Chicago, Ill. - March 6, 2014
Joseph Burns, S.E., P.E., CEng, RIBA, LEED AP, a managing principal in Thornton Tomasetti's Chicago, Ill. office, and Kyle Krall, P.E., a senior principal in the firm's London office, have been selected to represent the international engineering firm on U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker's trade mission to the Middle East from March 8-14.
Key Points
· The trade mission is specifically focused on export opportunities for U.S. businesses in the infrastructure sector, and maintaining the U.S.'s commitment to a sustained economic partnership in the Gulf region.
· The mission will specifically focus on areas such as project management and engineering (including construction, architecture and design), renewable energy (solar, wind, waste-to-energy), smart grid and energy efficiency, and environmental technologies (including water/wastewater, air pollution control and waste management). The delegation will visit the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Thornton Tomasetti was one of 21 companies selected from more than 80 candidate firms.
· Thornton Tomasetti has served as the structural engineer for a number of projects in the Middle East, including several in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the Qatar National Convention Center and an airport maintenance hangar and cargo warehouse at New Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar; and Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
· Burns has more than 30 years of experience designing structures and investigating and renovating existing buildings. He specializes in the design of complex structural systems, including earthquake engineering and dynamic analysis.
· As one of the founders of Thornton Tomasetti's Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices, Krall oversees the firm's work in the Middle East and leads its Building Performance practice in the region. He has more than 27 years of structural engineering experience and has worked on the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, UAE and the Sowwah Square peer review and site observation in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Supporting Materials
Thornton Tomasetti
www.thorntontomasetti.com/about/leadership/12-joseph_burns
http://www.thorntontomasetti.com/about/leadership/31-kyle_krall
United Sates Department of Commerce
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Thornton Tomasetti is a leader in engineering design, investigation and analysis serving clients worldwide on projects of all sizes and complexity. With practices in building structure, building skin, building performance, construction support services, property loss consulting and building sustainability, Thornton Tomasetti addresses the full life cycle of a structure. We have supported clients working in more than 50 countries, with projects that include the tallest buildings and longest spans to the restoration of prized historic properties. Founded in 1956, today Thornton Tomasetti comprises more than 800 engineering, architectural and support professionals who collaborate from offices across the United States and in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
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