The much-anticipated Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, with Thornton Tomasetti providing structural design and construction administration services for the new memorial, which occupies a four-acre site along the Tidal Basin, adjacent to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial.

Engineers Ronald M. Jezerinac, P.E., S.E., and Eric Search, P.E. of Thornton Tomasetti are available as expert commentators on questions regarding engineering of structures for resistance to hurricane forces, how existing structures can be retrofitted to better withstand hurricane forces, and damage assessment.

Aine Brazil, vice chairman and managing principal of Thornton Tomasetti, was recently honored by Real Estate Forum as part of the publication’s annual Women of Influence feature in the July/August 2011 issue.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, recently served as the structural engineer for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, which will be dedicated on August 28, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has been selected as structural engineer for Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which when completed will be the world’s tallest building at 1,000+ meters.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Mark A. Coggin, P.E., LEED AP, a principal at the firm’s Philadelphia office, has been accepted for membership into the prestigious Carpenters’ Company, founded in 1792.

Engineers Ronald M. Jezerinac, P.E., S.E., and Eric Search, P.E. of Thornton Tomasetti are available as expert commentators on questions regarding engineering of structures for resistance to hurricane forces and how existing structures can be retrofitted to better withstand hurricane forces.

The Thornton Tomasetti Board of Directors and Managing Principals announce the following promotions to the Associate level and above, effective July 1, 2011.

A Thornton Tomasetti project was recently awarded a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) award. The Windmill Hill Archive and Study Centre in Waddesdon, England is now eligible for consideration for the RIBA Stirling prize, which will be announced at the end of September 2011.

Following two powerful aftershocks that hit New Zealand’s second largest city of Christchurch, Thornton Tomasetti’s Property Loss Consulting team is on the ground to assist clients with properties in the disaster zone.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that forensic architect Steve Kahn has joined the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale office as vice president in the Building Performance practice.

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has been named structural engineer of record for the new William Eckhardt Research Center (WERC) at The University of Chicago, a $215-million, 265,000-square-foot project located at the existing Research Institutes Building at 5630 – 5650 South Ellis Avenue.