2020 Executive Summary
When COVID-19 first began to spread like wildfire, no one knew how long it would rage, or whether or when it would burn itself out. Not since the flu pandemic of 1918 had a global health crisis touched...
View ArticleWhat Did The Past Year Teach Us About Resilience?
The COVID-19 pandemic made us all flex new muscles to create a new kind of life and work. With vaccines rolling out, what have we learned? How can we better weather the next crisis?
View ArticleThornton Tomasetti Elects John Abruzzo, Elisabeth Malsch and Peggy Van Eepoel...
Thornton Tomasetti announces that Managing Principal John Abruzzo, P.E., S.E., and Senior Principals Elisabeth Malsch, Ph.D., P.E., and Peggy Van Eepoel, P.E., F.SEI have been elected to the firm’s...
View ArticleStructure Magazine: Reimagining Resiliency in Healthcare Design
In an article for STRUCTURE Magazine, Associate Andrew Altamirano discusses our structural engineering work for the project and its holistic approach to resiliency.
View ArticleThe Architect's Newspaper: The first new high-rise in L.A.’s historic...
"A new addition to Downtown Los Angeles’s Broadway Theater District in the form of a 35-story condo tower premiered this spring in the former early-20th century entertainment wonderland."
View ArticleBuilding Bridges: Jen Greenawalt Shapes the Coolest Projects
Sometimes getting to shape the coolest projects is itself a cool project, as Washington, D.C., Project Engineer Jennifer Greenawalt learned at an early age.
View ArticleMilwaukee Business Journal: Ascent Tower's Timber Structure Begins To Rise
The heavy timber pieces are being assembled in downtown Milwaukee for what is expected to become the world’s tallest building with a manufactured wood structure.
View ArticleGoGuide™ Wins “Top Project Innovation During the Pandemic” Award
Congratulations to our Security Design & Consulting team on winning the “Top Project Innovation During the Pandemic” prize for GoGuide at Anchin’s 11th annual Construction & Design Awards.
View ArticleBack to the Great Indoors
As people start settling into our new headquarters, they can do so with confidence, knowing that the space carries the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL Health-Safety Rating.
View ArticleASCE: Pittsburgh Draws Inspiration For Its “Right-Sized” Airport
When the Pittsburgh International Airport modernization wraps up in 2025, passenger operations from check-in to baggage claim will be consolidated in a new 700,000-square-foot terminal.
View ArticleFedTech: National Science Foundation Begins Plans for Reviving Arecibo
As scientists explore ideas for the future of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, the investigation into the collapse of its iconic 1,000-foot-wide radio telescope is winding down.
View ArticleDigital Twins Across Product Design, Validation and Virtual Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic created widespread shortages in medical supply manufacturing and distribution. In response, the global medical device industry began ramping up its use of digital solutions.
View ArticleThe Globe and Mail: Carleton’s New Business School Embodies Intimacy and...
A set of watercolour sketches including a dramatic swirl were first steps in distilling the design inspiration for the Nicol Building, a unique new home of Carleton University’s Sprott School of...
View ArticlebeINSports: Al Thumama Stadium to host Amir Cup Final in October
The 49th Amir Cup Final will be played at the Al Thumama Stadium on October 22, marking completion of Qatar’s sixth FIFA World Cup 2022 venue after Khalifa International, Al Janoub, Education City,...
View ArticleInhabitat: Indeed Tower Earns LEED Platinum
A new office tower stands tall in Austin, and its sustainability features are breaking records.
View ArticleSteel Institute of New York: Skating Toward a New State-of-the-Art UBS Arena
Challenged with COVID-19 rules and restrictions, a Populous- and Thornton Tomasetti-led design team delivered an innovative steel superstructure with long span roof trusses, lateral load resisting...
View ArticlePittsburgh International Airport’s Terminal Modernization Breaks Ground
Construction on Pittsburgh International Airport’s Terminal Modernization Program took off with a groundbreaking ceremony on October 14 attended by members of our structural engineering and...
View ArticleConstructConnect: EllisDon Constructs Canadian Pavilion at Expo 2020
The Canadian Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai combines elements from the Canadian landscape and Arabic architecture to reflect the expo theme, Connecting Minds and Creating the Future.
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