Ecobrix is suitable for all types of commercial build projects such as housing developments, apartment blocks, leisure complexes, care homes, and schools.
The major benefit is the ease and speed of construction. The system can be constructed in all conditions avoiding potential costly delays due to adverse weather. Labour costs are reduced as it does not require highly skilled and scarce tradespeople.
Ecobrix enables easy compliance with UK building regulations to achieve the high standards of Passivhaus. The U-values and PSI values that can be achieved exceed traditional cavity and timber frame construction values. Chasing for electrics and plumbing is easy and fast. All flooring systems can be used with Ecobrix-UK and it can accommodate almost all manner of claddings with it including render, brick, brick render, timber cladding, and rain screen cladding.
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Social Housing
Ecobrix is the ideal construction method for social housing schemes, where speed, cost and safety are vital considerations.
Where the pressure is on to build homes quickly, Ecobrix-UK is the perfect building material. The Ecobrix-UK ICF wall form units, supplied pre-insulated, are interlocking modules that are dry-stacked without mortar joints to form walls. Once at 2.5 metres high the units are in-filled with concrete to form a monolithic structural walling system.
On average, it takes just seven days to complete the structure of a pair of three-bedroomed semi-detached houses.
The logical build system not only saves time, and thereby cost, but obviates the need for skilled labour delivering further cost savings.
Fire safety is of paramount concern for any social housing scheme, and this is where using Ecobrix-UK can deliver significant benefit. The inert nature of the Ecobrix-UK units gives them a high fire resistance. Ecobrix-UK ICF has a 90-minute certified fire rating but has been tested up to four hours.
Once built, Ecobrix-UK homes deliver several long-term benefits to the occupier including low energy costs, improved air quality, and good acoustic performance.
We can provide free training for your building team and technical support throughout your social housing build.
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Retaining Walls
For build projects on sloping sites or those that have below-ground elements which require retaining walls, Ecobrix is the ideal build material.
Traditional shuttering for retaining walls can be expensive and time-consuming whereas Ecobrix can be built quickly and cost-effectively. The shuttering is permanent and can be left exposed to the elements or below ground without degradation. It can also be dressed in a variety of finishes as required to meet the aesthetic demands of the project.
All the wall form units in the Ecobrix family can be used in retaining applications. For low rise situations such as small garden retaining walls, the D170 and D250 are available. For taller and more challenging applications, the empty D365 unit provides 285mm thickness of concrete with rebar as required to create a substantial retaining structure.
Here are two examples of retaining walls being built with Ecobrix ICF:
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We have technical information readily available to support consulting engineers in creating a full design to the current codes using Ecobrix as the shuttering system.
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