2023 Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall

SBCA and the National Framers Council (NFC) is participating in the 2023 Innovative Housing Showcase (IHS) hosted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). This event is a unique and high-profile opportunity for our industry to showcase the capability of our industry to a broad audience of regulators, policymakers, builders, and the public.  In 2022, over 7500 people walked through the two-story structure we framed in under nine hours. 

This year, SBCA is partnering with Habitat for Humanity-Piedmont. The structure constructed on the National Mall for IHS will be donated to Habitat to build two homes for deserving families in central Virginia. The structure built on the National Mall will be a two-story version (two houses, stacked on top of each other) of the following standard Habitat plan: 

We are asking our membership to participate in this project, either through in-kind contributions of building materials (within delivery radius of Washington, DC) or financial contributions to offset material costs. Financial contributions can be made in any amount online here, and the list of requested building materials are as follows: 

• Architectural Drawings/Engineering Plans DONATED
• Roof trusses (First House) DONATED
• Roof trusses (First House) DONATED
• Roof trusses (Second House) DONATED
• Floor trusses (First House) DONATED
• Floor trusses (Second House) DONATED
• Exterior Walls (First House) DONATED
• Exterior Walls (Second House) DONATED
• Interior Walls (First House) 
• Interior Walls (Second House) 
• Floor sheathing (first and second house) 
• Wall sheathing (first and second house) 
• Roof sheathing (first and second house) 
• Windows (First House) DONATED
• Windows (Second House)  DONATED
• Exterior doors (2 for First House) DONATED
• Exterior doors (2 for Second House) DONATED
• Stairway (Prebuilt) 
• Loose framing and bracing lumber 
• Decking material for IHS event entrance and exit 
• Concrete anchorage for IHS event DONATED
• Connection Hardware (e.g. truss to foundation, etc.) DONATED
• Framing Screws (#10, to ease in deconstruction) DONATED
• Framing Screws (#10, to ease in deconstruction) DONATED
• Framing Labor (construction prior to the event) 
• Framing Labor (deconstruction after the event) 
• Shipping (components to the Mall) 
• Shipping (components from the Mall to Virginia jobsites) 

If you are interested in donating materials to this project, please contact Sean Shields for further information. 

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