Zont™ Bracing Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) - 23.5' high walls, 14" Pilasters

John Guest, Project Supervisor with Upward Construction & Renovation Ltd., located in North Vancouver, BC, recently formed and poured a their first ICF foundation with the Nudura 8" block on Queens Avenue in West Vancouver.
Michael Upward, owner and principal, moved to Canada from New Zealand. In 2002 he created Upward Construction & Renovation and for the last sixteen years he has been building on the North Shore, from large renovations to new custom homes.
Upward's project was an interesting combination of 23 1/2' high ICF foundation walls along with 14" pilasters required by the structural engineer QQXM Engineering Ltd.
Vancouver ICF takes the 2D drawings of the architect and generates a 3D view of the foundation so that the builder can easily visualize the blocks that are being supplied. As can be seen, one of the walls on the north side had a 23.5' high wall. The first pour was 14.5', then the suspended slab was poured, followed by a pour of the remaining 10' wall.
John's crew did an excellent job on the footings, using a laser for setup and pouring the concrete. Accuracy was less than one quarter of an inch.
Two or three courses of Nudura have now been laid out on the footings and glued into position. Notice (on the left side) how John has rented scaffolding to enable the construction of a ramp into the site. As materials are delivered from the north side, this was a cost effective measure to lower the cost of moving manpower and materials.

[@carmel833]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@SCARREDMTBER]

How do you vibrate after each lift? Particularly the first lift when your concrete is only 4 feet tall. Most concrete vibrators I have seen would not be able to reach that far down the wall.

[@LincolnLog]

They probably don't. Or combination external vibration which is not good enough plus super plasticizer in mix