Exploring New Ideas for Greening the Skyline
Thornton Tomasetti’s façade engineers were part of a team that developed a concept for a terra-cotta and moss screen for curtain wall systems designed with help from AI.
View ArticleClimate Action: Climate Risk Assessments
Climate risk assessments are an important early step in identifying site-specific climate hazards and how those hazards may change over the lifespan of a building.
View ArticleClimate Action: Energy Supply and Carbon Capture
While fossil fuels continue to account for more than half of U.S. power production, CCUS can serve as a bridge technology helping us move toward decarbonization.
View ArticleConstruction Canada: Understanding Floor Vibration Control Strategies
A growing number of once-vacant office and retail buildings are getting a second life as biotech and health sciences lab facilities.
View Article10 World Trade Tops Out
Some 18 months after breaking ground, one of the newest additions to Boston’s booming Seaport District has topped out.
View ArticleClimate Action: Decarbonizing Transportation and Manufacturing
Decarbonizing the transportation and manufacturing sectors is crucial to tackling climate change. While electrifying transportation is a clear strategy for reducing carbon emissions, manufacturing...
View ArticleHow Hurricanes Have Influenced Building Codes
Building codes set requirements related to design and construction, and major hurricanes have influenced state and local codes over the years.
View ArticleScotland's HydroGlen Project Aims for Energy Independence in Farming
How can we decarbonise the agricultural sector? A farm in North East Scotland is exploring combining wind and solar energy with hydrogen as a viable solution.
View ArticleRhys Centin Wins Indo Pacific 2023 Young Innovator Award
Talk about making waves: Melbourne Project Engineer Rhys Centin of our Applied Science team has been recognized with the Indo Pacific 2023 Young Innovator Award for his contributions to Australia’s...
View ArticleClimate Action: Climate Policy & Equity
Areas facing socio-economic challenges are disproportionately affected by climate change, but designers can contribute to resilient infrastructure.
View ArticleClimate Action: Nuclear Energy
As demand for electricity continues to skyrocket globally, advanced nuclear technologies are emerging as more viable energy solutions.
View ArticleFast Company: This New Manhattan Building Is Designed To Flood
Our Resilience team helped develop a flood resilience strategy for the Columbia University Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
View ArticleRemembering Charles H. Thornton
Founding Principal Charles H. Thornton, a renowned structural engineer, educator and mentor, died in Maryland on December 12 following a brief illness.
View Article2023 Hurricane Season Recap
The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season was one of the busiest on record, yet most storms didn’t even make landfall.
View ArticleClimate Action: COP28 and Carbon Capture
Carbon capture reduces CO2 emissions as the global economy shifts to more sustainable manufacturing and energy production methods.
View ArticleClimate Action: Recovery-Based Design
Recovery-based design aims to reduce post-disaster recovery time using hazard assessments and stakeholder-driven performance metrics.
View ArticleClimate Action: Sustainability & Resilience Frameworks
Sustainable building practices and resilience planning enable us to combat climate change while providing stakeholders with long-term adaptability.
View ArticleClimate Action: Nature-Based Solutions
Utilizing systems like green space and natural floodplains, nature-based solutions improve biodiversity, occupant health and aesthetics.
View ArticleClimate Action: Resilience Strategies
Given the significant uncertainties in climate projections, an effective resilient design strategy relies on elements of adaptability and redundancy.
View ArticleClimate Action: Resilient Infrastructure
A look at the iterative process involved in risk and resilience evaluations for infrastructure, including climate risk assessments, stakeholder engagement and recovery-based design.
View Article
