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Each Insulspan® project profile reviews the construction location, objectives of the build, challenges faced, and goals achieved. Scan through our library and feel free to give us a call with any questions or request a quote for your own project.

Vuntut National Park Centre Vuntut National Park Visitor Information and Operations Centre Insulspan® Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) System Eased Cold Weather Construction in Canada Winter construction is complicated. First of all, factor in a northerly site characterized by permafrost. Next, add an isolated location dictating all construction materials arrive via airplane. Consequently, it's easy...

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada A net zero energy home for the rest of us After nearly a decade building energy-efficient and green homes, builder RDC Fine Homes, Inc. is taking energy efficiency to the next level. Whistler, British Columbia-based RDC has partnered with Insulspan® and homeowners Richard and Jennifer Wyne to build the Whistler...

YMCA Nanook House YMCA Nanook House After nearly three decades of operating in a portable Quonset hut, the YMCA Nanook House daycare center in Vancouver, British Columbia is moving into a new community building. For parents of special needs children, the Nanook House is extremely important. It provides critical childcare, meals, and family...

Kickapoo Nature Center, Oregon, IL A nature conservancy visitor center demonstrates top notch energy-efficient design Kent and Kathy Lawrence knew there was only one way to build: green. These founders of Kickapoo/Mud Creek Nature Conservancy in Oregon, IL made it a priority from day one. To wit: ensure a reduced environmental footprint for the new...

Knettig – Village By the Sea The Village by the Sea Located in “The Village By the Sea,” Comox B.C., this hybrid timber frame and SIPs home is a new addition to the growing Insulspan family. “We decided to use laminated Douglas fir beams and posts for our house in Comox,” said Paul Knettig. “The house...

Writing on Stone Visitor Centre Insulspan® takes the LEED® One of Alberta’s most stunning natural settings is Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park. Located in Alberta’s southeast quadrant, the park features a rich landscape of grasslands. It also boasts a wide variety of animals, birds, and amazing hoodoos, as well as centuries old native stone carvings. It is...

LaRocque Residence LaRocque Residence - Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada Retirement dream home For Len and Betty Ann LaRocque, retirement was missing only one thing: the perfect home. For this reason, the couple spent nearly two years planning their retirement dream home on the shores of Rainy Lake in northwest Ontario. Energy efficient...

McDonald’s Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada McDonald’s contractor saves six weeks on build cycle with the Insulspan® structural insulated panel (SIP) system When Vancouver-based contractor Alfred Horie Construction (AHC) undertook the replacement of a McDonald’s franchise in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, John Paone had a radical proposal. Cut several weeks from the project timeline by replacing...

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