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CHARLES J. PANKOW
CHARLES J. PANKOW
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Most of Charlie's childhood was spent in South Bend, Indiana, and he took great pride in the fact that his father was the superintendent for the construction of the Notre Dame stadium, a complex project completed in record time for that era. Charlie responded to his boyhood interest in engineering design and construction by entering Purdue University to study civil engineering.
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Charles Pankow's hallmark was determination, and that determination spawned numerous innovative solutions to difficult construction engineering problems. Thin shell construction of the San Diego Convention Center, horizontal slip forming of the concrete piles for the Hayward Bridge across the San Francisco Bay, slip forming of the vertical structural concrete elements of high-rise buildings, molding complex architectural concrete shapes for building exteriors, and the use of prestressed reinforcement in precast concrete structural elements are achievements that bear witness to his belief that "if you are good, you can find solutions; anyone can find problems." During this time Charlie's growing awareness for the need to integrate the design and construction process if innovative building techniques were to be efficiently incorporated into construction projects caused him to leave Kiewit in 1963, at age 39, and form his own construction company.
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He was president of ACI in 1983 and served on its board of directors from 1974 to 1984; he was also a founding member of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation, serving from 1988 to 1993, and an active member of the Construction Industry Presidents Forum, American Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers Club of San Francisco, Structural Engineers Association of Southern California,
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Other than the scores of young engineers he inspired and whose careers he helped mold, perhaps the greatest testament to the construction engineering skills of this extraordinary man are the thousands of housing units and millions of square feet of office buildings, retail space, hospitals and healthcare facilities, hotels, and recreational facilities that his company built. These are buildings that enhance society and enable its commerce -- silent monuments across this land that bear testimony to the ingenuity, honesty, and perseverance of this remarkable man.
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He was the champion of the CAN DO spirit and attitude that if something is worth doing it's worth doing right the first time. Yet, for as long as I can remember he kept a sign over his desk that said "The worst day of fishing is better than the best day at work." This is the only sign he ever kept.
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