Thornton Tomasetti: Project Updates

We've the Zenith

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:07:24 +0000

We’ve the Zenith
Busan, South Korea

Construction is complete on the 4.1-million-sf, 378,500-m² mixed-use development (recently featured in Popular Science magazine). Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design to architect DeStefano + Partners. The development comprises three towers of 70 to 80 stories with underground parking and retail. At 80-stories (300 m), Tower A is the tallest residential building in South Korea. A nine-story podium housing retail sits at the center of the development. Exposure to typhoons posed the grea…

Orange County Great Park Visitors Center

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:08:21 +0000

Orange County Great Park Visitors Center
Irvine, Calif.

Construction is set to begin on the 5,000-sf Visitors Center pavilion at the Orange County Great Park—a new urban park built on the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (featured in the movie “Independence Day”) spanning more than 1,300 acres. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design to architect WRNS Studio. The steel and CMU structure features a gallery under a high roof covered with metal deck on steel beams. The lateral load resisting system is a mix of moment and concentrically braced frames above CMU and metal-stud shear walls. Although not typically used in a small building in a high seismic area, a mixed system was adopted due to the challenging arc…

Westchester's Ridge Hill

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:09:45 +0000

Westchester’s Ridge Hill
Yonkers, N.Y.

Thornton Tomasetti provided structural engineering services to architect Studio 5 Partnership for the New York metropolitan area’s largest mixed-use outdoor shopping center, which opened last month. The project encompasses 13 separate retail structures, including a 12-screen movie theater and a 150,000-sf existing office building that was converted into retail at the ground floor. The complex’s structural system is typically steel-frame construction accommodating a variety of external building envelopes: precast, brick veneer, glass curtain wall, EIFS, zinc panel and stone veneer. Five precast concrete parking garage structures, from five to seven stories, provide 4,600 spaces for parking. We cr…

Incheon International Airport, Terminal 2, Phase III

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:23:34 +0000

Incheon International Airport, Terminal 2, Phase III
Incheon, South Korea

We are providing structural peer review services through schematic design and design development to a consortium led by Heerim Architects & Planners for a 350,000-m2 terminal expansion. Thornton Tomasetti was part of the team led by Heerim and Mooyoung with design architect Gensler, which was selected from nine others competing. The low structural fee allocated for the project led us to reduce our original role from structural engineer to peer reviewer. The 800- by 1,200-m terminal, designed to resemble an encounter between two phoenixes, will house a ticketing hall, concession/retail and a concourse with 72 gates. It features a long-span, vaulted, space-frame …

Engineering News-Record, New York Region Best Projects 2011

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:26:13 +0000

Engineering News-Record, New York Region Best Projects 2011
New York, N.Y.

Three Thornton Tomasetti projects won this year’s Engineering News-Record magazine’s New York Region Best Projects awards. We provided structural design for the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., winner in the Sports/Entertainment category. The 720,000-sf home to the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins opened in 2010 and is the first NHL and AFL (Arena Football League) arena to be LEED Gold certified. It also hosts basketball, concerts and various other events. Populous was the architect. Our renovation and office conversion of the IRS 30th Street Campus…