Four design professionals from Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., the international engineering firm, have been named to Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Top 20 Under 40 list, which recognizes outstanding contributions of AEC professionals under the age of 40.

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.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, is expanding the firm’s Building Skin practice in 2011 and has appointed Sergio De Gaetano to head the growing practice and oversee its international expansion.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has been named structural engineer of record for a $105 million redevelopment of Texas Christian University’s (TCU’s) Amon G. Carter (football) Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.

For the second consecutive year, Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, received the top “Juror’s Favorite” award at CANstruction, an annual food charity competition held this year on November 15th at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan.

The 2010 annual Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is the third architectural project engineered by a Thornton Tomasetti principal to win the U.K.’s top architectural award.

Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., the international engineering design, investigation and analysis firm, will be a key participant at “Innovative Integrate: Building Better Together,” an AIA New York Chapter-sponsored exhibition, showcasing finalists of the Chapter’s “Open Call for Innovative Curtain-Wall Design.”

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, and Hardesty & Hanover, the 120-year-old bridge engineering firm, have formed a strategic alliance to collaborate on the evaluation and engineering of transportation infrastructure and movable structures.

The Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) will present Richard Tomasetti with the Honorary Member Award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to excellence in the industry.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, received the National Council of Structural Engineers Association’s (NCSEA) 2010 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award for The Wild Beast Music Pavilion at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

Thornton Tomasetti is the first structural engineering firm to join the AIA 2030 Commitment, joining the ranks of more than 100 architects that have signed on to date.

The Thornton Tomasetti board of directors and managing principals are pleased to announce the following promotions to the Associate level and above, effective July 1, 2010.