Online Reports Provide Information on Concrete Homes Officially launched less than two weeks ago at the start of the new year, The Building Systems Councils’ Concrete Home Building Council (CHBC) is already offering a dozen research papers and reports to members of NAHB; to read them, click here. The reports were prepared by the Portland Cement Association to educate builders on the merits of above-grade residential concrete construction. Included is information on the energy efficiency, fire resistance and noise properties of concrete homes. Builders in California may take particular note of "Concrete Homes Stand Up to Earthquakes." The study finds that reinforced concrete walls offer impressive results in three important earthquake resistance properties: stiffness, strength and ductility. | 
