I moderated a session at the ASCE SEI Structural Congress in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2022. The session was titled “Business of BIM: Common Pain Points in a Digital Design Revolution” that consisted of a panel discussion on 3 topics of importance to practicing engineers and firms. Technology How are[…]
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STRUCTURE Magazine Interview
Full issue pdfI was interviewed alongside my co-author as a follow-up to our article in STRUCTURE magazine. The resulting article called “Automation and the Future of Structural Engineering – Installment 2” was published in the March 2022 edition of STRUCTURE. The article covers the following topics: Institutional response to the[…]
TT defense at IAVM Conference
I had the opportunity to lead the development of Thornton Tomasetti’s presence at the 2017 International Association of Venue Managers in Nashville Tennessee. TT was in the process of expanding our security offerings to include broader threat and vulnerability assessments (TVRA) as well as additional security offerings beyond blast protection[…]
Information Technology Management
My role in Digital Design at Thornton Tomasetti is split into 3 parts, BIM management, corporate research and development, and traditional IT management. The IT management part of the job includes several goals related to creating and maintaining the “foundation” for the BIM integration work and included the following: Owning[…]
Revit Server Accelerator Setter
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.[…]
BIM for Global Asset Owner
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[…]
2019 TT Annual Report
I had the honour of being featured in the 2019 Thornton Tomasetti (TT) Annual Report. The theme of the report was Vitality and as a result, the report centered on several ways in which TT is striving to be an enduring organization. I contributed the article on Vitality and a[…]
Fusion Center Conference
In October 2019, I presented to the Washington State Fusion Center Crime and Safety Conference in Leavenworth, Washington. My presentation was in two parts: Thornton Tomasetti’s evolving security capabilities from primarily blast-hardening to more general security and risk assessment and mitigation As part of the evolving security capabilities, I presented[…]
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[…]
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[…]