Joe Burns

What: “Tall and Supertall Buildings: Structure and Skin Performance” will be a feature topic at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, at the Renaissance Hotel & Convention Centre, Mumbai, February 3 – 5. The talk, by Joe Burns, managing principal for Thornton Tomasetti, will focus on the challenges and opportunities in designing the structure and skin of high performing tall buildings. Examples from different regions highlight responses to wind effects, building movements and tolerances. Building information modeling is a new tool to assist in evaluating performance and sustainability, as well as assist in constructability.

When: Friday, February 5, 2010, Tack 17 (in the afternoon).

Where: Renaissance Hotel & Convention Centre, Mumbai.

Who: Joe Burns, Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti. Also attending the conference will be principals Anjana Kadakia, Hi Sun Choi and Kyle Krall, and Senior Project Engineer Misam Imam.

Why: Bringing his more than 30 years of expertise in the design of tall buildings, Joe Burns will address the growing interplay of building structure and building skin, and highlight new areas of research leading to improvements in the performance and sustainability of tall buildings.

About Thornton Tomasetti (www.ThorntonTomasetti.com)
Thornton Tomasetti provides engineering services to clients worldwide on buildings of all sizes and complexity. From the tallest buildings and the longest spans, to innovative building systems and materials, the firm is committed to creating the best solutions through its technical ingenuity, pursuit of excellence, and responsiveness to client needs. Our work is in three practice areas: Building Structures, Building Skin and Building Performance. Founded in 1956 as Lev Zetlin & Associates, today Thornton Tomasetti is a 650-person organization of engineers and architects collaborating from offices across the United States and in Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, and the Middle East.

Contact
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