Business Briefs: Thornton Tomasetti hires Edward Peck

Words: Bronzella Cleveland

NovemberDecember 2008
Industry News

Business Briefs: Thornton Tomasetti

Thornton Tomasetti has hired Edward Peck, AIA, as a senior associate in the firm’s Chicago office. Peck has extensive experience in innovative building skin materials, including previous work as a design director for Vector-Foiltec in Albany, N.Y., where we was involved with the skin design of the National Aquatic Center in Beijing, China that was used for the 2008 Olympics. MD

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