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Overview
November 2010
• Foundation Background
• Research Goals
• Research Products
Mission
The Charles Pankow Foundation exists
to advance innovations in building
design and construction, so as to
provide the public with buildings of
improved quality, efficiency and value.
Charles J. Pankow, 1923-2004
• Purdue BSCE (1947); Hon. Doctorate (1983)
• Design-Builder (1950’s  CPBL 1963 )
• Consummate innovator: concrete forming
(patents); pre-casting; moment-frame; project
automation; Concrete Construction Handbook
• Leader in ACI, ASCE, DBIA, SEAOC, others
• Honors & Awards; NAE 1997
• Instilled Pankow Builders’ culture: “Find a better
way”
• Advocated R & D investing by building industry
• Formed Foundation to carry out his vision
CPF Defined
• Private, independent, non-profit,
public benefit, philanthropic
foundation
• Exclusively for scientific, educational,
and other charitable purposes
• 501(c)3 organization under IRS code
• Research products must be “in the
public domain”
CPF Research Goals
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Deliver innovative products, components,
systems to meet defined building industry needs
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Products provide immediate, practical benefit for
building design & construction team use (“red
zone to end zone”)
•
Involve committed industry champion in each
project
•
CPF funding to leverage co-funding by other
stakeholders
Research Goal Areas
Research Area 1: Structures
CPF Goal: Improve the quality, efficiency and value of large
buildings by advancing codifiable innovations in structural
components and systems.
Research Area 2: Project Teams: Tools & Practices
CPF Goal: Improve the performance of building design and
construction teams by advancing integration, collaboration,
communication and efficiency through innovative new tools and
technologies, and by advancing new means and methods for
project team practices.
Illustrated on CPF website
CPF Research Focus
Basic
Research
Applied
Research
Product/
Component/
System
Development
Proofs/
Pilots/
Approvals
Dissemination &
Diffusion
CPF’s Focus
Users
Users
Adopt/
Adopt/
Commercial
Commercia
Utilization
l Utilization
Operations
& Maintenance
The CPF Grantmaking Process
• The Research Need Statement
• Advisory Council recommendations
• Issue RFP  get Principal
Investigator’s proposal
• Board of Directors  approves grant
• Research Grant Agreement  award
• Deliverables & progress payments
CPF Grantmaking Process
RESEARCH
PROJECT
RESEARCH
PROPOSAL
INDUSTRY
CHAMPION
ACADEMIC
AWARD
RFP
RESEARCH
GRANT
AGREEMENT
EXEC DIRECTOR
RESEARCH
NEED
STATEMENT
NO
EXEC DIRECTOR &
PRESIDENT SCREEN
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
YES
YES
NO
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
Research Grants, 2006-2010
• 29 grant awards to 18 universities & 8 NPO
institutes
• Total awards since 2006 = $5.1M
• Average grant amount = $200,000
• Completed project reports disseminated to
the public @ www.pankowfoundation.org
• Closely allied with ACI, ATC, CII, DBIA, PCI,
NIBS: research needs; co-funding; expertise
• Efficient, responsive project selection &
grant award system
CPF Proven Keys to Success
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•
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Allies: collaboration
Industry Advisory Council Members
Industry Champions
“Red zone to end zone” focus