Thornton Tomasetti Engineers Installation of Cantilevering Leaping Lion at San Diego Zoo
Thornton Tomasetti recently completed engineering work on another high-profile large-scale sculpture, this time at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. At more than 27 feet tall and weighing in excess of 18,000 pounds, the new bronze lion sculpture greeting zoo visitors is said to be the largest cantilevered bronze animal sculpture in the world. Rex's Roar (Rex for short) was unveiled in late March at the center of the zoo’s newly designed entry plaza. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural engineeri...
Stantec’s Design of Sacramento River Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility Earns Outstanding Water/Wastewater Project Award in California
Sacramento, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Global design firm Stantec’s work on the Sacramento River Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility was recently named the Outstanding Water/Wastewater Treatment Project of the year by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sacramento Section. The intake/fish screen facility protects young salmon and endangered native fish, while providing irrigation for 15,000 acres of cropland and a more reliable water supply for the cities of Davis and Woodland. The...
Friends of BelovED Community Charter School 2, Urbahn Architects, and Hollister Construction Services Break Ground for New $12.5 Million Middle School in Jersey City, NJ
Developer Friends of BelovED Community Charter School 2, Inc. and the project team of Urbahn Architects and construction manager Hollister Construction Services have broken ground for the new, $12.5 million BelovED Community Charter School’s Middle School building at 535 Grand Street in Jersey City, New Jersey. Left to right: Hollister Construction Services’ Superintendent Ronald Bogdan, Estimator Stefan Markov, Assistant Project Manager Bruno Costa, Head Coach Chris Johnson, Senior Project Mana...
City of Boise and Brown and Caldwell Recognized for National Engineering Excellence
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., April 18, 2018 — The City of Boise and Brown and Caldwell today announced receivership of a national honor in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 51st Engineering Excellence Awards competition. Known industry-wide as engineering’s “Academy Awards”— the competition concludes with a gala celebrating U.S. engineering firms for projects demonstrating exceptional innovation, complexity, achievement, and value. Thirty-six projects were honored before an audien...
KAI Making Positive Impact on Distressed San Antonio Eastside Neighborhood Through Four Transformative Projects
(St. Louis, MO) Once a thriving, predominately African-American community, the Eastside of San Antonio, TX has seen its share of hard times. Through the efforts of local civic leaders, organizations and businesses, like KAI Texas, the underserved neighborhood is making a comeback. In 2014, President Barack Obama announced the selection of the Eastside of San Antonio as one of the first five Promise Zones, a national place-based initiative designed to revitalize distressed neighborhoods throug...
Oregon DOT Plans US 395 Tree-Cutting Project Stemming From 2015 Forest Fire
In an announcement that indicates how a natural disaster can affect roadways for years, the Oregon Department of Transportation told the public to be ready in April for two weeks of delays on US 395 south of Canyon City for special tree-clearing work. ODOT said its crews plan to bring down "hundreds of hazard trees" along the highway that were damaged by the 2015 Canyon Creek Complex Fire. The work is scheduled to start April 9 and continue for about two weeks along nearly six miles. And t...
Schindler Elevator Rising with Construction of Tallest Midtown Manhattan Office Tower: One Vanderbilt
MORRISTOWN, NJ –Forty-two Schindler elevators and five Schindler escalators will ultimately move thousands of building workers and visitors every day at One Vanderbilt, the 58-story, 1.7 million square-foot commercial office tower being constructed in midtown Manhattan directly adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. Thirty of the elevators will be equipped with Schindler’s PORT Technology. Schindler Elevator Corporation was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by Construction Manager AECOM Tish...
Michael Baker International Selected to Implement 33 Smart Mobility Corridor Along U.S. Route 33 Near Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio (April 3, 2018) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced it was selected by the NW 33 Innovation Corridor Council of Governments for a $1 million contract to provide program management and technical oversight for the implementation of connected vehicle technologies along a 35-mile section of U.S. Route 33 between and within the City of Dublin and the City of Marysville near Columbus, Ohio. Michael Bake...
University of Oregon Knight Campus Breaks Ground
As University of Oregon students hit the books this spring term, shovels hit the dirt for the first phase of the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, which broke ground March 2 in Eugene, Oregon. Working in collaboration between its Seattle and New York offices, Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural, bridge and façade engineering services to New York-based Ennead Architects, the design architect, and Portland-based Bora, the architect of record, for the project. The facilities...
Concept Companies Announces North Florida Regional Medical Center Primary Care Facility to Be First Tenant in Markets West Development, Concept Companies' New Project on Tower Road in Southwest Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 30, 2018 - Concept Companies, a local real estate development and construction company, will start construction in summer of 2018 on Markets West, a new commercial development project located on Tower Road (SW 75th Street) at the intersection of SW 14th Avenue. Markets West will become home to a new North Florida Regional Medical Center Primary Care facility. “We are looking forward to expanding into the Southwest area of Gainesville and allowing folks in our communi...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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