Thornton Tomasetti

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Sep 1, 2026

Construction Genius

Construction Genius

You're the Bottleneck: Building the Banks of the River So Your Team Can Flow, with Scott Borroughs

Sep 1 · 2 Mentions

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:05

So we had mentors and people that could help us with that.

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:08

And then our design team, the structural engineer was Thornton Tomasetti, and then GEI was the soil consultant and engineer for the retaining wall.

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:20

So they had a lot of experience there and they helped us come up with a plan for how we were going to excavate this and then again, build the structure.

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:28

So the auditorium itself, we had several, went through several different ways as far as how we were going to build it.

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:36

But Thornton Tomasetti had used a process called strand jacking before, which again was something unique to us.

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:42

And we decided on doing it because from a schedule and a safety standpoint, we're able to build this whole bowl structure.

Scott BorroughsGUEST

7:50

So again, over 100,000 square foot structure.