Seattle's Rainier Square Tower, shown under construction but now nearing completion, is the 850-ft-tall proof of concept for the SpeedCore system. Supporters of a high-rise lateral-load resisting ...

There is good news for boosters of a modular system of tied dual-plate walls field-filled with concrete—dubbed SpeedCore for its potential to slash superstructure construction time compared to steel ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue engineers are taking building possibilities to new heights with the university’s role in the research and development of an innovative high-rise construction process.

What is SpeedCore? Technically, it's a Concrete-Filled Composite Plate Shear Wall (CF-CPSW) system. In laymen's terms, it's a faster, safer, and more efficient way of building a high-rise, and it's ...

SpeedCore, a composite superstructure system composed of concrete sandwiched between steel plates, recently achieved two notable accomplishments. Purdue University researchers completed an ...

President-elect Joe Biden highlighted manufacturing and infrastructure as key elements during his campaign, recognizing their importance to a strong and sustained post-pandemic economic recovery. The ...

An article in Construction News about an innovative structural concrete system cites UB among the organizations that have spent years researching and testing the new SpeedCore construction system. The ...

That’s about 10 months quicker than it normally takes to build such a structure. The accelerated pace was made possible in part due to ongoing research by Michel Bruneau, a SUNY Distinguished ...

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