Ammann & Whitneywas a full-service Civil engineering firm that provided design and construction services for public and private sector projects. The firm provided new construction, renovations,adaptive reuse,historic preservation,interior designandsustainable design.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Structural Engineering |
| Founded | 1946 |
Key people | Othmar Herrmann Ammann, Nick Ivanoff |
Number of employees | 250 |
| Website | [1] |
In 2016, Ammann & Whitney merged withLouis Bergerto formLouis Berger U.S.[1]
History
editAmmann & Whitney was founded in 1946 byOthmar Ammann,a bridge designer, and Charles S. Whitney, a designer of innovative structures. Whitney's innovations include collaborations withEero Saarinenon early thin-shell concrete structures such asKresge Auditorium(1955),TWA Flight Center(1962), and the main terminal atDulles International Airport(1962).[2]
Ammann & Whitney has since grown into an international firm. While working with a wide variety of projects including (steel, concrete, masonry and timber) bridges for vehicular, pedestrian and rail traffic, Ammann & Whitney focuses on long span suspension bridges. Examples of the firm's bridge work include theDelaware Memorial Bridge,Walt Whitman Bridge,theGeneral Belgrano BridgeinArgentina,theThrogs Neck Bridgeand most notably theVerrazano-Narrows Bridge.[3]
In July 2016, Ammann & Whitney merged with Louis Berger.[1]It is now Berger's long-span bridge division.[4]
Ammann & Whitney currently has offices on the East Coast of theUnited Statesand its headquarters in New York City. There are branch offices inBoston,MA,Philadelphia,PA,Pittsburgh,PA,Richmond,VA, Miami, FL, andWashington, D.C.
Bridge and Highway Projects
editNew York City
- Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
- Throgs Neck Bridge
- Triborough Bridge
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
- Wards Island Bridge
- George Washington Bridge
- Williamsburg Bridge
Elsewhere
- Bear Mountain Bridge,upstate New York
- General Belgrano Bridge,Argentina
- Bridge of the Americas,Panama
- Delaware Memorial Bridgebetween Delaware and New Jersey
- Benjamin Franklin Bridge,Philadelphia
- Golden Gate Bridge,San Francisco
- Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge,northeastern Maryland
- Huguenot Bridge,Richmond, Virginia
- Mon/Fayette Expressway,Pittsburgh vicinity
- Roebling Suspension Bridge,between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky
- Royal Gorge Bridge,Colorado
- Tobin Bridge,Boston, Massachusetts
Projects
editAmmann & Whitney projects included:[5]
- Arecibo Radio Telescope,Puerto Rico
- Dulles International AirportTerminal Buildings
- TWATerminal atJFK International Airport
- Kresge Auditorium
- Queens Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Opera House
References
edit- ^ab"Louis Berger merges two operating companies to form a new U.S. operation".Louis Berger. July 5, 2016.RetrievedDecember 30,2017.
- ^Whitehead, Rob (2014)."Saarinen's shells: The evolution of engineering influence".Iowa State University Digital Repository:84.Retrieved4 November2018.
- ^"Ammann & Whitney Official Website".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-02-03.Retrieved2008-10-23.
- ^"Ammann & Whitney merger".Louis Berger.RetrievedDecember 30,2017.
- ^"Ammann & Whitney".International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering.