ConXtech’s Bi-Axial Steel Connection Meets OSHPD Requirements for Use in California Hospitals
Approval Follows Successful Completion of Unprecedented Full Scale Bi-Axial Testing of ConXL™ Connection to Meet OSHPD’s Protocol
ConXtech® Inc. announced the notification by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) that its innovative ConXL™ moment frame connection meets OSHPD requirements for use in California hospitals. This milestone follows successful completion of full-scale cyclic testing of the company’s ConXL connection technology. A battery of full-scale tests was performed to an OSHPD approved testing protocol specifically designed for ConXtech’s true bi-axial moment connection.
Read More »Robotic Shop
WHILE U.S.DEMAND FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL has increased significantly over the last five years, construction spending prospects have declined rapidly for the beginning of 2009 as the credit freeze recession spreads rapidly through most economies around the world. Now that the economic stimulus plan has passed, questions remain as to how soon we might begin to see the infrastructure projects moving, and whether they will be sufficient in sparking a turnaround for the economy…
Read More »Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) – NOVA Award 2007
In November 2007, ConXtech was honored by the CIF with a coveted NOVA Award.
“The CIF is an international nonprofit organization formed in 1987 to recognize innovations in the construction industry that improve quality and efficiency, and reduce the cost of construction.” Touted as the “Nobel Prize” for the construction industry, the NOVA award is CIF’s “most distinguished honor.”
Read More »It’s All About the Connection
ConXtech uses custom-developed technology to join structural steel design and manufacturing
In the world of structural steel, connections can make or break a project, both literally and metaphorically. Bob Simmons, a 30-year veteran of the structural concrete industry, developed an innovative system for connecting columns and beams. His patented invention, SMRSF (Simmons Moment Resisting Space Frame), uses standard HSS (hollow-structural section) columns and wide-flange beams with an interlocking connection. The custom-manufactured columns are welded with male-dovetailed inner-collar plates in the factory. The beams are robotically welded with female-dovetailed outer-collar plates on each end. At the construction site, the beams are lowered into place from above between the erected columns. The result is a stable steel structure that workers can assemble quickly. The method is the foundation of ConXtech, a design, manufacturing and construction service provider to the commercial residential housing industry…
Read More »Research and Design Is Changing the Shape of the Material World
An explosion of new materials, confusing and intriguing, lands on the designer’s palette
The construction industry prides itself in innovation, yet inventors like Li cite major problems in bringing new building materials and systems to market. Building codes that do not yet address new technology and risk-averse owners are partly to blame. “My theory on this [is that] the building industry lacks very much vertical integration,” says Bob Simmons, an inventor in Hayward, Calif…
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