ThorntonTomasetti
We use engineering principles to solve the world’s challenges– starting with yours. From practical tasks to creative asks, we have your solution. We are a team of problem solvers who understand that collaboration leads to better results. When faced with any challenge, we look at the big picture and work to nail the details while fulfilling your broader goals. Problems, solved. Challenges, conquered. Ambitions, accomplished. Dreams, realized. Here’s how.
Our Practices
Structural Engineering
We collaborate with architects, building owners and builders to design elegant solutions for projects of all types, sizes and levels of complexity. From designing the world’s tallest buildings and longest spans to engineering inventive special structures of every scale and designing major expansion projects, we continually seek the best balance among the demands of form, function, sustainability, constructability, schedule and budget.
From top: 30 Hudson Yards, New York City; glass staircase at AMG Design, Long Island, New York (courtesy Grimshaw); Shanghai Tower, China (Shanghai Tower Construction and Development Company); Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (© Jeddah Economic Company/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture); Florida Polytechnic University, Innovation, Science and Technology Building, Lakeland, Florida (courtesy Florida Polytechnic University); Portland FBI Field Office Complex, Portland, Oregon (© Lara Swimmer); La Plata Stadium, La Plata, Argentina.
Protective Design & Security
We help architects, owners, developers and public agencies worldwide achieve security objectives while upholding each project’s aesthetic, functional and budgetary goals. We collaborate with clients and project teams to develop physical, technical, electronic and operational security solutions for facilities of every type, use and size. We assess vulnerability to multiple hazards and provide balanced mitigation strategies. We work with project stakeholders to evaluate options, determine appropriate performance targets and craft holistic solutions that minimize risk. Our suite of services provides comprehensive risk mitigation across the complete project life cycle.
From top: Oklahoma City Federal Building (© Steve Hall–Hedrich Blessing Photography); San Diego (© Darren Bradley); United States Embassy, Berlin, Germany (© Werner Huthmacher); Robert H. Jackson Federal Courthouse, Buffalo, New York; holistic, layered and integrated security solution; Four World Trade Center, New York City.
Façade Engineering
We provide façade consulting services to architects, building owners and developers. We offer a suite of specialty analyses to solve complex design challenges, improve constructability, maximize energy efficiency and increase security. From materials research and specialty analyses, through detailed design, engineering and construction support, to glass and façade failure investigations, our expert staff helps clients execute ambitious architectural visions. From top: Sky Soho, Shanghai, China (Marco Jacobs); the Cube at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, Illinois (© James Steinkamp Photography); Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; rod-and-cablesupported glass façade, The Avenue, Washington, D.C.; Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), Phase I, Anaheim, California (Bess Adler/Thornton Tomasetti).
Transportation
We specialize in providing engineering solutions for a wide variety of transportation infrastructure. We perform analysis, design, construction inspection, evaluation, monitoring and rehabilitation for projects ranging from aviation facilities, bridges, cruise terminals and waterfront facilities to rail and intermodal transit stations, streetscapes and tunnels. Our multidisciplinary expertise – in structural, civil and geotechnical engineering – supports client needs for both new and existing transportation structures. From top: Civil engineering for the reconstruction of the Times Square area (Snøhetta/Stephen Mallon); Monterrey Metro Rail extension, Monterrey, Mexico; Bronx-Whitestone Bridge deck replacement and wind fairing design, New York City; San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge East-Span concept development and design (courtesy Caltrans); Manhattan Bridge, lower roadway rehabilitation design, New York City; Brooklyn Bridge approach ramp redecking and substructure rehabilitation, New York City.
Construction Engineering
From top: Epic Systems Corporation, Deep Space Auditorium, Verona, Wisconsin: lift of the project’s 4,200-ton roof and a Tekla model of a steel connection; Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral, Florida; Sun Life Stadium renovation, Miami, Florida; Cathedral of Hope’s Interfaith Peace Chapel, Dallas, Texas, where the use of advanced modeling coordinated the structural steel frame with the complex surface geometry.
We work closely with designers, developers, contractors, fabricators and erectors to efficiently move a project from concept to opening day. Our services include integrated design and fabrication modeling, connection design, erection engineering, crane engineering, field engineering and site representation. Our construction support expertise enhances our structural engineering services on complex, time-sensitive projects, but we also offer these services for projects designed by other engineering firms.
Sustainability
We collaborate with clients and project partners to integrate successful green solutions into the planning, design, construction and operation of buildings, reducing their environmental impact at every stage of their life cycle and supporting energy performance, health and well-being. Our services include sustainable design strategies, energy analysis, green building certification consulting, sustainability analysis and upgrades for existing structures, along with education and training.
From top: A sun-path diagram, part of our climate visualization capabilities; Gunnar Hubbard lecturing at Swedish environmental research institute IVL (Anette Andersson/ AA Fotograf); LEED Fellow Lynn N. Simon facilitates a LEED v4 charrette in San Francisco, California; Genzyme Corporation, Biologics Support Center, Framingham, Massachusetts (John Horner Photography); San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Headquarters Building (Bruce Damonte); Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Park sustainability master planning, San Francisco, California (Š IBI Group, permission by Lennar); solar radiation study generated in DIVA.
Applied Science
We undertake research, development and design to engineer practical solutions that manage risks to life across a diverse range of military and civilian applications. We analyze and model everything from buildings, infrastructure and industrial facilities to vehicles, biomedical devices and novel engineered materials. We leverage a unique combination of technologies and expertise to solve complex problems. Military, government, energy, corporate and academic clients value the validation of our software and the critical insights we provide.
From top: Blast effects in urban canyons, as predicted by software developed in-house; NLFlex simulation of a penetrator munition traveling through a layered concrete target; simulation of needle-
skin interaction; simulation of a vehicle blast on the deck of a cablestay bridge; plume from an underwater explosion at our explosive test facility in Scotland.
Forensics
We provide attorneys, property managers, building owners, contractors/manufacturers and design professionals with a wide range of engineering and architectural forensic services. As design professionals, we evaluate for standard of care; as forensic specialists, we seek root causes; as problem solvers, we seek resolution. Our deliverables typically include a report, expert testimony, a set of calculations/ drawings, and computer models and simulations. From top: Forensic information model used to organize data from our structural investigation of the Sherman Minton Bridge on I-64 between Indiana and Kentucky (Thornton Tomasetti/Ena Cheung); Chuck Van Winkle inspects the retractable roof and supporting structure at Seattle’s Safeco Field; emergency response and structural failure investigation at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Thornton Tomasetti/John Abruzzo); Gary Panariello (left) and Gary Storm on site at the investigation of the Indiana State Fair collapse incident in 2011 (Thornton Tomasetti);
Property Loss Consulting
From top: Jane Zellar (left) and Ali Ashrafi assess the condition of a basement in lower Manhattan after Sandy; Principal Joe Vyhanek inspects damage from the infiltration of brackish water into a steam turbine-driven chiller; Metrodome roof collapse investigation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; post-earthquake structural analysis ETABS model of
the Rydges Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand; the Thornton Tomasetti SmartMaps app: a cloud-based tool that allows property owners, managers and insurers to easily and securely access a wide range of data about their portfolios (Walter Smith); post-tornado damage assessment, Joplin, Missouri.
We help insurance companies analyze pre- and post-loss risks, damage and property claims arising from natural or man-made perils. Drawing on our architects, structural engineers and MEP experts, we offer single-source solutions to complex issues. At the heart of our practice is the investigation of damage to structures, which includes cause and origin analyses, engineering assessments for reinstatement of damaged buildings, building code upgrade analyses, and responding to emerging specialized claims such as LEED-certified structures, renewable energy claims and requirements for buildings to react to changing environmental conditions.
Renewal
From top: Faรงade repair and stabilization, Helmsley Building, 230 Park Avenue, New York City; seismic retrofit, Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles; Chrysler Building restoration, New York City; 20 Washington Road renovation, Princeton University, New Jersey; adaptive reuse, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City (Ed Eckstein); renovation, 30th Street Post Office, Philadelphia; adaptive reuse, Liberty Hotel, Boston.
We provide building owners and managers with a wide range of envelope, structural and MEP solutions for existing structures of all types. We conduct performance investigations, condition assessments, pre-purchase due diligence surveys, feasibility studies and peer reviews. We design repairs, renovations and alterations, and oversee their execution.
Collaborative Innovation We believe that true success comes from the spirited sharing of knowledge, insights and ideas. We collaborate across disciplines, teams and regions – working with each other and with our clients to generate the best possible solutions together. Here, “the way it’s been done before” never limits us when doing things differently means doing them better. Lasting Impact Our mission is to bring our clients’ ideas to life. But our work’s impact reaches beyond our clients. It also affects communities. That’s why we always think about the greater implications of our projects. We not only offer services that directly address security, sustainability and resilience, we also seek opportunities to incorporate these solutions into all the work we do.
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