CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels, manufactured by AltusGroup precasters in North America, have had their evaluation report (ESR#2953) renewed by ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), reaffirming that the CarbonCast wall panels meet code requirements. CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels with C-GRID shear truss connectors and rigid foam insulation were tested in accordance with ICC-ES Acceptance Criteria AC-422. The accepted report, […]
New free AIA CEU program available
Our new self-paced course on AEC Daily — Insulated Precast Enclosures: Strategies for Controlling Performance, Quality, and Cost — explains and illustrates how high-performance, fully composite insulated precast sandwich wall panels can be designed and specified to manage aesthetics, quality, performance, and cost. It explores the attributes of wythe connectors such as carbon fiber reinforced […]
AltusGroup speaks at international carbon fiber summit
AltusGroup board members Dave Schneider (High Concrete Group LLC) and John Leatham (Chomarat) spoke at the JEC Summit this March in Paris about the Statue of Liberty Museum and secondary screening facility, an award-winning project that used CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels with C-GRID carbon fiber grid reinforcement. Their presentation focused on how the […]
20 years since its founding, AltusGroup continues to spearhead precast concrete innovation
2024 officers and board members named After two decades of embracing “precast innovation powered by collaboration,” AltusGroup and its member companies continue to develop advanced precast solutions that meet the needs of an evolving building and construction market. “In the two decades since our founding, we’ve seen a deepened focus on energy savings, carbon footprint […]
Meet the “carbon” in CarbonCast: C-GRID carbon fiber grid used in precast insulated wall panels
C-GRID is carbon fiber grid the enabling technology that gives CarbonCast products their outstanding strength and thermal efficiency. We talked with John Leatham, Director of Sales and Marketing at Chomarat North America, to learn a little more about C-GRID, how it was developed, how it is made and how it delivers its performance characteristics. How […]
