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7/21/2008 — MKA will be at the following CAREER FAIRS. Stop by and say hello! University of California Los Angeles, October 21, 2008, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  7/12/2008 — The sun shines for MKA's 2008 Company Picnic at Vasa Park on the shores of Lake Sammamish, providing perfect conditions for the water balloon toss 7/10/2008 — A group of MKA's summer interns rise to new heights at the top of 1521 Second Avenue, a 37-story residential tower in Seattle (and an MKA project) 7/10/2008 — The 350-foot-long structure of the Museum of Flight pedestrian bridge (an MKA design) is barged up the Duwamish River from the fabricator's shop to its final destination at East Marginal Way South 6/23/2008 — MKA moves up 43 places in ranking in Engineering News Record's "Top 500" list, published in their June 23, 2008, issue 6/18/2008 — MKA Principal John Hooper presents "Research Implementations: Making a Difference" at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) in Portland, Oregon 6/15/2008 — MKA Chairman Jon Magnusson presents the commencement address to 2008 graduates of the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 6/12/2008 — MKA ranks #7 (based on revenue) in the listing of top Puget Sound Area Engineering Firms published in the June 6-12, 2008, issue of Puget Sound Business Journal 6/10/2008 — MKA wins "Most Innovative" award in the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois' 2008 Engineering Excellence Competition for design of One Rincon Hill, San Francisco, continuing a 7-year record of wins in the competition 6/4/2008 — MKA civil engineer Brian Taylor presents on "Low-Impact Techniques for Buildings" at the WSU Extension/Puget Sound Partnership conference held in Sequim, Washington 6/1/2008 — MKA's performance-based seismic design of One Rincon Hill featured in Architectural Record's "Continuing Education" feature (originally written for ENR by Nadine Post) 5/13/2008 — MKA engineers, "dancing" to a metronome, participate in a research project measuring ballroom floor vibrations at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center 5/10/2008 — MKA engineers Cameron Hufford and Matt Streid gear up for the 2008 Midwest Can-Struction competition; MKA is a sponsor of the event and is teamed with Bovis Lend Lease 5/9/2008 — MKA Principal Derek Beaman presents the $2,000 Magnusson Klemencic Associates ACE Scholarship to a senior from Roosevelt High School planning to study civil engineering at the University Washington 4/30/2008 — MKA Engineer Jared Plank writes a column for the Structural Engineers Association of Washington’s newsletter, “Equilibrium,” detailing MKA’s ACE mentoring effort for 2007-2008 4/29/2008 — MKA wins the national-level ACEC Grand Conceptor Award, its highest honor across all disciplines, for the Olympic Sculpture Park, entered in the “Environmental Engineering” category; Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels declares April 29, 2008, as MKA/OSP Day 4/28/2008 — Olympic Sculpture Park receives “Top Restored Beach Award” from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association 4/25/2008 — AIA Washington Council presents its annual Civic Design Awards, giving the only Honor Award to the Peninsula College Science and Technology Center, a Merit Award to the Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch, and Citations to the Evergreen Community College Whitehorse Hall and the Museum of Flight Pedestrian Bridge (all MKA projects!) 4/25/2008 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper and Senior Associate Ola Johannson present “One Rincon Hill: Raising the Bar,” a paper they co-wrote with MKA President Ron Klemencic, at the ASCE Structures Congress in Vancouver, BC 4/24/2008 — MKA Principal Jay Taylor participates in a panel discussion, “Transitioning through Leadership and Ownership Change,” at the ”Design First” Colloquium in San Francisco 4/23/2008 — MKA Director of Civil Engineering Drew Gangnes lectured twice at the University of Washington this month, first presenting "Sustainable Sites: LEED and Beyond" to a Construction Management graduate student class on April 17, and then presenting "Low Impact Design" to a Civil and Environmental Engineering class on April 23 4/20/2008 — MKA Project South Lake Union Discovery Center recognized as one of the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment’s Top 10 Green Projects for 2007 4/1/2008 — MKA Principal Jay Taylor named Honorary Member of the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 4/1/2008 — “Seismic Performance of Damage-Protected Beam-Column Joints,” an article co-written by MKA engineer Kevin Solberg, is published in the March-April ACI Structural Journal 3/31/2008 — MKA CEO/Chairman Jon Magnusson and Marketing Manager Julie Jackson present “Strategy and Marketing” for the University of Washington Design Firm Leadership and Management Certificate Program 3/12/2008 — Jon Magnusson, Chairman/C.E.O. of MKA, featured in Modern Steel Construction article "Reaching for the Stars" (March 2008), which discusses the whys of "Starchitects" versus "Star-Engineers" 3/5/2008 — MKA President Ron Klemencic presents “The Tale of Two Cities: Collaborative Innovations for Sustainable Towers” (a paper co-written with MKA Senior Associate Ola Johannsson and several architects from Solomon Cordwell Buenz) at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai, UAE 3/1/2008 — MKA COO Brian McIntyre and Senior Associate Peter Somers visit career fairs at the University of Washington, UCLA, UCSD, Stanford, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and University of Texas at Austin during the month of February 2/29/2008 — MKA Principal Terry Palmer represents “blast and security protection” in a panel discussion on “Terminal Inspiration – Planning and Design” at the ACC/AAAE Airport Planning, Design, and Construction Symposium in Denver 2/23/2008 — MKA Principal John Hooper receives the Washington Society of Professional Engineers 2008 “Engineer of the Year” award. John was co-nominated by Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) and the Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2/16/2008 — MKA hosts three teams of high school students in the ASCE Young Member Forum Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest; MKA engineers Ardel Jala, Serena Markey, and Kevin Solberg, along with Mithun architect Casey Riske, helped the teams with their creations, while MKA engineer Joanna Hingle served as a technical judge for ASCE 2/13/2008 — MKA Principal Jay Taylor serves as structural consultant at a design critique for the University of Washington Architecture 501 class 2/13/2008 — MKA Principal Matt Corsi begins his term as president of the Seattle Architectural Foundation 2/9/2008 — MKA engineer Tim Matthews presents the University of British Columbia’s EERI Student Chapter’s “Confined Masonry Project” at the annual meeting of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute in New Orleans 2/2/2008 — MKA hosts three teams of high school students preparing for the ASCE Young Member Forum Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest. The teams, made up of students from Seattle's ACE Mentor Program, will compete with other high schools around Puget Sound on Feb. 16 for the top prize; 2007's strongest bridge held more than 400 pounds! 1/22/2008 — MKA principal Robert Anderson presents “Project Overview: Harborview Hospital Renovation,” at a Structural Engineers Association of Washington lunchtime meeting 1/21/2008 — ENR cover story features One Rincon Hill (MKA project) and highlights MKA efforts in advancing performance-based seismic design of high-rise structures 1/18/2008 — MKA project Olympic Sculpture Park receives the Gold Award for Environmental Engineering from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington; it will now go on to the ACEC national awards competition, with winners announced in April 1/18/2008 — MKA President Ron Klemencic named American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington “2008 Engineer of the Year”; the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce features a Q&A with Ron about his engineering career 1/7/2008 — MKA Director of Civil Engineering Drew Gangnes named one of ENR’s Top 25 Newsmakers of 2007, for work promoting benefits of green roofs 12/13/2007 — Southwest Contractor Magazine recognizes Phase 1 of the Phoenix Convention Center Expansion (MKA project) with the Best Structural Engineering Project in Arizona’s Best of 2007 Awards 12/13/2007 — Time Magazine features Olympic Sculpture Park (MKA project) as #3 on its Top 10 list of “The Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels” 12/12/2007 — Alley24 (MKA project) featured as AIA Seattle AIA Project of the Month in Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce 12/7/2007 — Shelley Clark presents “Planning the Perfect Ski Vacation: From Groomers to Chutes, In Style” a non-industry Roundtable at the ICSC CenterBuild Conference in Phoenix. Shelley also served as a member of the Roundtable organizing committee this year 12/7/2007 — Northwest Construction recognizes MKA projects Seattle Sheraton Expansion and 2200 in Seattle as tie winners of Best Major Project in the Washington’s Best of 2007 Awards; also recognized was The Wyatt (Cronin Block) in Portland, which was a tie winner of Best Major Project in Oregon’s Best of 2007 Awards 12/7/2007 — California Construction Magazine recognizes MKA projects The Odeon (150 Powell Street) in San Francisco as Best Redevelopment and Bay Street Emeryville as Best Mixed-Use in Northern California’s Best of 2007 Awards 12/1/2007 — Midwest Construction Magazine recognizes MKA projects the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois with the Award of Merit for Public Works and 340 on the Park (340 East Randolph) in Chicago with the Award of Merit for Residential in its Best of 2007 Awards |
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