http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:26:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/comment-page-1/#comment-12001 Peter Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:03:46 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/#comment-12001 Great post! My father's been building with hebel since 95 and it really is great stuff. Why it hasn't replaced concrete I don't understand. Great post! My father’s been building with hebel since 95 and it really is great stuff. Why it hasn’t replaced concrete I don’t understand.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/comment-page-1/#comment-12000 Lexington Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:01:08 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/#comment-12000 Actually AAC is available now but it is difficult to implement right now for two reasons primarily. ONE: familiarity with how to use and build with the product. From design to installation few professionals know how to work with AAC. TWO: Sourcing the material. The closest source for AAC in the west is in Mexico. It costs more per sq/ft for shipping than it does for the actual product making it fairly expensive and logistically difficult. That being said, AAC is still being used with more frequency in California and Arizona slowly gaining acceptance and finding its place in the market. A company in Salt Lake City called GreenSmart is able to get it now at a fair price and is planning on opening a store in 2009 in tune with the opening of the plant in Arizona. Some developers in Utah like it so much they plan to use it for their entire project with the assistance of GreenSmart. So it is coming, it just takes the motivated and driven to make it happen now and still make it profitable. Actually AAC is available now but it is difficult to implement right now for two reasons primarily.
ONE: familiarity with how to use and build with the product. From design to installation few professionals know how to work with AAC.
TWO: Sourcing the material. The closest source for AAC in the west is in Mexico. It costs more per sq/ft for shipping than it does for the actual product making it fairly expensive and logistically difficult.
That being said, AAC is still being used with more frequency in California and Arizona slowly gaining acceptance and finding its place in the market. A company in Salt Lake City called GreenSmart is able to get it now at a fair price and is planning on opening a store in 2009 in tune with the opening of the plant in Arizona. Some developers in Utah like it so much they plan to use it for their entire project with the assistance of GreenSmart. So it is coming, it just takes the motivated and driven to make it happen now and still make it profitable.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/comment-page-1/#comment-11999 Jeff Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:27:22 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/10/watch-out-wood-make-way-for-aac/#comment-11999 Thanks for posting this. Are you saying that it won't be available in the west until sometime in 2009? Thanks for posting this. Are you saying that it won’t be available in the west until sometime in 2009?

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