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Building a Home with Concrete - Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs) and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)
Concrete construction makes homes stronger, safer, quieter, healthier, more energy-efficient, less expensive to maintain, and more comfortable to live in, as well as resistant to severe weather, fire, water, mold, and insects.

Infrared pictures of a wood frame and ICF built home showing heat loss;

Ranch house with in-ground basement
Unfinished (but completly framed) basement - I can sheetrock later
Finished bathroom in basement
Bar in basement wit frige and an area for potential keg cooling for taps
Unfinished 3-car garage with additional work areas - I can sheetrock later
Master bedroom/bath (upstairs)
2 bedrooms with Jack & Jill bathroom only accessable from bedrooms (upstairs)
Three-seasons porch with deck
Mudroom with 1/2 bath, washer/dryer room, pantry storage, and room to change (upstairs - tiled)
Open floorplan kitchen area, dinning, entertaining
400 AMP electrical Service with another 100 AMP (or better) panel for the garage - lightning arrestor and surge suppression for the whole house
Plenty of southern facing Anderson windows, and fewer souther facing Anderson windows
Second set of basement stairs to garage
Heat pump system with humidity control
All recessed light must have insulated cans
Wired for sound
Wide stairs
Wide doors

Kitchen with farmer style sink
Large non-opening window
Large island/breakfast bar

Structured Wiring for the Home
Kitchen
Programable Oven - recipe directl to oven
Programable Diswasher - for energy time of use savings
Refrigerator - inventory controls
Garage
Programable Cars - soon cars with have some ethernet for something
Working area
Media Area
TV
Tivo/DVR
Game Station - PS3, Xbox, or Wii
Slingbox
Satelite reciever
Stereo - a matter of time
Ceiling Projectors
Other Areas
Every bedroom should have 3 or 4 terminations
Every place you might want a wireless unit installed
Thermostat
Weather Station
Programable Washer/Dryer - for energy time of use savings (upstairs)

The home should be fed with 4-pair POTS - and a termination frame to patch connections or push different lines to different rooms. This would also allow disconnection as needed.
Every room that a TV might go to should have at least 1 coax termination and some kind of termination frame for jumping connections.
Additional coax outside, garage, and inside for a security DVR system