What is HawkCore?

The six sides

• A fully insulated concrete floor or slab: continuous below-slab and slab-edge insulation coordinated with the foundation and wall control layers.
• Four exterior ICF walls: reinforced concrete with continuous insulation.
• The roof: a sloped or flat reinforced insulated concrete assembly, gables included.

What HawkCore is meant to coordinate

• Structure and the continuous load path from roof to foundation
• Continuous insulation and thermal control
• The air barrier and its continuity at every transition
• Bulk-water management, drainage, and waterproofing
• Openings: windows, doors, and garage doors
• Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing penetrations
• Finish attachment, inside and out

HawkCore is more than an ICF wall installation. Walls are the part most builders can already deliver. The harder work—and the part that decides real performance—is the roof, the transitions, the openings, and the penetrations.

Every HawkCore project requires project-specific structural engineering. Nothing here substitutes for a licensed engineer's design for your home on your site.

HawkCore compared with a typical ICF home

• Typical ICF home: concrete exterior walls; wood or steel floors, roof, and gables.
• HawkCore: concrete slab, concrete walls, and a reinforced insulated concrete roof, engineered as one enclosure.
• Typical ICF home: roof connection detailed conventionally at the top plate.
• HawkCore: roof and walls engineered as a continuous structural load path.
• Typical ICF home: airtightness expected from the wall.
• HawkCore: airtightness designed at every transition and verified by testing under HawkAir.