement, s we could see his eyes light up. A light bulb wen off,” Reilly said. went As Colasuonno tells the story, “the rest is history.” He provided a rch itectural drawings of the project to Reward Wall, which came back with its own take-offs, estimated quantities of product to do the job and an informal proposal. “It doesn’t make sense for us not to do the buildings complete,” Colasuonno told Reilly when he committed. The basement walls are 15-inches thick; 10 inches of concrete sandwiched between 2.5-inch sheets of foam. The walls from the basement to the rooﬂ ine are all 11 inches thick; six inches of concrete between sheets of 2.5-inch foam. Those massive walls, Colasuonno said, insulate well against heat and cold as well as sound. They have an R-32 value. “Conventional 2x4s have an R-value of 13 or 19,” he said. The sound-deadening characteristics of the ICFs is very important, he said. “One-third of the project is adjacent to a railroad depot and there is a relatively constant in-andout of trains, with all the squeaking and squealing. We’ve gotten used to it working here daily, but once you are inside the building, you don’t hear a thing,” he explained. Each building is 22,500 square feet and contains ten 820-square foot 1-bedroom units and ten 1,130 square foot 2-bed, 2-bathroom units. Each building also has an interior The sound-deadening properties of ICFs were a good solution to the prospect of continual noise from the railroad depot that is adjacent to one third of the buildings. January 2008 | Walls & Ceilings Architect | 25

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