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MKA Foundation

@MKA_Foundation

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

 Seattle, WA
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Joined March 2018
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ASCE has honored Ron Klemencic with the 2023 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research. Congratulations, Ron! asce.org/publications-and-ne…
ASCE recognized Klemencic with 2023 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research

ASCE recognized Klemencic with 2023 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research

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

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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. enr.com/articles/57348-how-a…
How a Patent Hinders Construction and Engineering Innovation

How a Patent Hinders Construction and Engineering Innovation

A commentary in which the Pankow Foundation director says it is 'immensely disappointed and frustrated.'

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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. youtu.be/O6Swj1M1TqU
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Congratulations to the Bowen Lab and Dr. Amit Varma!
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (@PurdueCCE) profile pictureLyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering@PurdueCCE22 Mar 2023
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: bit.ly/bowen-bechtel
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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) profile pictureWalter P Moore@WalterPMooreEng10 Jan 2023
#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: walterpmoore.com/performance…
Performance-Based Wind Design—Coming Soon to ACI 318 | Walter P Moore

Performance-Based Wind Design—Coming Soon to ACI 318 | Walter P Moore

The acceleration of the PBSD approach, including the acceptance of the methodology with authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), was the result of significant research and development of industry...

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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 ow.ly/idG650DJXRH
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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
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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: bit.ly/bowen-experience
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Amit Varma@prof_varma6 Jun 2020
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
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (@PurdueCCE) profile pictureLyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering@PurdueCCE4 Jun 2020
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: bit.ly/bowen-experience
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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 aisc.org/technical-resources…
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If scalability is a measure of success, then our innovation ecosysytem works! Check out our latest Annual Report, 2019 pankowfoundation.org/annual-… #SpeedCore #HighStrengthReinforcingSteel #DesignBuild #EC3tool #PBWD #ScheduleBeta
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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) profile pictureCharles Pankow Foundation@PankowFdn1 Apr 2020
NEW wind design research report from @ASCE_SEI and University of Western Ontario: Examination of ASCE 7-16 wind load coefficients utilizing measured data obtained from wind tunnel testing of models with additional building plan and height aspect ratios. pankowfoundation.org/04-19-d…
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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 enr.com/articles/48820-speed…
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"What is our next moon shot?" Read more about the collaborative development of the EC3 Tool in this article from the Carbon Leadership Forum. carbonleadershipforum.org/20…
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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. bdcnetwork.com/how-new-ec3-t…
How the new EC3 tool raises the bar on collective action

How the new EC3 tool raises the bar on collective action

Fifty years ago, we were a divided country, but we also went to the moon by agreeing to work together on a common goal. That challenge required stepping out of our competitive...

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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 buildingtransparency.org
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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 buildingtransparency.org
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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)! lnkd.in/eeMwmZd
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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 pankowfoundation.org/grants?…
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Celebrating the topping out of Rainier Square Tower in Seattle today! It's the FIRST high-rise use of #SpeedCore (a concrete-filled composite plate shear wall system) topping out in just 10 months thanks to the amazing steel fabricators & erection crew! #mkawesome #researchrocks
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