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RESEARCH GRANT AWARD: Modular Steel Plate Floor Assemblies

Posted on 3 March 2022

The Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF) is pleased to announce the award of a new research grant to support a four-university collaboration to advance a potentially game-changing innovation. The universities will investigate the feasibility of a modular steel floor framing and diaphragm system for commercial building structures with broad applicability, including high seismic zones. The objective is a system that can be erected 30-50% faster than traditional concrete-on-metal-deck systems. The new system could be lifted and quickly set in place with simple, optimized connections. This grant will support the work of teams led by: Read more

RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS: Expanded Guides to Managing the Design Phase of Design-Build Projects

Posted on 10 January 2022

JOIN IN OUR WEBSITE SCAVENGER HUNT

Posted on 14 December 2021

The Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF) invites you to explore our refreshed website with the addition of the NEW and easily searchable LIBRARY OF RESOURCES. Read more

SpeedCore Research Bolted Splice Details for Composite Plate Shear Walls—Concrete Filled

Posted on 20 October 2021

The Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF) is pleased to announce the award of a new research grant to University at Buffalo and Principal Investigator Michel Bruneau. The results of this work is intended to provide experimentally-verified bolted splice details for Composite Plate Shear Walls—Concrete Filled, also known as SpeedCore. Field bolted splices may be preferable especially in non- seismic regions, regions of moderate seismicity, and where wind demands exceed elastic seismic demands and govern splice design. Read more