The FBI Portland Field Office Complex takes multihazard design to the next level. read more

Weidlinger Associates designed many aspects of the intricate plan to erect a massive boiler on a narrow, inaccessible site and transport it on rails into an existing building, from which an entire wall was removed. read more

The MIT Media Lab extension, designed by Maki and Associates with Leers Weinzapfel Associates, received the Harleston Parker Medal, which acknowledges Boston’s “most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure.” read more

“Room for One More,” Weidlinger’s table and chairs exhibit, was constructed entirely of Goya cans; all cans from the exhibition will be donated to City Harvest for distribution to local food banks. read more

Weidlinger Principal Dr. Mohammed Ettouney represents the firm’s leadership in the burgeoning field of dynamic facade design, a major contributor to high-performance buildings. read more

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Dr. Ettouney, a Weidlinger principal, will represent the IASCM U.S. delegation to the 6th International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring in Sydney, Australia. read more

Weidlinger engineers presented current research on infrastructure security and other topics at the 83rd Shock and Vibration Symposium in New Orleans; Weidlinger Principal Dr. Mohammed Ettouney hosted a daylong special session on the security of critical infrastructure. read more

Dr. Ettouney, a Weidlinger principal, will address multihazard theory at the 5th International Conference on Protection of Structures against Hazards. read more

Dr. Ettouney will discuss the capabilities of Integrated Rapid Visual Screening, a software tool he co-developed to assist facility stakeholders in making important decisions about hazard mitigation. read more

Weidlinger designed the unique twin-peaked Tenstar Dome^TM for South America’s first fabric-covered stadium. read more

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The firm was the structural engineer for the new Meadow Structure, wind turbine, and wind scoop, which exploit solar and wind energy in the first project to combine photovoltaic film panels with a PTFE-coated fiberglass membrane. read more

Bragg will serve as chief legal officer; Weiss will focus on high-design civic projects. read more

The panel discussion is part of the ASCE National Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference attended by educators from throughout the U.S. read more

Weidlinger was the civil and structural engineer for the new facility, designed with a goal of LEED Gold Certification. read more

The award recognizes Daddazio for distinguished service to the university spanning more than a decade. read more

More than a million firms worldwide are qualified by the ISO 9001 management standard, which is more popular in the United Kingdom than the United States. read more

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Art of the Americas Wing and the MIT Media Lab Extension—winners of Gold and Silver, respectively—use transparency to enhance exterior and interior relationships. read more

Rasgus, who received an engineering excellence award from Metropolitan Washington’s premier structural engineering association, is both a Registered Architect and licensed Professional Engineer. read more

La Plata, the first stadium in South America to be covered by a fabric dome, won Platinum, and the University of Virginia South Lawn Project, which extends Thomas Jefferson’s historic “Academical Village,” won Gold. read more

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Roman, Trajanic or Hadrianic Period, early 2nd century A.D. Marble
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Weidlinger has performed many tasks related to the moving of artworks at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the firm was the structural-engineer-of-record for the Museum’s new Art of the Americas Wing. read more

Leading virtual-prototyping software now includes MediFlex^TM, 3D visualization, and a more user-friendly interface. read more

Banks, a member since 2000, has coauthored papers in IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (UFFC). read more

Pappas spearheaded expansion of resident engineering services; Hu leads the firm’s bridge inspection group. read more

Cadorette will coordinate the firm’s transition to the use of Building Information Management (BIM) on all future projects. read more

The New York Building Congress cited Daddazio for his innovation and leadership within the engineering profession. read more

Retired principal Ron Mayrbaurl, who headed Weidlinger’s Transportation group with Herbert Rothman for more than two decades, was a foremost expert on suspension bridges. read more

Weidlinger engineers made seven presentations at the Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center’s 82nd SAVIAC symposium. read more

Weidlinger Associates announces additional 2011 promotions. read more

Weidlinger Principal Mohammed M. Ettouney coauthors treatise on emerging discipline that builds on the assumption of inevitable and continuous aging of structures. read more

The structure exceeded performance expectations during its first year of operation, demonstrating that, despite criticism of green rating systems, adherence to sustainability standards can result in measurable cost and energy savings. read more

Dr. Anurag Jain will attend symposium that encourages interchange among engineers from disparate fields; Weidlinger principal Peter DiMaggio attended last year. read more

The firm was structural engineer for the Beinecke Library and new residential buildings at Yale University and protected utilities during the demolition of the New Haven Coliseum. read more

Weidlinger was the structural engineer for the building that houses the city’s Emergency Operations Center and Watch Command, which replaced temporary offices in use since 9/11. read more

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Matthys Levy's presentation on the tallest buildings and the longest bridges was part of Columbia University's Lou Silano Lecture Series. read more

The winner, a doctoral candidate at George Washington University in Washington, DC, proposed using virtual prototyping software PZFlex to develop treatments for retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye. read more

Weidlinger’s Cambridge office collaborated with Boston architect Finegold Alexander + Associates to repurpose prison complex into apartments and restaurant. read more

Dr. Ettouney is a past president and board member of ASCE’s Architectural Engineering Institute and pioneered the new fields of structural health and multihazard design. read more

Weidlinger’s decision to salvage most of the original structure left the smallest carbon footprint and reduced the expense of repurposing it into the five-star Chatwal New York Hotel. read more

Stadium to host opening match of the 2011Copa America soccer tournament read more

Najib Abboud joined panelists from the Port Authority of NY and NJ, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Center for National Policy in arguing that the design of resilient infrastructure to meet a range of known and unknown threats, including aging, should be the goal of public policy and engineering experts over the next decade. read more

The awards, which honor work initially supported by U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) R&D grants, are presented to companies that are "beacons of promise and models of excellence in high technology." read more

Innovative sustainable designs for a federal office building in New Jersey, a border crossing facility in Massena, New York, and an FBI parking garage in San Juan were cited at a Washington, DC, ceremony. read more

Joint Venture is awarded $5-million architectural and engineering task order for five-acre New Mexico complex. read more

Weidlinger collaborated with John Cotton Architects to bring low-income housing and the first new supermarket in 50 years to an underserved South Los Angeles neighborhood. read more

Vaughan is an innovative software developer who previously managed the firm’s Mountain View office; Fierro has provided strong leadership for over 20 years on Tappan Zee Bridge projects in his role as resident engineer. read more

Engineering challenges included seamless joining of old and new structures and support of highly transparent facades. read more

Distinguished Achievement Award Presented at Annual Awards Dinner read more

Weidlinger's Board of Directors and Managing Principals announce two promotions for 2011. read more

Search Widens for Creative Technology After Inaugural Winner Publishes Research read more

Weidlinger Collaborated on the Most Ambitious Undertaking on U. Va. Grounds in More Than a Century read more

A leading authority on protective design, Dr. Smilowitz has been a major participant in the planning and implementation of physical security in Lower Manhattan and at other high-profile sites. read more

Weidlinger's Board of Directors and Managing Principals announce promotions for 2010. read more

Weidlinger principal Dr. Mohammed Ettouney, and Dr. Sreenivas Alampalli of the NY State DOT, coauthors of a two-volume book on infrastructure health monitoring, led a panel discussion on the effects of the I-35 bridge collapse on inspection practice and a one-day workshop on recent advances and technologies in bridge management. Weidlinger senior associate Qi Ye led a session on testing of pile foundations and his colleagues in Weidlinger’s bridge division presented a paper on cable evaluation and rehabilitation. read more

Weidlinger collaborated with Sage and Coombe Architects on award-winning designs for the Bronx River Art Center rehabilitation, Ocean Breeze track and field house, and on-pier Marine Company 9 firehouse. read more

Dr. Levine received the Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for contributions to structural mechanics that have “substantially strengthened the scientific base of structural engineering.” Concurrently, Weidlinger consultant Frank L. DiMaggio received the Raymond D. Mindlin Medal. read more

Weidlinger's already completed preliminary civil engineering plans for streets, sewers, utilities, and power generation will be integrated with Snøhetta’s final design. read more

University of Leeds scientists are using nano-bubbles and ultrasound waves to transport small doses of chemotherapy drugs through the bloodstream directly to tumor sites. read more

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Sustainability governed the design of a new retail pavilion on Liberty Island, a National Parks Service structure that restores the processional to the Statue of Liberty. read more

Panelists brought together by Weidlinger to discuss Emerging Technologies and Venture Capital at Cooper Union are members of an entrepreneurial sustainability community in New York City that seeks to become the next Silicon Valley. read more

Weidlinger designed five bridge rehabilitations for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway section honored by the Long Island chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. read more

Weidlinger collaborated with io Architects on the design of a commercial building that merged glass with historic cast iron, creating a new strategy for historic districts. read more

Weidlinger received the award for merging proven post-tensioning and concrete segmental technologies to produce an extremely cost efficient and streamlined light-rail viaduct in Monterrey, Mexico. read more

Dr. Hart joined ASCE in 1964, when he was a student at USC, and has received many awards from the organization throughout his career. read more

Architect KieranTimberlake was selected from a group of four finalists in a competition to design the new U.S. Embassy in London; Weidlinger is the structural and blast engineer. read more

A new version of Weidlinger's best-selling software adds memory, wizard tools, and new computational elements. read more

The Department of Energy awarded Weidlinger a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research grant, which NY State matched at 10 percent, to refine a promising new solar panel hybrid developed by Columbia Engineering professor Huiming Yin. read more

Abboud was interviewed about the World Trade Center tower collapses for a documentary on alternate theories. read more

Dr. Mohammed Ettouney organized and spoke at a symposium on December 9, 2009, sponsored jointly by the Architectural Engineering Institute of ASCE and the Steel Ornamental Metal Institutes of New York, which addressed the technical aspects of designing buildings for longevity. read more

Weidlinger's Board of Directors and Managing Principals announce promotions for 2009. read more

Weidlinger researchers presented recent work on historic bridges, among other topics, at SAVIAC's 80th Shock and Vibration Symposium in San Diego from October 25-29, 2009. Jeffrey M. Thomsen received the Mel Baron Award, named for one of Weidlinger's founding partners. read more

Weidlinger teamed with Navarro Research and Engineering and Rock Gap Engineering to pursue this small business opportunity. read more

Levy explored structural solutions for water conservation as a newly elected Honorary Member of IASS (the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures). read more

Weidlinger opened a PZFlex® office in Glasgow on September 1, headed by former Rolls-Royce principal technologist Gerald Harvey. read more

Weidlinger was the structural engineer for a seismic upgrade of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasadena, which received an LA Conservancy award. read more

The winner, a doctoral candidate at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, proposed using PZFlex® for research in micro-structured materials and tissue, with “potential benefits for both NDT and medical imaging.” read more

The design director of Weidlinger's East Coast Buildings group, who has been the structural designer of many US and Chinese landmarks, is one of fifty outstanding business leaders being honored by AABDC this year. read more

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Matthys Levy, who has been lecturing on climate change and is trying to focus attention on the lack of potable water, is one of 21 interviewees featured on a popular green-community website in anticipation of Earth Day. read more

The Gaoyang International Cruise Terminal is the first facility of its kind in the world to be placed underground; a bubble-shaped glass-clad observation building floats over it at one end. read more

Gordon Chen, Steven Highfill, and Peter J. Quigley occupy leadership positions in newly created strategic business groups. read more

Dr. Nachiket H. Gokhale, a Weidlinger research engineer, has co-authored a paper that proposes a nonlinear imaging algorithm that could be used to distinguish between benign and malignant growths. read more

Ms. Stanley, Weidlinger's Director of Business Development, was cited for being “a great friend to architects and a bridge between the architectural and engineering communities.” read more

Weidinger announced the appointment of Ms. Rimma Zaleznik, MBA, CPA, and PMP, as Chief Financial Officer of the firm. read more

Weidlinger-sponsored award presented at SAVIAC conference; Weidlinger principals appear in Discovery Channel 9/11 documentary; Weidlinger CEO addresses industry's future at Professional Women in Construction event; Weidlinger researcher publishes a comprehensive review of blast analysis approaches. read more

Levy earned the engineering school's most prestigious alumni award for his “pioneering work in designing and developing unprecedented structures of beauty and utility around the world” and his direction of “one of the world’s leading structural engineering and applied mechanics firms.” read more

Analysis of floor vibration problems that compromise tenant comfort is complicated; retrofit solutions are expensive and largely untested. Dr. Avci’s much-needed research focuses on extending bottom chords of popular and economical joist-supported floors. read more

Weidlinger's Board of Directors and Managing Principals announce promotions for 2008. read more

Elasto-Plastic and Damage Analysis of Plates and Shells advances the field of shell structures and creates new analytical tools to assess damage caused by multiple hazards. read more

Weidlinger was among the handful of engineers named to the first list of leading green firms compiled by Engineering News-Record magazine. read more

Dr. Mohammed Ettouney is the second Weidlinger principal to receive the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Homer Gage Balcom Award, named for the engineer of Empire State building. read more

Small to mid-sized companies can now purchase a more affordable version of Weidlinger's popular PZFlex® virtual prototyping software that meets their needs for reduced time to market of new designs. read more

Weidlinger received the Diamond for its Pier 3 Cruise Ship Canopy in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Platinum for protecting utilities during demolition of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut. read more

The newest version of Weidlinger's virtual-laboratory software is significantly more user-friendly, featuring faster modeling startup. PZFlex® supports innovations in medicine, energy, transportation and telecoms and is first in world markets for mediclal therapeutics and sonar. read more

SEA-MW honored Weidlinger Associates for its structural and protective design of DC’s first new cabinet-level building in 30 years. read more

Peggy Van Eepoel is being featured by the coalition of engineering societies that sponsor National Engineers Week; she is her division's youngest Associate and a specialist in blast engineering. read more

The five engineers who were promoted to principal are experts in their respective fields; all head Weidlinger divisions or branch offices. read more

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Eric Hansen, Darren Tennant, Robert Smilowitz, and Jim Weeks accepted the award at SAVIAC’s 78th Annual Shock and Vibration Symposium. read more

The Medal, named for CCNY’s founder, is given for “exemplary contributions to his chosen field of endeavor.” Levy engineered the Marriott Marquis Hotel, where the awards dinner was held, as well as many City College buildings and New York City landmarks. read more

Analyzing hazards in combination reduces the cost of protecting infrastructure and promises improved safety. Weidlinger principals spoke at a symposium that considered new methods of addressing the multiple threats of blast, earthquake, wind, flood, and wave surge. read more

Extensive advanced computer modeling demonstrated that using conventional braces to upgrade Watson Hall at Orange Coast College was more efficient and less costly than using more fashionable alternatives. read more

The managing director of Weidlinger Associates’ bridge engineering division is one of fifty outstanding business leaders honored by AABDC this year. read more

Weidlinger Associates has joined with Brian L. Cochran and Associates to provide full-service building design on the West Coast. read more

The famous image of Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima, captured first as a photograph by Joe Rosenthal for the Associated Press, and then as a bronze monument, was an inspiration to Fentress Bradburn Architects for the award-winning structure. read more

Environmental activist Bill McKibben calls Matthys Levy's WHY THE WIND BLOWS “a straightforward, fascinating and powerful users' guide to the planet.” Levy set out to write an entertaining primer about the weather, but his research led him to take a strong stand on climate change and to present his findings at a technical meeting in China. read more

Blasting the columns of the massive structure caused neither gas leaks nor interruptions to vital communications. Weidlinger's "green" temporary structures were made from recycled Coliseum soil and materials. read more

Stanley has worked in all marketing areas during her 20-year career in the A/E/C industry. As Director of Business Development for Weidlinger's buildings practice, Stanley increased the firm's business in New York and Washington, DC. read more

Dr. Raymond Daddazio has succeeded Dr. Jeremy Isenberg as President and Chief Executive Officer. He is the third person to lead the firm since its establishment in 1949. read more

DiMaggio has led a variety of projects in the U.S. and overseas. He is currently working on two historically significant projects: a U.S. embassy on Pariser Platz in Berlin next to the Brandenburg Gate and a University of Virginia academic building. read more

Weidlinger principal Ettouney is a multifaceted engineer and researcher who seeks to inspire a more multidisciplinary approach to solving problems of the built environment and improving the codes that govern design and construction. read more

The "Crossroads of the World" are about to become wider and more pedestrian-friendly. The new plan has already been traffic-tested for more than two years using asphalt extensions and temporary bollards. read more