An oceanfront home engineered to withstand 250 mph winds. The first all-concrete custom build on the New Jersey Shore — and our argument for why it's the future of coastal construction.
We’re proud to share the construction of what we believe is the first custom concrete home built on the New Jersey Shore oceanfront. The home rises in Ortley Beach and is being built with the latest in insulated concrete form (ICF) construction — the same technology we’ve been refining on bayfront and inland sites for years, now applied directly to one of the harshest building environments in the country.
Building strong is not optional on the oceanfront. High winds, large waves, salt spray, and flying debris are routine here, not exceptional. The structure of this home is engineered to withstand 250 mph winds — well above what even a Category 5 hurricane delivers.
After Hurricane Sandy, our view of what coastal construction needs to be changed permanently. Conventional wood-frame homes — even when properly elevated — are still vulnerable to the wind loads, the wave action, and the debris a serious storm carries. ICF construction answers all three. The walls are reinforced concrete poured into stay-in-place foam forms; the result is a continuous concrete shell that doesn’t break, doesn’t burn, and doesn’t move when the wind comes. The same wall assembly delivers an insulation value of up to R-50 — a fraction of the heating and cooling cost of an equivalent wood-framed home.
We believe this is the future of building on the Jersey Shore. Once you’ve seen what these structures do in a storm — and what they cost to operate the rest of the year — wood-frame oceanfront construction starts to look like a half-measure.
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