Scroll through the full install sequence. A certified two-person crew completes the envelope for a typical single-story residential shell in 3–5 working days — no mortar, no nailers, no specialty masonry tools.
The foundation is the same foundation your GC builds today — any standard residential slab, stem wall, or crawl-space works. The only difference is the anchor-bolt layout matches the block plan (our engineering stamp specifies it).
The cost of the foundation is unchanged. The engineering stamp is included in the kit. No retraining required for excavation, concrete, or site-prep subs.
Lay the first course along a chalk line, aligning each block to the foundation anchor bolts. Verify level corner-to-corner. This is the single most important course in the entire build — every block above inherits this alignment.
A trained two-person crew sets the first course on a typical 2,000 sq ft home in under 4 hours.
The male-female geometry self-aligns; a rubber mallet seats each block. Repeat to designed wall height. The system refuses to let you stack something out of plumb — the geometry does the checking.
Field footage shows trained small crews setting wall sections in minutes. On a 2,000 sq ft home, exterior envelope to full wall height is modeled in days, with formal timed demos being prepared for the proof library.
Standard framed bucks drop into pre-sized openings. Any off-the-shelf residential window or door unit fits — no custom sizing, no masonry-specific flashing, no specialty installers.
Your existing window supplier works unchanged. Your existing trim crew doesn't have to retrain.
Attach and tension the top-plate hardware. Every block in the wall locks permanently; tension distributes from top to foundation anchor. After this step the wall isn't "blocks stacked together" — it's a continuous, engineered structural unit.
This is the step that turns the 250 mph wind rating from a material property into a verified structural performance specification. The engineering stamp is specific to the fully-tensioned top plate.
Run MEP through channels cast into each block. No wall cavity demolition. No drilling through studs. No stud-finder guessing. The channels are documented on the block plan — your electrician and plumber get a map.
MEP rough-in on a 2,000 sq ft home collapses from 3–4 days to 1–1.5 days. The finish trades can move in on day four instead of day eight.
Tie down the roof structure to the tensioned top plate — pre-engineered trusses or a traditional framed roof both work. Dry-in with standard decking and flashing. From that point the project is a finish job: drywall or exposed block, any cladding, standard finishes.
The envelope was weathered-in on day five. The finish trades started the next morning. Occupancy in 8–11 weeks instead of 6–7 months.
Everything fits in a pickup truck.
Two minutes of actual install footage. Then jump into the AI Builder and lay out a home in your browser — or book a live demo at our Florida facility.