Thornton Tomasetti’s Dennis C.K. Poon, P.E., managing principal, has been named one of the 25 Top Newsmakers of 2010 by the editors of Engineering News-Record magazine for his influence on China’s building codes regarding supertall structures.

Dennis Poon has been named one of the 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business for 2010.

Dennis Poon, managing principal of Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm with practices in building structure, building skin and building performance, will co-moderate a panel of world-renowned experts at the forum ON THE HORIZON: Globalization Challenges and Opportunities for architecture and engineering firms.

Dennis Poon, managing principal of Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm with practices in building structure, building skin and building performance, will be a featured speaker at American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in New York City.

Dennis Poon, managing principal of Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm with practices in building structure, building skin and building performance, will be a featured speaker at The 3rd Annual Ultra High-rise Building Summit in Shanghai.

Dennis Poon, managing principal of Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm with practices in building structure, building skin and building performance, will be a featured speaker at the “Shanghai Skyline” lecture series at the Skyscraper Museum in New York City.

Richard Tomasetti and Dennis Poon will both be presenting to this year’s Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s “Evolution of the Skyscraper” Conference in Chicago, IL.

Thornton Tomasetti Vice Chairman Dennis C.K. Poon, P.E. has been named to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Board of Trustees.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, today announces the following leadership team appointments: Thomas Scarangello to chairman and CEO, Robert DeScenza to president, and Aine Brazil and Dennis Poon to vice chairmen.

An American firm approaches the design of its 121-story, mixed used tower now rising in Shanghai as a vertical collection of neighborhoods.

Vice Chairman Dennis Poon, a CTBUH trustee, discusses the industry shift toward sustainability, taller buildings and free-form design. ?

Manhattan’s 1930s towers captured the imagination, but the centre of gravity of tall building construction, as with wider economic activity, is shifting east, and China is the prime mover.