MKA Foundation

The MKA Foundation was established to financially support the advancement of innovation in design and construction for the built environment.

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

ASCE has honored Ron Klemencic with the 2023 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research. Congratulations, Ron!

https://t.co/N6EUmicodO

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

ENR Viewpoint: How a Patent Hinders Construction and Engineering Innovation by Ron Klemencic. As champions for the industry, our research remains open-source and non-proprietary. https://t.co/LmIfxRlE3V

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

The CBS News Sunday Morning program recently featured ASCE OCEA honoree Rainier Square. The segment includes an interview with MKA Chairman & CEO Ron Klemencic, who shared how this Seattle tower was built in record time using innovative SpeedCore. https://t.co/XNxXOU6GRn

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

@MKA_Inc Chairman and CEO, Ron Klemencic, was a recent guest on the National Academy of Construction's Podcast called "Get the kNACk." Take a listen to Episode 14 where host Jerry Eyink and Ron discuss turning innovative ideas into reality.

https://t.co/q8qc7GGUXy

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

Congratulations to the Bowen Lab and Dr. Amit Varma!

[Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering @PurdueCCE]

Bowen Lab at #Purdue was awarded Innovation of the Year from Bechtel Corp. for its contributions to a large-scale government project. The award recognizes proven innovations that have delivered unprecedented results within the company’s execution model: https://t.co/8dKxHPaMrb

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

The MKA Foundation and @MKA_Inc are excited to collaborate with our industry partners to further the conversation on Performance-Based Wind Design (PBWD).

[Walter P Moore @WalterPMooreEng]

#MooreExpert Jonathan Hurff and Ian McFarlane of
@MKA_Inc examine performance-based seismic design used on tall buildings and the retrofit of existing buildings in the December 2022 issue of @ConcreteACI.

#LearnMoore:
https://t.co/zutNJDnER4

[ASCE Publishing @ASCEpublishing]

The joint publication between @ASCE_SEI and @PankowFdn has won an “Award of Excellence” from Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habit (@CTBUH) in the Innovation Category. Read the book for free at https://t.co/J3K9SyG6nI

[Charles Pankow Foundation @PankowFdn]

Congratulations #buildingtransparency Board members: @salesforce Amanda von Almen, @google Andreas Gyr, @amazon Julia Raisch, @microsoft Katie Ross and @Facebook Lauren Bonar Swezey @CarbonLeadForum Kate Simonen, @MKA_Inc Don Davies, @SkanskaUSA Stacy Smedley. @PhilNorthcott

[Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering @PurdueCCE]

The Bowen Laboratory is not only home to a number of world-leading experts in structural engineering, it is also where many #Purdue Civil Engineering graduate and undergraduate students take their next step forward in research and education: https://t.co/nZvBm2GPer

[Amit Varma @prof_varma]

Bowen Lab has helped us actualize several of our research-based dreams and visions. Some visions that we could not even dream of without Bowen Lab as the crucible. @ASCE_SEI @PankowFdn @aisc @ACIFoundation @MKA_Foundation

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

New research reports on SpeedCore available now! MKA's Foundation has been excited to partner and provide support to industry professionals and researchers to further this structural system's development. #researchrocks
https://t.co/RjhFARRyTQ

[Charles Pankow Foundation @PankowFdn]

If scalability is a measure of success, then our innovation ecosysytem works! Check out our latest Annual Report, 2019
https://t.co/4g9I4vgldT
#SpeedCore #HighStrengthReinforcingSteel #DesignBuild #EC3tool #PBWD #ScheduleBeta

[Charles Pankow Foundation @PankowFdn]

Thank you to those whose financial support made this report possible @CPPWind @Degenkolb @gmsllp @Hatfield_grp @LERA_Engineers @MKA_Foundation @NCSEA @OdehEngineers @pcsstructural @SOM_Design @StructuralFocus @WalterPMooreEng Glenn + Judy Bell, KPFF, NYSE, Peter Irwin, Silman

[Charles Pankow Foundation @PankowFdn]

New research report containing fire resistance and performance provisions for Concrete-Filled Composite Plate Shear Walls (CF-CPSW) aka SpeedCore is set to be published this month. Read about it in ENR: Speed Core Research Tunes System https://t.co/rCGt1iLpwx

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

"What is our next moon shot?" Read more about the collaborative development of the EC3 Tool in this article from the Carbon Leadership Forum. https://t.co/tiyQYQNlWj

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

MKA's Don Davies explains how the EC3 Tool raises the bar on the AEC industry and helps building teams evaluate a project's overall EC emissions during design & procurement. Grateful for the collaboration with our many partners on this continuing project.

https://t.co/hDoXJwYkRC

[MKA Foundation @MKA_Foundation]

Congratulations to the entire team on the launch of the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator tool at GreenBuild 2019! MKA and the MKA Foundation are proud partners. The EC3 tool is now in Public Beta. Find out more at https://t.co/WfgkB2WH6U

[Carbon Leadership Forum @CarbonLeadForum]

Here's the countdown for launch of the #EC3tool. Phil Nortcott of C Change Labs and Don Davies of @MKA_Inc push the button live in the #Greenbuild19 sold out workshop! We must take brave bold action to address #embodiedcarbon. Access tool at https://t.co/FZdB4uj3AN

[Magnusson Klemencic Associates @MKA_Inc]

MKA, through the MKA Foundation, is proud to be an Industry Sponsor providing both financial and intellectual leadership to this forward-thinking, breakthrough tool: the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3)!

https://t.co/UhOVpSNTIC

[Charles Pankow Foundation @PankowFdn]

Building Designers - @PankowFdn is pleased share "ASCE/SEI Prestandard for Perfomance-Based Wind Design" with thanks to our co-funding partners @aisc @ACIFoundation @MKA_Foundation and ASCE ILC. Great job @ASCE_SEI https://t.co/evD3wruitr