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The Board of Directors of the Charles Pankow Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne M. Ellis, PE, FACI, F.ASCE, as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective October 1, 2018. Anne, founder and chief executive officer of Ellis…
New Research Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Low Carbon Construction
Performance-Based Structural Fire Engineering of Buildings with Concrete-Filled Composite Plate Shear Walls (CF-CPSW) The overall goal is to develop research-based code change proposals for AISC Specification 360-XX (Appendix 4-Fire Design) to include structural performance-based design methodology and / or standard…
Renowned AEC Industry Leader Anne Ellis Joins the Charles Pankow Foundation Major New Initiatives Underway to Support Impactful Research At a pivotal point in the Charles Pankow Foundation's growth, the Foundation's Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Anne…
Introducing INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY An Action Guide for Leaders Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Practitioners Guide
FEMA P695 Study – “Enhanced Ductility” RC Coupled Wall Systems The study will examine the application of the FEMA P695 Methodology to ED-RCCW buildings less than 240 ft. in height to determine appropriate values of R, Cd, and Ω0; for…
The Charles Pankow Foundation is Pleased to Announce a New Research Grant with the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE Pre-Standard for Performance-Based Design for Wind The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of ASCE is pursuing, as part of its Vision, the…
The Charles Pankow Foundation proudly honors Rik Kunnath, recipient of ASCE's Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Resarch, and Ron Klemencic, one of Engineering News-Record's Top 25 Newsmakers, 2017. Their commitment to a better way to design and…
The Charles Pankow Foundation is pleased to announce a new research grant on Project Delivery. Revisiting Project Delivery Performance The goal of this research is to empirically compare the cost, schedule and quality performance of design-bid-build, construction manager at risk…