DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF HUDSON YARDS
FOUR SKYSCRAPERS BUILT OVER AN ACTIVE RAIL YARD IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
October 5, 2020 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Presenters
ELI GOTTLIEB, PE
Managing Principal & New York Metropolitan Co-Director
Thornton Tomasetti
A graduate of Columbia University and Princeton University, Gottlieb is a leader in Thornton Tomasetti’s Structural Engineering practice. He has worked on technically challenging and creative projects around the world. Gottlieb’s experience includes the structural analysis, design and review of nearly every type of building, including museums and cultural institutions, commercial and residential high-rises, hotels, healthcare facilities, academic buildings and sports venues. Gottlieb brings creative thinking and new approaches to many of his projects. He led the engineering of the 10-acre platform over an active rail yard on which much of Manhattan’s massive Hudson Yards is built, as well as The Shed, also part of the development, which created a new paradigm for flexible cultural and performance space. Gottlieb’s portfolio also includes 7 and 11 Times Square and New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York, the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor and Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
JEFF CALLOW, PE
Principal
Thornton Tomasetti
A graduate of Princeton University, Callow has considerable experience in structural analysis, design, 3D modeling and project management. His portfolio includes high-rise commercial buildings, sports venues and cultural facilities. Callow has extensive experience in the firm’s Advanced Project Delivery methods, working with the Construction Engineering practice to deliver Tekla mill order and detailing models directly to the steel fabricator. His projects include The New York Times Building in New York, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and 30 Hudson Yards in New York.