CTBUH Gold Member

McNamara • Salvia

About

Member Since: 2000

Member Offices: Boston

Website: http://www.mcsal.com/

McNamara • Salvia has combined a common sense approach with nationally recognized technical design experience. With more than 95% of their business from returning clients and referrals, their credibility is represented by their clients.

McNamara • Salvia brings award winning creativity, innovation, and experience in structural design to a wide variety of project types. Their experience spans the nation reaching from all areas of New England to the high-seismic regions of Las Vegas and California to the hurricane climate of South Florida.

They specialize in all types of building structures including world-class medical, educational and research facilities, urban and suburban corporate headquarters and campuses, high-rise towers, retail, commercial and mixed use developments, and multi-unit residential structures.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Wind Engineering

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

2000

Member Offices

  • Boston

Buildings

Rank
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height

1

35 Hudson Yards

307.8 m / 1,010 ft

2

Torre Mitikah

267.3 m / 877 ft

3

50 West 66th Street

236.2 m / 775 ft

4

130 William Street

230.1 m / 755 ft

5

Brooklyn Point

212.1 m / 696 ft

6

South Station Tower

206.4 m / 677 ft

7

Jade Signature

193.9 m / 636 ft

8

11 Hoyt Street

190.8 m / 626 ft

9

One International Place

182.9 m / 600 ft

10

The Pinnacle at Central Wharf

182.9 m / 600 ft

Building Completions Timeline

 

Videos

19 September 2012

Sloshing Dampers for Slender Concrete Towers

This presentation examines the application of specially designed tuned sloshing dampers such as bi-directional and double-decker dampers to two very slender concrete towers currently under...

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Research

19 September 2012

Sloshing Dampers for Slender Concrete Towers

Tall towers with very slender aspect ratios of height to width of the structural system are becoming very common as today’s architectural idiom. Mitigation of...

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Research

26 February 2001

Practical Solution to Reduce the Wind-Induced Response of Tall Buildings

This paper presents the results of an investigation of the application of viscous dampers in a high-rise structure located in an urban environment. The structure,...

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Rank
Name
City
Height

1

35 Hudson Yards

New York City

308 m

1,010 ft

2

Torre Mitikah

Mexico City

267 m

877 ft

3

50 West 66th Street

New York City

236 m

775 ft

4

130 William Street

New York City

230 m

755 ft

5

Brooklyn Point

New York City

212 m

696 ft

6

South Station Tower

Boston

206 m

677 ft

7

Jade Signature

Sunny Isles Beach

194 m

636 ft

8

Miami River

Miami

192 m

630 ft

9

11 Hoyt Street

New York City

191 m

626 ft

10

Copley Place Residential Tower

Boston

191 m

625 ft

11

One International Place

Boston

183 m

600 ft

12

Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower

Boston

183 m

600 ft

13

The Pinnacle at Central Wharf

Boston

183 m

600 ft

14

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston

172 m

564 ft

15

Solitair Brickell

Miami

168 m

550 ft

16

Two International Place

Boston

164 m

538 ft

17

18 Sixth Avenue

New York City

162 m

532 ft

18

One Congress Street Tower 2

Boston

161 m

528 ft

19

Bulfinch Crossing Residential Tower

Boston

158 m

519 ft

20

13-14 Appold Street

London

156 m

512 ft

21

100 Las Olas

Fort Lauderdale

151 m

495 ft

22

LUMA at Miami Worldcenter

Miami

151 m

494 ft

23

One St Petersburg

St. Petersburg (FL)

139 m

456 ft

24

Atlantic Wharf

Boston

139 m

456 ft

25

Ellipse

Jersey City

136 m

444 ft

26

611 West 56th Street

New York City

134 m

440 ft

27

1865 Broadway

New York City

127 m

416 ft

28

40 Trinity Place

Boston

122 m

400 ft

29

Planet Hollywood Las Vegas

Las Vegas

119 m

390 ft

30

Pierce Boston

Boston

115 m

378 ft

31

Moxy Hotel

New York City

111 m

364 ft

32

South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2

Boston

106 m

349 ft

33

The Gallery at Harborplace

Baltimore

106 m

346 ft

34

AVA Theatre District Tower

Boston

103 m

338 ft

35

888 Boylston Street

Boston

99 m

325 ft

36

RiverCenter I

Covington

94 m

308 ft

37

The Harrison

New York City

94 m

308 ft

38

Ellison Building

Boston

93 m

306 ft

39

One Congress Street Tower 3

Boston

90 m

294 ft

40

RiverCenter II

Covington

89 m

292 ft

41

One Congress Street Tower 4

Boston

87 m

286 ft

42

South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3

Boston

85 m

279 ft

43

660 Washington Apartments

Boston

84 m

275 ft

44

4 West Las Olas

Fort Lauderdale

83 m

272 ft

45

Lantera

Boston

64 m

211 ft

46

33 Lomansey Way

Boston

- m

- ft

47

One West Palm Tower I

West Palm Beach

- m

- ft

47

One West Palm Tower II

West Palm Beach

- m

- ft

49

Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse Renovation

Cambridge

- m

- ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

6 Completed

9 Under Constr.

300 m+ Buildings

1 Completed

Average Building Age*

16 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (50%), 16 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (66%), 19 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Total: 32 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.
 
Total: 29 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.
 

*Based on 33 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

Building Completions Timeline

 

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

 

Videos

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19 September 2012 | Shanghai

Sloshing Dampers for Slender Concrete Towers

This presentation examines the application of specially designed tuned sloshing dampers such as bi-directional and double-decker dampers to two very slender concrete towers currently under...

19 September 2012 | Shanghai

Track 12: Controlling & Harnessing Building Movement Q & A

The Track 12 panel consisting of: Robert McNamara, McNamara/Salvia Inc.; Constantin Christopoulos, University of Toronto; Ahsan Kareem, University of Notre Dame, answer questions from delegates.

Research

19 September 2012

Sloshing Dampers for Slender Concrete Towers

Robert McNamara, McNamara/Salvia; Ahsan Kareem & Dae-Kun Kwon, University of Notre Dame; Deepak Kumar, IIT Madras

Tall towers with very slender aspect ratios of height to width of the structural system are becoming very common as today’s architectural idiom. Mitigation of...

26 February 2001

Practical Solution to Reduce the Wind-Induced Response of Tall Buildings

Robert J. McNamara, McNamara/Salvia

This paper presents the results of an investigation of the application of viscous dampers in a high-rise structure located in an urban environment. The structure,...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving McNAMARA • SALVIA

CTBUH Florida Takes Construction Tour of Jade Signature

17 August 2017

The CTBUH Florida Chapter hosted a tour of Jade Signature, a luxury condominium complex under construction in Miami.

CTBUH NYC Organizes One Vanderbilt Site Tour

06 June 2017

CTBUH New York hosted a series of presentations and a tour at the construction site of One Vanderbilt, which will rise to 427 meters when completed in 2021.

CTBUH Florida: Tall Building Damping Technologies

25 April 2017

CTBUH Florida held a presentation on Tall Building Damping Technologies at the School of Architecture, University of Miami.

CTBUH NYC YPC: Spring Social at BIG

07 April 2016

CTBUH New York Young Professional Committee held their annual Spring Social event at Bjarke Ingels Group's New York Office on April 7, 2016.

YPC: 2015 Achievements and Event Success

16 March 2016

CTBUH YPC held their first meeting of 2016 on March 16 at the offices of SOM to discuss the success of the past events and plans for future initiatives.

Performance and Behavior of Tall Buildings for Wind Loads

13 January 2016

CTBUH YPC hosted an event on wind engineering and understanding its effects on tall buildings as well as to provide insight into the engineering efforts in design of shorter buildings.

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