The University of Connecticut has received $768,000 in federal funding to conduct research and build a risk assessment model for crumbling foundations due the presence of the mineral pyrrhotite.
Read the UConn News Release for more details
UConn Team Earns Grant to Further Research Crumbling Foundation Problem
Armed with funding from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, the UConn team launched a sampling campaign to conduct in situ testing of concrete foundations and build a database of information that will be used to build a risk assessment model. Congressman Joe Courtney joined the team for the first field sampling event at Ryefield Condominiums in Vernon, CT. The links below provide news coverage of the event and additional information.