Thornton Tomasetti Photo Exhibition – Re-exploring The Built Environment
The Hive Pattern, Kew Gardens by Serge Chakmakjian For this, our 10th employee photo exhibition, we asked contestants to reveal ways in which our industry is rethinking the design and construction of...
View ArticleAiming for Zero
Thornton Tomasetti’s goal to achieve carbon-neutral business operations by 2030 relies on a significant reduction in the energy that we use across the firm. While we make every effort to lower our...
View ArticleAsset Management Tops the Agenda at IAEA Conference
Tim Ingram (in back, ninth from the left) at the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with delegates of the Technical Meeting on Economic Considerations of Asset Management for Nuclear Power Plant...
View ArticleState Farm Arena Gets a Makeover
The newly renovated State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, is expected to host approximately 200 events per year. It seats 17,600 for basketball and can accommodate up to 21,000 for concerts. Photos by...
View ArticleSustainability Grants for Better Health, Greener Offices and Stronger...
Thanks to a grant from Thornton Tomasetti’s Corporate Sustainability department, the San Diego office has a place to hold informal gatherings and friendly matches around its new ping pong table. – By...
View ArticleOffsetting Our Jet-Setting
– By Alexandra Davis, Corporate Sustainability intern This year, between January and June, Thornton Tomasetti employees flew a total of 4,093,192 miles for business, which is equal to approximately...
View ArticleDaniel Stauthamer Joins Thornton Tomasetti as Chief Human Resources Officer
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Daniel Stauthamer has joined as chief human resources officer. He brings more than 15 years of human resources experience in the...
View ArticleEsports Stadium Arlington Makes its Debut
Fans of virtual gaming can watch the world’s top eSports players compete live at the arena. Photo by Ross Stewart Photography. As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas. It’s no wonder, then,...
View ArticleThornton Tomasetti Encourages STEM Studies Through ACE Mentorship
At the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ACE Mentor Program’s kickoff meeting this fall, Thornton Tomasetti engineers, joined by industry colleagues, helped introduce the fields of architecture, engineering, and...
View Article‘Tis the Season of Giving
Thornton Tomasetti’s New York, Wall Street office saw a record amount of donations for Toys for Tots in its eighth year of participating in the charity program for less fortunate children. By...
View ArticleThornton Tomasetti Holds Forum for Mid-Career Women
Participating in the women’s mastermind program were, in back, from the left, Jen Greenawalt (organizer and Women@TT leader), Claudia Bruder, Michelle Olender, Laurie Lindow, Aoife Quinn (organizer),...
View ArticleDezeen: Kevin Daly Architects builds crinkled complex for UCLA’s basketball...
“California-based firm Kevin Daly Architects has designed a sports complex for UCLA’s basketball teams with fin-like panels and a wavy roofline with numerous skylights.” Read more > The post Dezeen:...
View ArticleStructure Magazine: 21st Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards
The Lincoln Avenue Pedestrian Bridge won an 2018 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards in the New Bridges or Transportation structure category. … Continue reading → The post Structure Magazine:...
View ArticleOn the Leading Edge of Low-Carbon Design
In addition to providing structural design, civil and façade engineering services for Landmark Place in London, Thornton Tomasetti assessed framing options to determine which had the lowest level of...
View ArticleMedical Design Briefs: Investigating Cardiac Device Performance with Computer...
Project Engineer Yunjie Wang and the Applied Science team at Thornton Tomasetti are using a simulation of the heart’s mitral valve to develop new approaches for treating cardiovascular diseases. Their...
View ArticleEmbry-Riddle’s Florida Campus Gets a New Centerpiece
The Mori Hosseini Student Union is designed to look like a bird’s wings in flight. The arches support steel vertical tube struts, which help hold up the overhang portion of the roof. Photo by Chad...
View ArticleNYT: Log Cabins? No, These Wooden Buildings Are High-Rises
“Developers have not used wood for much other than houses since the horse-and-buggy days. But the knotty building material is making a comeback.” Read more > The post NYT: Log Cabins? No, These...
View ArticleUrban Milwaukee: Council Approves North America’s Tallest Timber Tower
“The Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved the design of a 21-story tower Tuesday morning. And while a new tower is enough to merit significant news in Milwaukee, the real story is what the...
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago Woodlawn Residential Commons Tops Out
Thornton Tomasetti’s structural engineering team for the Woodlawn Residential Commons celebrated the project’s topping out on the University of Chicago campus. Pictured, from left, are Senior Associate...
View ArticleWomen at Thornton Tomasetti Making Change
A recent professional mixer hosted by Women@TT in Thornton Tomasetti’s New York, 40 Wall Street office brought together 200 women from the city’s AEC community, and featured a speaker and “networking...
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