PROBLEM The WAN-based Revit model collaboration platform called Revit Server requires the user machine to be configured to point to the nearest Revit Server Accelerator. The existing Revit Server network at Thornton Tomasetti consists of 27 Revit Servers that are attached to the office locations where most Revit modeling occurs.[…]
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DHS SAFETY Act Automation
PROBLEM We were studying the SAFETY Act as part of our expansion of security and risk management offerings in our Protective Design and Security practice. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a very informative website but the information on SAFETY Act approved technologies and their certification level (Designation, Designation[…]
GWU Active Shooter Research
My doctoral studies at George Washington University centered on this question Does building geometry affect active shooter outcomes? The backdrop of this study is the rise in active shooter incidents and other low-tech attacks on both civilian and government targets of various types. While the official active shooter data shown[…]
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[…]
Non-Profit Website Development
PROBLEM Infragard is an FBI-affiliated non-profit that is focused on improving critical infrastructure security through collaboration and information sharing between the private sector and federal and local agencies. In 2017, I joined the leadership team of the Evergreen (Seattle) chapter and, and led the creation of a new website. We[…]
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[…]
BIM Process & Team Development
PROBLEM The transition to 3D Building Information Modeling platforms for drawing production was rocky. The firm had a robust custom toolset and practices to support document production in Microstation including robust templates, a VBA Toolbar application that adjusted all settings for layering and annotation. The transition to Revit was rocky[…]
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.[…]
Seattle Antiques Market Website
PROBLEM The Seattle Antiques Market has been a fixture on the Seattle waterfront and wanted to establish a web presence. SOLUTION Happy Duck Media was hired to help solve this problem including: acquiring the domain name establishing email addresses and aliases to match the shop’s procedures designed a simple website[…]
Acorn Cabinets Website
PROBLEM Acorn Cabinets has been designing and installing high-end cabinetry in the Seattle area for years. They had an existing website but wanted to replace it with one that had a more modern look and the ability for the Acorn staff to update key website content. SOLUTION Happy Duck Media[…]