DESCRIPTION This was an interesting project where there was no physical building being created but rather we were working with a client to improve on their existing BIM process. A dream project for a BIM nerd! This client has a growing collection of global assets. Each building is designed by[…]
Design Project Management
TSA Headquarters
DESCRIPTION I supported the new Operational and Technical Security Team (now Protective Design and Security) at Thornton Tomasetti on the tenant fit-out and security design of the new headquarters for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The development houses an office building, parking garage, and a walkable-secured site. The office structure[…]
Nike LeBron James Innovation Center
DESCRIPTION The LeBron James Innovation Center at Nike World Headquarters (WHQ) is a beautiful building that celebrates and advances the company’s foundation of innovation. One of several new facilities on the WHQ campus (and the second designed by Thornton Tomasetti), the facility’s prominent, central site establishes Nike’s ongoing research and[…]
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
DESCRIPTION The new Aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington celebrates the wonder of the oceans and our shared responsibility to protect them. The new 34,000 square foot building includes a 250,000-gallon warm water Baja Bay tank to house hammerhead sharks and sea turtles. The tanks are[…]
Tieback Model Creation Automation
PROBLEM As part of the Climate Pledge Arena project, we were designing the shoring walls of the perimeter of the site. The geotechnical team completed their designs outside of the Revit BIM but we wanted to be able to deliver the design in BIM for cross-discipline coordination. This could have[…]
Engineering Office Design and Fit-out
PROBLEM The Seattle office of Thornton Tomasetti was growing and nearing the end of the lease on our first-ever office (reuse of a small architectural firm’s office). We needed to find an office in the downtown core (office director’s preference) that could accommodate growth in staff for the office while[…]
Basement Apartment Design
DESCRIPTION I worked with a friend of mine (who was a project manager in my engineering firm) to help convert an unfinished basement to a finished rentable unit. The layout was complicated so we developed a 3D model of the space and explored several design iterations before deciding on a[…]
Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art
DESCRIPTION Multi-part project which added “the best G’damn loading dock in history” and will eventually add 11,500 square feet of exhibition space and 67,000 square feet of public areas within the existing structure. ROLE Served as the BIM Lead responsible for coordinating the modeling effort including advanced 3D modeling in[…]
KAFD Science Museum and Geo-Climate Centre
DESCRIPTION Part of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), these two buildings were “Attractor” buildings in the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia development. The 300,000 sq ft, $320 million project was geometrically complex and had a tight schedule that required the creation of automated tools to link the coordination and analysis models.[…]
Washington State Convention Center 800 Pike
DESCRIPTION Demolition and conversion of the old MOHAI Facility at 800 Pike Street for the Washington State Convention Center. The facility remained open and operational during the construction of the 138,000 square foot, 6- floor project that converted existing areas into usable convention spaces. The project included the expansion of[…]