We are honored to share with you the attached news on the recent ground-breaking for the Thornton Tomasetti-engineered Shanghai Tower. As the structural engineers for the project, we are extremely proud to help design another of the world’s most distinctive and innovative high-rise buildings. At 632 meters (2,074 feet), Shanghai Tower is the world’s third tallest building under construction, after Nakheel Tower, at 1000+ meters, and Burj Dubai, at 800+ meters, according to November data from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Read more from the Gensler press release.

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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.

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