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Because to its high fluidity and settling, low self-weight, and low thermal conductivity, foamed concrete is now often utilized in civil construction and building. It does, however, have some significant drawbacks, such as poor strength and increasing shrinking with age. The curing conditions are one of the many factors that affect the strength growth of concrete. By experimenting with different curing techniques, this effort intends to investigate the possible creation of foamed concrete as a sustainable structural material. To do this, sample cubes, cylinders, and prisms were created in order to determine the compressive strength, elastic modulus, and drying shrinkage at various ages. Four different curing regimes were used to cure polyurethane foamed concrete sample pieces (water, moisture, sealing by membrane-forming curing compound and air curing). At the end of the study, poly- urethane foamed concrete used for this study has shown the potential for use in structural applications. Also, the results show that the samples cured by moisture have the highest compressive strength at all ages