The appointment of military engineer Thomas Austin as the next Architect of the Capitol has been announced by a 12-member bipartisan commission of lawmakers in Washington, D.C.  Austin, a retired Army veteran and the former Director of Engineering at Arlington National Cemetery, will assume... View full entry

Charlie Thornton, the well-admired structural engineer, co-founder and CEO of Thornton Tomasetti, passed away in early December at the age of 83, according to his firm.  The Bronx-born Thornton began his career in the New York offices of Lev Zetlin Associates before pursuing a new venture... View full entry