From Pause to Progress: Engineering the Return of Jeddah Tower

Note: This presentation will not be recorded. 

Courtesy Saudi Binladin Group

Using Jeddah Tower—the world’s first skypiercer—as a case study, this presentation examines the challenges of restarting building construction after a several year pause. It covers all the necessary considerations involved in a restart including an as-built condition assessment, structural performance assumptions, updated testing, construction methods, and constructability reviews, with emphasis on integrating revised information into analysis, design, and delivery.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the principal technical and decision making challenges involved in restarting construction from an in-place/as-built condition after a prolonged pause.
• Explain how a restart can affect structural performance assumptions, including stiffness, dynamic behavior, wind response, creep and shrinkage, and vertical compensation.
• Recognize practical strategies for integrating updated testing, construction methods, and constructability reviews into the analysis and delivery of the world's first skypiercer.

1.0 CE Credit (Please note CE Certificates will be emailed ONE WEEK after the event)

Location

Cliff Dwellers Club
200 S. Michigan Ave, 22nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60604

Complimentary appetizers available:  5 – 6 pm
Presentation time:  6:00 – 7:00 pm

Registration

This event is FREE, and will be both in-person as well as live-streamed. You must RSVP in order to attend, whether online or in person.

Online registration closes 30 minutes before the in person event starts. 

About the Speaker

Jerome "JJ" Tobolski
Principal, Thorton Tomasetti

Jerome (JJ) Tobolski is a Principal at Thornton Tomasetti specializing in tall and complex building design. He has contributed to high profile tower projects around the world including the World Expo 2020 Centerpiece Venue in Dubai and projects domestically like The Row in Fulton Market. His work focuses on developing innovative, efficient, and constructible structural solutions for complex building geometries. Jerome is a licensed Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer in the United States, a Chartered Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers, and LEED AP BD+C certified.