In a passage from his elegant memoir, structural engineering icon Charlie Thornton recounts his early days in practice, his first two projects, and how an elemental knowledge of computers gave his career a leg up in 1964.
TT+20: Harnessing The Power Of Big Data
TT+20: How can we retain the 'Other 51 Percent'?
TT+20: Experts ponder the promise of 3D printing
Earlier this year, Thornton Tomasetti convened a broad array of AEC experts, researchers, academics, and practitioners to explore where our industry will be in 20 years. Here, five global thought leaders explore how 3D printing will change the way we think about design and construction?
TT+20: How Delivering The Model will change everything
Virtual valhalla speeds new Vikings stadium
When the Minnesota Vikings’ shimmering new U.S. Bank Stadium opens in 2016, the team and its hardy fans hope the $1-billion facility will capture the best of both worlds: an indoor stadium with an outdoor feel. Right now, that magic, and more, is being achieved virtually.
Sustaining people, profit and our planet
7 Things We Learned @ the AEC Hackathon
Chicago atwitter in wake of 1st AEC Hackathon
Chicago's first-ever AEC Hackathon took over BuiltWorlds this past weekend, filling our space with creative engineers, architects, coders, hackers, students and volunteers. Teammates eagerly reached across competitive silos to collaborate on solving industry problems. Some took home prizes, but all left energized and blessed with new friends.
High times in Shanghai spur CTBUH expansion
Denver now firm's third office to earn LEED Gold
Power lift to stack 34 floors on existing urban mall
Optimism fuels FutureTech, collaborative momentum grows
Despite uncertainty surrounding the host's new ownership, legal concerns over liability in the age of collaboration, and doubts about the sustainability of yet another sports construction boom, the excitement and overall optimism was still enough to overwhelm the ENR FutureTech conference in Atlanta earlier this month.