September 12, 2007
Can you install all the panels for an Insulating Concrete Form house in 14 hours? Overnight? Apparently you can, because a team including representatives of Oklahoma City-based ICF manufacturer BuildBlock and Brandon, Vermont-based general contractor The McKernon Group did just that during a recent taping of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for ABC television.
The Vermont home will house the Vitale family, who were chosen by the show’s producers as the latest example of a special-needs family who will live in a home reconstructed on the program.
“We did it in 14 hours,” said Jason Fisher, territory sales manager for BuildBlock. “I believe it was the fastest ICF installation ever.”
The team worked through the night, in a heavily lighted work site, to complete the installation by morning. The installation was led by volunteer tradesmen from New Form Building Systems of Maine, including owners Erica Libby and Michelle Atherton.