Structural Concrete Insulated Panel (SCIP)

Structural Concrete Insulated Panel (SCIP)

Having been in the trades for 38 years before hearing about SCIP systems I asked my self how could a building system be so unknown.

The big answer was the same as what we drove, we really did not think too much about energy consumption as a nation as it was relatively cheap. It seams better modern building systems had been around since the 1930s with the SCIP system following in the 40s first as fences and curtain walls.

During the Oil Embargo in 1974 we got serious for a while and every energy crises we wake up again.

This time it is clear we can not go back to the same old way we did in the past.

SCIP systems as we now know it have been around for 40+ years. You may see one almost every day as I did with out even knowing it..

From my engineer I found out I had been driving by one for years.

If you do not see one being built you would never know it was different that the building next door.

As a builder I was looking for a system that would be energy efficient and strong enough to withstand the moods of Mother Nature.

I also never felt we were building as energy efficient as we could.

 It was my quest to build a home to withstand forest fires the led me to SCIP.

I was designing a home above Breckenridge below timberline. I had seen the destruction fires cause more than once in the past between living in Colorado and California.

Having just built my first SCIP home all the information I had been told or read regarding how energy efficient the system is, how strong and versatile all came together.

SCIP Building have withstood

   

_Typhoon Pamela Guam 1979 - several multi-story apartment buildings no damage

_Hurricane Andrew, Homestead Florida 1992 - house at center of hurricane, no damage 
(constructed by a homeowner)

_Hurricane Ike, Galveston, Texas 2008 - (2) 2-story houses on beach no damage with others destroyed

_Hurricanes: Mexico *several historical hurricanes No damage to residential or commercial structures

_Earthquakes: California 1968, 1994 (& all smaller earthquakes) #3,000+ structures with no damage

_Earthquake Haiti 2010 - structures in Port Au Prince (single & 2-story) no damage

_Earthquake Chile 2010 - several multi-family structures no damage

I have not found evedince that there has been a SCIP structure destroyed by an adverse act of nature