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Chelsea Beacon Affordable Housing Development Breaks GroundSeptember 17, 2026
A historic West Chelsea landmark is being transformed into affordable housing through adaptive reuse, restoration and resilient design.
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Consideration Of The Threat from Hydrogen As We Expand Its UseJuly 05, 2023
Hydrogen has been used for many years across a number of industries and its characteristics as a flammable fluid are well known. As the world starts its progression to net zero, hydrogen is seen as a form of energy that is both transportable and flexible and can replace traditional hydrocarbon fuels. Looking forward, there exists plans for uses of liquid and gaseous hydrogen at much wider ranges of volumes and pressures than are typical of current hydrocarbon projects.
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Driving Electric Vehicle ProductionJune 22, 2023
As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) grows, we’re partnering with steel fabricators and erectors to optimize constructability for several U.S. manufacturing facilities.
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2022 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion UpdateJune 22, 2023
Since 2016, our ED&I initiative has contributed to building an inclusive environment and increasing the firm’s gender, ethnic and racial diversity.
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Roundtable: Decarbonizing Today for Tomorrow's World, and...June 22, 2023
What does decarbonization entail and what does its future look like?
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Preparing for Hurricane Season 2023June 01, 2023
As we approach the start of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, let’s take a look back at the 2022 season, as well as the developing El Niño, and learn what this means for the season to come.
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Play Ball!March 30, 2023
It’s spring and that means baseball is back! At ballparks everywhere ground crews are prepping the turf and chalking the baselines as coaches finalize their starting lineups.
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Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Safety in Building Design + ConstructionJanuary 10, 2023
Thornton Tomasetti experts Ali Ashrafi and Elisa Paone examine the fire safety risks lithium-ion batteries can pose in buildings in a recent Building Design + Construction article.
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Hydrogen Explosion Events and Comparison with MethaneNovember 09, 2022
The use of hydrogen as a replacement for natural gas presents all of the hazards we associate with natural gas although the extent of the hazards can be greater for hydrogen; the flammability ranges in air for hydrogen are 4 % to 75 % by volume, high pressure releases of hydrogen can auto-ignite and hydrogen explosions can be more severe as hydrogen is more prone to detonation.