Accelerated Building Schedules

Pinned Connections, Nothing Faster

  • With the POWERCAT™ pinned connections, Star Seismic's buckling restrained braces (BRB) deliver the quickest and easiest building erection, with reduced material costs and man-hours associated with crane time, welding, and oversight.
  • Because WILDCAT™ BRB's are engineered to absorb energy, they can be connected with significantly smaller gusset plates and simple fillet welds.

Reduced Steps, Minimized Risk, Tighter Schedules

  • With a refined processes and tested experience, Star Seismic reduces the engineering costs and risks associated fabrication and detailing, plus quickens the build schedule.

Structural Intelligence

  • Star Seismic aggregates experience from construction, steel fabrication, building connection and design-build project management, ensuring efficient and cost-effective erection.

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Other buckling restrained brace systems include CoreBrace and Nippon Steel’s unbonded brace. Other lateral systems include base isolation, friction dampers, special moment frames (SMF), special concentric base frame (SCBF), eccentric brace frame (EBF), SMF shear wall and hysteresis dampers.