Community Involvement
Spancrete supports many community events througout the year. From our involvement in the Robert H. Nagy Family Foundation to developing future architects and engineers, Spancrete is committed to giving back the community which has supported us for many years.
Spancrete Studio
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Students tell us what they like about the Spancrete Studio
Nearing its third year, The Spancrete Studio, the first corporate-sponsored course of its kind, is focused on precast concrete fabrication and construction for architectural students in the United States. By exposing students to technical information from a range of industry sources, the course explores the role of precast technology and its relationship to today's architectural design standards.
Four UW-Milwaukee student teams swept the 2007 PCI (Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute) Architectural Student
Design Competition.
"The entries submitted by the UW students were truly impressive," said Michael Potts, director of education at PCI. "The collaborative interactions between UW-Milwaukee's students of architecture and the Spancrete engineers and plant personnel showed in the level of depth and sophistication of student designs. They've significantly raised the bar for this competition, and their work is a tribute to the collaborative efforts of everyone involved with The Spancrete Studio."
“One of the really great things about teaching this course both as a studio instructor and [for] the students is that we really get to have a real hands-on feel for the way that precast works both as an industrial product that's fabricated and also as how it can be installed and how it can be worked with to create new ideas and new methods of design, so this studio really provides students with that opportunity.” Gil Snyder, Professor, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, SARUP
"In school you rarely have to design a building that can be built...sounds odd but it's the truth. With the Spancrete studio you had to design buildings that could be built, would stand up, and the building components had to fit on a truck carrying it to the site. The hands on studio was really great, designing the sample panels at full scale was a very valuable project. It was also very exciting to see something we designed, built, and at school. Working with the engineers and other Spancrete people was also very valuable; everyone was extremely helpful and encouraging of our ideas. Overall I had a great experience with the studio, I think more architecture students should have a studio that lets them explore materials, and learn how the material works." Matt Martin - UWM Spancrete Studio Student – Spring 2007
Spancrete Scholarships
Spancrete, through the Robert H. Nagy Family Foundation, sponsors numerous scholarships at local colleges. Including: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Engineering and School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Marquette University College of Engineering and Waukesha Area Technical College. We also offer scholarships to the children of Spancrete employees. It is the mission of the Robert H. Nagy Family Foundation to support the educational efforts of the next generation of business leaders.
2008-09 Scholarship Winners:
• Natalie Ravnikar - Spancrete Employee Scholarship - UW-Parkside
• Michael Schairer - Waukesha County Technical College Scholarship
• Pinar Okumus - UW-Madison College of Engineering Scholarship
• Casey McKay - UW-Milwaukee College of Engineering Scholarship
