The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first removable concrete form having a concrete forming face and a first insulating panel insert having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert contacts the concrete forming face of the first removable concrete form. The product also comprises an elongate anchor member having an enlarged portion and an elongate portion, the elongate portion having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed adjacent the first end and contacts the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert and wherein the elongate portion extends through the first insulating panel insert and extends outwardly from the first primary surface of the first insulating panel insert. A method of using a removable insulated concrete form system is also disclosed.

A concrete form includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall positioned in parallel and spaced relation to each other and a cross tie having opposed first and second ends, where at least the first sidewall is a removable sidewall removably secured to the first end of the cross tie. The second sidewall is removably secured to the second end of the cross tie and may be a removable sidewall or a non-removable sidewall. The concrete form also includes a spacer positioned between the first sidewall and the first end of the cross tie. The spacer may be removable along with the first sidewall. Concrete forming assemblies and methods may incorporate concrete forms as described herein.

The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first removable concrete form having a concrete forming face and a first insulating panel insert having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert contacts the concrete forming face of the first removable concrete form. The product also comprises an elongate anchor member having an enlarged portion and an elongate portion, the elongate portion having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed adjacent the first end and contacts the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert and wherein the elongate portion extends through the first insulating panel insert and extends outwardly from the first primary surface of the first insulating panel insert. A method of using a removable insulated concrete form system is also disclosed.

The present invention is a masonry veneer holding form liner, primarily in pattern shapes of mortar joints surrounding an assembly of placed masonry veneers, usually attach by screws or bolts, to the exterior face of a concrete/cementitious grid flow-through forming panel. Masonry veneers are placed into the masonry veneer holding form liner spaces. When concrete/cementitious material is poured into a vertical or horizontal oriented forming cavity the concrete/cementitious material flows through the grid openings of the grid forming panel's grid openings up to the interior face of the masonry veneer and up to the interior side of the masonry veneer holding form liner. After the concrete/cementitious material hardens the mortar joint pattern holding form liner is released from the exterior of the grid form, exposing the face of the masonry veneer and the concrete/cementitious poured material now representing the mortar joint between the masonry veneers.

The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first removable concrete form having a concrete forming face and a first insulating panel insert having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert contacts the concrete forming face of the first removable concrete form. The product also comprises an elongate anchor member having an enlarged portion and an elongate portion, the elongate portion having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed adjacent the first end and contacts the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert and wherein the elongate portion extends through the first insulating panel insert and extends outwardly from the first primary surface of the first insulating panel insert. A method of using a removable insulated concrete form system is also disclosed.

The present disclosure describes modular blocks configured to give the appearance of natural or cut stone. An aesthetic coating composition may be applied to one or more surfaces of a block having a low-density, such as an insulating concrete form (ICF), to form an modular block having the appearance of cut stone. The aesthetic coating composition includes a binder component, such as a cementitious binder made from white Portland cement, or a polymer binder such as an acrylic binder, an aggregate component, such as a limestone aggregate component, and optionally an adhesive component. The aggregate component includes a fine sand portion and a coarse sand portion that effectively enable the appearance of cut stone after finishing of the aesthetic coating surface via sanding, polishing, sandblasting, acid etching, acid finishing, or exposed aggregate finishing.

Systems and methods for forming insulated sandwich walls are provided. Outer and inner support members are located between inner and outer strongbacks. Structural material for an outer wall, such as concrete, is deposited between the outer strongback and outer support member. Structural material for an inner wall is deposited between the inner strongback and inner support member. An insulating material is deposited between the outer and inner support members to form an insulating core.

A structural wall is provided. The structural wall comprises a load-bearing wall-beam. The load-bearing wall-beam comprises two or more pillars. The load-bearing wall-beam further comprises at least one pair of a bottom plate and a top plate fixed to the two or more pillars to define beams located horizontally above a foundation block, about halfway up the wall and proximal to tops of the two or more pillars. The load-bearing wall-beam further comprises pillar supplements fixed in a plane of diagonal stiffening elements and coupled to the pillar supplements and the pair of the bottom plate and the top plate to stiffen the load-bearing wall-beam. Herein, the load-bearing wall-beam has a longitudinal axis thereof being free of continuous structural elements, to be permeable to on-site pouring and distribution of a filling mixture therein.

A concrete form includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall positioned in parallel and spaced relation to each other, where the first sidewall has a first passage extending therethrough, with a first insert received in the first passage of the first sidewall. The form also includes a first cross tie having opposed first and second ends, where the first sidewall is removably secured to the first end of the first cross tie and the second sidewall is secured to the second end of the first cross tie. A first fastener extends through the first passage and engages the first insert and the first end of the first cross tie to removably secure the first sidewall to the first cross tie. The second sidewall may be removably or non-removably secured to the first cross tie.

A structure is disclosed for mechanically coupling a new concrete member to an existing concrete member to enable transfer of loads such as shear loads from the existing wall to the new wall. In examples, the mechanical structure includes a base which may be affixed to the existing member by a connective interface. A top a segment of the structure is spaced from, and connected to, the base by a number of diagonal segments. The diagonal and top segments of the bracket embed within the new concrete member during fabrication of the new concrete to transfer loads from the existing to the new concrete. A number of such brackets, of varying configurations, may be used depending on the layout of the new and existing members, and the magnitude of the loads to be transferred.