2008 CFA Media Coverage

Fuel Cost Management: Improving the Bottom Line
As fuel costs have continued to increase over the past eight months, the bottom lines of many companies have been significantly reduced. With diesel fuel prices over $4 per gallon in all markets, fuel is justly being referred to as liquid gold. The current fuel climate now forces companies to monitor these expenses much more closely than in the past.

2008 Basement of the Year
Awards recognize difficult projects that were completed with a high level of success! The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) has named its 2008 Basement of the Year award winners. A total of four projects in various markets across the U.S. earned honors this year.

CFA Basement of the Year
For the past several years, contractor members of the Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) have entered their extremely challenging residential foundations into CFA’s “Basement of the Year” competition. This program has matured into one that highlights the most challenging concrete work produced by these contractors, no matter the specific market. The projects range in size from complicated starter homes to the largest of mansions. They also now include above grade all-concrete home challenges and a variety of cast-in-place commercial construction—any project built with removable forms.

Foundation Waterproofing
A waterproof foundation adds value to a home without significantly increasing the home’s building costs. Many people today are transforming their basements into additional living quarters, and in many cases fancy home entertainment centers. It only makes sense to ensure the foundation against water intrusion with a high-performance waterproofing system. It is frustrating to visit a jobsite and see a $500,000 home with only a $200 dampproofing application on the exterior wall.

CFA Tech Talk
Part II: Beginning in the summer of 2008, the Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) will unveil a new industry program to certify foundation contractor firms in the residential cast-in-place industry. This article in the six-part series provides greater depth to the knowledge component of the program. Preparing for the evaluation of basic levels of technical understanding and understanding the required levels of continuing education is the first step that companies face as they enter the process to become certified. The goal of this certification is to unify the industry toward the goal of a common measurement of competency for concrete foundations and the companies that install them.

What Turns Your Idea of "Cold" Around?
You may hear a sigh of relief coming from many residential contractors that the bitter cold of the 2007–2008 winter is gone. Many, however, have come to prefer these site conditions for placing quality concrete foundations. They have been a part of four years of successful operation using the Cold Weather Research Report, produced from 2002 to 2004 by the Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), as a basis for proving that cold, and even frozen, concrete can be the best concrete.

What Turns Your Idea of “Cold” Around?
You may hear a sigh of relief coming from many residential contractors that the bitter cold of the 2007–2008 winter is gone. Many, however, have come to prefer these site conditions for placing quality concrete foundations. They have been a part of four years of successful operation using the Cold Weather Research Report, produced from 2002 to 2004 by the Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), as a basis for proving that cold, and even frozen, concrete can be the best concrete.

Dimple Membranes
Dimple membranes are one of the most versatile and effective drainage products on the market. Invented in the mid-1960s, today they are made by more than a dozen different manufacturers, and can be used for nearly every drainage situation imaginable.

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