The following summary provides a look at some of the events and activities of Professor M. Ehsani that led to the formation and growth of QuakeWrap, Inc. as a leading FRP Design & Installation organization:
2008 |
Received Award of Excellence
in the Water Structures category from the International Concrete
Repair Institute (ICRI) for the restoration of Large Diameter Prestressed
Concrete Pipelines.
Opened our first international office in Mexico.
Purchased and moved into an 8,000 sq. ft. building to accommodate
our growing office and warehouse needs. |
2007 |
Received Award of Merit from the International Concrete Repair Institute
(ICRI) for retrofit of the Historic Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. |
2006 |
Received Award of Excellence in Structural Engineering from the
Structural Engineers Association of Arizona for the retrofit of
the Historic Fox Theatre in Tucson
Received Award of Excellence in Structural Strengthening from the
International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) for the seismic retrofit
of McKinley Tower in Anchorage, Alaska. |
2005 |
QuakeWrap's innovative products and methods were highlighted in
a History Channel's documentary that was aired in March 2005. |
2004 |
Received Award of Excellence in Retrofit
from the Structural Engineers Association of Arizona for retrofit
of Coolidge High School Gymnasium. |
2003 |
Renamed the company to QuakeWrap, Inc. and obtained contractors'
licenses in Arizona and California; started to offer complete "turnkey"
solutions including design, materials, and installation. |
1997 |
Received U.S.
Patent #5,640,825, "Methods of Strengthening Masonry and Concrete
Walls with Composite Straps and High-Strength Random Fibers." |
1996 |
Chaired an ACI subcommittee and was the primary author for the ACI-440
State-of-the-Art Report on Fiber Reinforced Plastic Reinforcement
for Concrete Structures (ACI 440R-96). |
1994 |
Incorporated Structural Rehabilitation Group (that was subsequently
renamed to QuakeWrap, Inc. in 2003). QuakeWrap™ products were
successfully used to strengthen two buildings in southern California. |
1992 |
Was awarded a $35,000 grant (followed by another $75,000 grant)
from the National Science Foundation (the first award given by the
NSF on this new concept) to study "Strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry
Walls with Fiber Composites," NSF Grant No. BCS-9201110, 1992-93. |
1991 |
Was awarded a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
(the first award given by the NSF on this new concept) to study "Strengthening
of Concrete Columns with Fiber Composites," NSF Grant No. MSS-9022667,
1991-94. |
1989 |
Invented the concept of strengthening Concrete Columns with FRPs
and presented it to California Department of Transportation for research
funding; the idea was inadvertently leaked to Edward Fyfe (as reported
in an Engineering News Report (ENR) article). Engineer
says agency leaked idea, ENR, 8/9/1990. |
1987 |
Pioneered R&D on strengthening Concrete Beams with FRPs & wrote
the first technical paper on this innovative approach that was published
by ACI in 1990: "Fiber
Composite Plates Can Strengthen Beams," Concrete International,
12(3) 65-71. |
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