The international engineering firm, Thornton Tomasetti, has won awards for three of its projects.
The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) in Anaheim, Calif., Pegula Ice Rink at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa., and the Northwestern Medicine Outpatient Care Pavilion in Chicago, Ill., have each received a 2014 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architecture (TAP) Building Information Modeling (BIM) award.
Pegula Ice Rink – Awarded for “Delivery Process Innovation”
• Pegula, home to Penn State University’s men’s and women’s NCAA Division I hockey teams, features a 45-foot tall glass and steel atrium and entrance, and a 6,000-seat ice rink.
• Thornton Tomasetti was hired by Crawford Architects/Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects to provide structural services and by Mortenson to provide construction support services. The project was completed in 2013.
Northwestern Medicine Outpatient Care Pavilion – Awarded in “Delivery Process Innovation”
• The Outpatient Care Pavilion is scheduled for completion this year, and has construction costs of $175 million.
• Thornton Tomasetti was contracted by architectural firm Cannon Design to provide structural services to the 975,000 SF, 24-story Outpatient Care Pavilion. The contractor on the project was Lend Lease/Pepper Construction JV, and the owner is NW Memorial Health Care.
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center – Awarded for “Stellar Architecture Using Steel”
• Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design services and enclosure design services for Phase I of ARTIC, an all-steel, 66,500 SF terminal building featuring a grand hall, ticketing center and retail spaces that provides a gateway for Metrolink Commuter Rail, Amtrak, high-speed rail, bus and roadway transportation. The project is slated for completion in 2014.
• The transit center is a project of the City of Anaheim and Orange County Transit Authority. Along with Thornton Tomasetti, the ARTIC team included HOK, architect; Parsons Brinkerhoff, project manager and civil engineer; Buro Happold, MEP, enclosure engineering and 3D documentation; and Clark Construction, general contractor.
