Surf Block Maui is a Hawaiian company that has found an unlikely second life for leftover surfboards – for use as a building ...

Looking ahead, Block hopes the studio will grow alongside the community, “My vision is that it grows as I see what the community still needs,” she said. “I would love to offer more events and to ...

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So he used a system called insulated concrete foam to incorporate the scraps into building blocks, called Surf Blocks. “Basically, we leave the styrofoam on after we pour the concrete into the ...

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Architecture firm Hawaiʻi Off Grid is looking at the waste from surfboard building, to be exact, hoping to divert the polystyrene foam offcuts into cinder block-like forms for home construction.

as he held a blowtorch to a block of foam. “There are no flames. You can put your hand right on it.” “In Maui, we had neighbors catch on fire, but our building was untouched,” Saebi said.

While there is only so much that can be done to harden older homes, new construction in an unprecedented era of wildfire destruction, is vastly different. "With the foam blocks, they are fire ...

She opens the flaps to uncover a seemingly endless amount of air pillow packaging, pulling out layer after layer until she finally reveals the item buried underneath: foam blocks. “Oh ...

Abt also is one of just a few entities that recycles plastic foam ... compact blocks that are manageable to lift. They’re then repurposed for uses such as making picture frames or building ...

These blocks are found in plenty and serve as a great way to get started with building or used as a dispensable item to make bridges, plug holes, and more. Here are the best temporary blocks for ...