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  2. Insulating concrete form - Wikipedia

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    The first expanded polystyrene ICF Wall forms were developed in the late 1960s with the expiration of the original patent and the advent of modern foam plastics by BASF. [citation needed] Canadian contractor Werner Gregori filed the first patent for a foam concrete form in 1966 with a block "measuring 16 inches high by 48 inches long with a tongue-and-groove interlock, metal ties, and a waffle ...

  3. Rastra - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the earliest such products, first patented in 1965 in Austria. Rastra is in production since 1972, and is composed of concrete and Thastyron. Thastyron is a mixture of plastic foam and cementitious binder that is composed of eighty-five percent recycled post consumer polystyrene waste that is molded into blocks and panels.

  4. Panel building - Wikipedia

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    Built of structural insulated panels Built of pre-fabricated concrete blocks , named differently in various countries. Large Panel System building known as Plattenbau in German, Panelák in Czech and Slovak, wielka pÅ‚yta in Polish and Panelház in Hungarian.

  5. Exterior insulation finishing system - Wikipedia

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    Exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) is a general class of non-load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America and was first used on

  6. Structural insulated panel - Wikipedia

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    A structural insulated panel, or structural insulating panel, (SIP), is a form of sandwich panel used as a building material in the construction industry. SIP is a sandwich structured composite , consisting of an insulating layer of rigid core sandwiched between two layers of structural board.

  7. Councils 'let us live in blocks that may collapse'

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    Lesta Hall and Rochelle Wright-Clarke say they were not told the extent of the risks in their building, which is made with Large Panel System (LPS) concrete [BBC]