Company History
The term “ICF” (Insulated Concrete Form) did not exist before 1968. That was the year when a group of engineers set out to design a revolutionary building system, which could offer simplicity in use, quality, strength, at an affordable cost. Initially, large panels of expanded polystyrene (EPS) were used with diagonal and vertical holes cut into them which were to be filled with concrete once the panels were set in place – the beginning of the first ICF home.
It was a beginning – but the disadvantages of using EPS as the wall material and base for the finishing were obvious. Consequently, new ideas were explored, not only for better materials but also for enhanced shapes and sizes. At this same time BASF, a German based company and also producer of polystyrene, was experimenting with a mixture of EPS beads and cement. Eventually, a similar mix was used to produce wall panels. Soon the cementitious insulated concrete form (CICF) block we know today was developed and is the predecessor of Legacy Block.
1972 was the birth of the Compound or Cementitious ICF.
Years of further development, testing, engineering, designing, expanding applications, and industrialization of the production process followed to achieve the state-of-the-art product which is known today as LEGACY BLOCK, Inc.