Magnusson Klemencic Associates

7/29/2010 — MKA Principal Don Davies participates in the Redmond Cycling Club’s Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD) event, completing the 154-mile ride, with 10,000 feet of climbing, in 9 hours, 30 minutes

7/23/2010 — MKA participates in Food Lifeline’s Food Frenzy, working with 97 other organizations to raise $327,000 in revenue (a 17% increase over 2009), volunteer 2,700 food bank hours, donate more than 14,000 food items, and provide 1.3 million meals

7/15/2010 — The Harborview Ninth & Jefferson Building in Seattle (MKA project) receives LEED Gold, and the Mineta International Airport Terminal B (North) Concourse in San Jose (also MKA project) receives LEED Certified

7/1/2010 — Aqua (MKA project) receives “Best Large Structure” from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois in its 2010 Excellence in Structural Engineering awards competition

7/1/2010 — MKA Principal Don Davies joins the newly formed Carbon Leadership Forum led by the University of Washington College of the Built Environment

6/30/2010 — Several MKA projects receive LEED certification, including 300 North LaSalle, Chicago (LEED Gold); 155 North Wacker, Chicago (LEED Gold); Ladd Tower, Portland (LEED Gold); Ladd Tower/First Christian Church development, Portland (LEED Gold – Neighborhood Development); Kent Station Phase 4, Kent, WA (LEED Silver); and Glade Spring Spa at Suncadia, Rosyln, WA (LEED Silver)

6/26/2010 — Several MKA employees run in the Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon (“A Running Nirvana”), including Danny Currit (running the full marathon in 3:07:59), and Amy Haaland, Derek Beaman, and Janet Miller (running the 1/2 marathon)

6/25/2010 — MKA Principal David Eckmann serves as an AISC-representative judge for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’s 10th Annual Steel Design Student Competition in Washington D.C.

6/2/2010 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper presents “2010 Central South Chile Earthquake: Implications for U.S. Building Codes and Standards,” a collection of preliminary observations from the SEI/ASCE Chilean Earthquake Assessment Team (which John led), at a ASCE/NIST/PEER-sponsored workshop

5/21/2010 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper presents “The Role of Building Codes in Delivering Seismic Performance” at the USGS-sponsored Congressional briefing at the House Committee on Natural Resources in Washington, D.C.

5/15/2010 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper presents “February 2010 Chilean Earthquake—Preliminary Observations from the SEI/ASCE Chilean Earthquake Assessment Team” during a plenary lunch at the AISC North American Steel Construction Conference and SEI Structures Congress in Orlando; MKA Principal David Eckmann and MKA Chairman/CEO Jon Magnusson also presented at the conference

5/13/2010 — MKA Principal Greg Briggs presents on BIM at "Design Colloquium 2010 -- Exploring the Special Concerns of Firms Distinguished by Design Excellence" in San Francisco

5/11/2010 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper presents “February 2010 Chilean Earthquake—Seismic Performance of Modern Buildings and the Potential Implications for the Pacific Northwest” at Wright/Runstad’s Seattle offices with David Baska of Terracon

5/7/2010 — MKA presents Mount Si High School senior Jamie Brett with the $2,000 “Magnusson Klemencic Associates ACE Scholarship” at the ACE Mentor Program of Washington’s 2010 Scholarship Breakfast

5/4/2010 — MKA Principal Larry Karlson presents “Building Construction with an International Twist,” for one of the University of Washington Construction Management Department's international construction management courses

4/23/2010 — Structural design of the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is recognized with a Grand Award at the ACEC Engineering Excellence competition in Washington D.C.; it was considered one of the top nine engineering achievements in the country in 2009 (and one of the top two achievements in building-type structures)

4/16/2010 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper responds to a New York Times opinion piece criticizing Seattle's earthquake engineering

4/16/2010 — Bethany Community Church (MKA project) featured as AIA Project of the Month in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

4/7/2010 — Boeing announces test requirements were successfully met during the 787 Dreamliner’s ultimate load wing and fuselage bending test, an analysis which occurred on the 787 static test airframe (MKA project)

4/7/2010 — MKA Director of Earthquake Engineering John Hooper is part of a six-person Seattle-based ASCE team traveling to Chile in April to assess the impact of the recent magnitude 8.8 earthquake and tsunami on infrastructure systems, buildings, and the environment

4/1/2010 — MKA Principal Jay Taylor participates in a design critique for Washington State University’s Architecture 531 "Techtonics" class with Steven Rainville of Olson Kundig Architects

3/29/2010 — Engineering News Record publishes "High On Health Care," an online video about the Lurie Children's Hospital expansion in Chicago, an MKA project

3/26/2010 — MKA Chairman/CEO Jon Magnusson presents "Structural Steel Creating Architecture" to the Canadian Structural Steel Education Foundation's Educators' Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia

3/24/2010 — Cobb Building Renovation (MKA project) featured as AIA Project of the Month in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

3/21/2010 — MKA President Ron Klemencic receives the American Concrete Institute’s Alfred E. Lindau Award at the ACI Convention in Chicago

3/19/2010 — MKA President Ron Klemencic presents the Spring 2010 Fazlur Rahman Khan Lecture, entitled "OUTRAGEOUS!," at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

3/16/2010 — MKA Principal Derek Beaman gives a presentation on the Phoenix Convention Center Expansion to the Central Chapter of the Structural Engineers Association of Arizona in Phoenix

3/15/2010 — 300 North LaSalle (MKA project) named “Development of the Year” in the 22nd Annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards

3/9/2010 — The IAAM Performing Arts Managers Conference concludes in Seattle; MKA Principal Jay Taylor and Design Engineer Lavina Sadhwani offered Seattle building tours for participants and were part of the conference planning committee. Additionally, MKA Director of Civil Engineering Drew Gangnes presented a roundtable session on sustainability.

3/1/2010 — The Wyatt in Portland (MKA project) receives an Award of Honor for Design and Use of Masonry in the Masonry and Ceramic Tile Institute of Oregon’s 2009 Hammurabi Awards program

3/1/2010 — The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas (MKA project) receives a National Award at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s IDEAS2 Awards Program

2/28/2010 — Aqua (MKA project) receives the 2009 Skyscraper of the Year Award from Emporis

2/25/2010 — MKA Principal Terry Palmer moderates the “Reconstructing, Renovating & Revitalizing Airports in Turbulent Times” session at the ACC/AAAE Design and Construction Symposium in Atlanta

2/15/2010 — MKA Engineer Brad Cameron receives the Jacobsen Extra Miler Award from Jacobsen Construction, for performing in an “extraordinary and effective way” on the City Creek Center project in Salt Lake City

2/5/2010 — MKA Principal Don Davies chairs the “Advances in Structural Engineering” session at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s 2010 World Conference in Mumbai, India

2/3/2010 — MKA Principal Terry Palmer gives an airport terminal blast protection presentation at a lunch meeting for HOK’s San Francisco office

2/2/2010 — MKA Principal Terry Palmer presents “Beauty and the Beast,” a seminar on performance-based and architectural blast-protection methods to the City of San Francisco Project Managers group

2/1/2010 — Attention college students! Meet representatives from Magnusson Klemencic Associates as they attend several career fairs across the country from now until March