Thornton Tomasetti: Press Releases

Thornton Tomasetti Provides Sustainability Consulting for LEED Gold Certified California Polytechnic State University Recreation Center

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:04:41 +0000

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that the California Polytechnic State University Recreation Center has achieved LEED Gold Certification. Simon & Associates, which was acquired by Thornton Tomasetti in 2012, was the sustainability consultant and provided LEED consulting for the expansion and remodeling project at the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus on California’s Central Coast.

Simon & Associates was hired by Cal Poly to facilitate sustainable design workshops, offer technical advice, track LEED compliance, assist the contractor with LEED documentation throughout the design and c…

Thornton Tomasetti Provides Sustainability Consulting for Administrative Building at Boston University; Project Receives LEED Gold Certification

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:39:17 +0000

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that 122 Bay State Road, a home for the new administrative offices of Boston University, has received LEED Gold Certification. Fore Solutions, the green building consulting firm acquired by Thornton Tomasetti in 2012, provided LEED consulting services for the renovation project on the University’s main campus in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Mass.

Fore Solutions was hired by McDougal Architects to provide LEED consulting. In this role, Fore Solutions provided sustainability strategy recommendations to the design team, performed energy modeling, tracked…

Thornton Tomasetti Provides Sustainability Consulting for LEED Gold Certified Albert Sherman Center at UMass

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:17:04 +0000

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that the Albert Sherman Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, which houses the Advanced Therapeutics biomedical research facility, has achieved LEED Gold Certification. Fore Solutions, the green building consulting firm acquired by Thornton Tomasetti in 2012, was the Sustainability Consultant and provided Energy Analysis and LEED Consulting for the project in Worcester, Mass.

Fore Solutions was hired by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge to offer sustainable design recommendations to the design team, perform energy analysis and modeling, …

Thornton Tomasetti Co-Founder Charles Thornton to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan College

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:34:18 +0000

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Co-founding Principal Charles Thornton, Ph.D., P.E., Hon. AIA, Hon. ASCE will receive an honorary doctorate in engineering from Manhattan College during its 171st Commencement ceremony on May 19th. Dr. Thornton, an alumnus of Manhattan College, is also scheduled to give the keynote address to approximately 750 graduates.

Key Points
• Dr. Thornton founded the Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (A.C.E.) Mentor Program, a nonprofit that offers training, guidance and scholarships to more than 60,000 high school students in the U.S. The initiative grew in part through collaboration with …

Thornton Tomasetti's Dennis Poon to Speak at CTBUH Young Professionals Presentation on Shanghai Tower: Creating the World's Second Tallest Building

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:56:33 +0000

What: Thornton Tomasetti’s Dennis Poon is a featured speaker at the upcoming Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) Young Professionals Committee presentation, “Shanghai Tower: Creating the World’s Second Tallest Building.” Along with Grant Uhlir of Gensler and Christian Von Holten of Cosentini Associates, Poon will deliver a presentation on the design and construction process involved in Shanghai Tower.

When/Where: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 5:30-9:00 p.m. at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Attendance is free, but pre-registration is requ…