Laserfiche WebLink
Shel <br /> wo , II ?=''IIII <br /> L Healthful and Sustainable Building Products <br /> 11/2010 <br /> Faswall® is an insulated concrete form (ICF) that is made from portland and slag cement <br /> coated mineralized wood chips instead of polystyrene foam. This woodchip/cement ICF <br /> block is free draining,very porous, alkaline, and highly hygroscopic. These qualities do not <br /> allow the growth of fungus and mold which are the agents that rot and deteriorate wood fiber. <br /> Switzerland rates the woodchip/cement block a 30o year building material. <br /> This type of ICF block was first developed in Europe in the late 194o's after World War II and <br /> has been in continuous use since then. Hundreds of thousands of homes and commercial <br /> buildings have been constructed using the woodchip/cement blocks across Europe,Asia and <br /> North America. In North America the Faswall brand and the Durisol brand out of Canada <br /> have been available for 23 years and over 35 years respectively. <br /> KX Faswall International was started in 1987 by a Swiss architect, Mr. Hans Walter. He had <br /> extensive experience with the wood chip/cement blocks in Switzerland. He invented and <br /> patented a more versatile process to mineralize the wood fiber allowing the use of a wider <br /> `e variety of wood species (US Patent 5,019.17o). Over woo homes have been built with <br /> Faswall across the United States. <br /> ShelterWorks Ltd. of Philomath, OR. became a licensee of the Faswall technology in 2006 <br /> and began production of the Faswall ICF wallforms in spring, 2007. Since its inception it has <br /> provided Faswall wallforms for nearly 15o projects across the US and Canada with the bulk of <br /> the projects located in WA, OR, CA, ID, NM,AZ, CO. <br /> KX Faswall International had garnered an ICBO listing in 1999 and had it re-issued in Jan, <br /> • <br /> 2001 (ER-5589). After ShelterWorks Ltd. purchased the Faswall technology in 2008 it has <br /> started the process of a submittal to update the ICBO listing to an ICC listing. Towards this <br /> submittal testing of the Faswall composite material (attached report) has been performed by <br /> Wood Research and Dev't Inc, an accredited ICC test facility. Lateral load testing on Faswall <br /> wall sections is currently underway at Portland State University (contact is Dr. Peter <br /> Dusicka). Stamped engineered structural solutions along with test data on the Faswall <br /> wallform material has been sufficient to date for permit approval in all jurisdictions where <br /> ` Faswall projects have been built. <br /> ShelterWorks Ltd. PO Box 1311 Philomath, Oregon 97370 541.929.8010 <br /> Email: info(d)faswall.corn www.faswall.com <br />