Board of Trustees, CTBUH Chairman (2001-2006)
Board of Trustees, Executive Committee (2006-2009)
Advisory Group, Member (1996-2010)
Working Group; Siesmic Design, Co-Chair (2007-present)
Committee; Membership, Chair (1991-1993)
Award Recipient, CTBUH Fellow (2011)
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Seattle, USA
rklemencic@mka.com
Ron Klemencic is President of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, an award-winning structural and civil engineering firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Ron earned his Masters degree in Structural Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986 and has accrued his design experience since 1986. Over the course of his career, Ron has acquired a reputation among developers, architects, and contractors alike as an "idea guy", who can supply creative engineering solutions, value-added innovations and an innate ability to see the big picture. Ron is active on the lecture circuit, addressing a variety of structural design issues for professional conferences, as well as instructing graduate students at the University of Washington, University of California Berkeley, and University of Illinois, among others. His published research papers in the field of tall buildings include discussions on post-tensioned floor slabs and reinforced concrete core wall connections, large-scale reinforced concrete link (coupling) beams, dual-plate composite core walls (steel plate shear walls), and more.
He is a member of the American Concrete Institute, the Structural Engineers Associations of Washington and Illinois, and the Urban Land Institute. He is a registered engineer in 14 U.S. states, including Washington and California, as well as British Columbia in Canada. Ron’s designs cover the spectrum of project types and materials and incorporate the latest cutting-edge approaches. His international experience includes project designs in 20 countries, such as the Doha Convention Center and Tower in Qatar, Rosewood Abu Dhabi in UAE, and King Abdullah Financial District construction review efforts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ron has worked in 22 U.S. states, and some of his recent projects include One Rincon Hill in San Francisco, the 300 East Randolph (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Vertical Expansion in Chicago, and Museum Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky.
His published books and research papers in the field of Tall Buildings include:
FRY, J.A., HOOPER, J, & KLEMENCIC, R. (2009). Core Wall Case Study Design for PEER/CSSC. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings (Sixth Annual Special Issue), December 2009. Published by the Los Angeles Tall Building Structural Design Council (Proceedings of the May 2009 annual meeting of the Los Angeles Tall Building Structural Design Council).
JOHANSSON, O., LAHEY, J., KLEMENCIC, R. & WOLF, M. (2008). A Tale of Two Cities: Collaborative Innovations for Sustainable Towers. Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress, 3rd-5th March 2008. Dubai, UAE. Published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago. pp.362-372.
FRY, J.A., HOOPER, J., KLEMENCIC, R., & MORGEN, B. (2007). Performance-Based Design of Ductile Core Wall Systems -- Issues to Consider Before Detailed Analysis. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings (Fourth Annual Special Issue), December 2007. Published by the Los Angeles Tall Building Structural Design Council (Proceedings of the May 2007 annual meeting of the Los Angeles Tall Building Structural Design Council).
FRY, J. A., HURTADO, G., KLEMENCIC, R. & MOEHLE, J. P. (2006). Performance of Post-Tensioned Slab-Core Wall Connections. PTI Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, December 2006. Farmington Hills, USA. pp.7-23.
KLEMENCIC, R. (2003). Towards Better and Safer Built Environment. Proceedings of CIB/CTBUH Conference, 20th-23rd October 2003. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago. pp.1-5.
KLEMENCIC, R. (2003). Where Do We Go From Here? - In the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attacks. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Journal 2003, Spring Issue. Chicago, USA. pp.30-34.