private company industry structural and civil engineering founded 1923 headquarters seattle washington key people john skilling jon magnusson ron klemencic number of employees 200 website www.mka.com magnusson klemencic associates is an american structural and civil engineering consulting firm with its headquarters in seattle washington . the company has completed projects worth more than 73 billion in 47 states and 51 countries . significant mka projects through its history include the world trade center the columbia center aqua the doha convention center tower and the olympic sculpture park . contents 1 history 1.1 honors and awards 2 notable projects 2.1 skyscrapers 2.2 stadiums public spaces and other projects 3 references 4 external links history edit magnusson klemencic associates was founded in 1923 as the w.h. witt company 1 in seattle . in 1929 witt died in a railroad crossing accident and the company passed to partners harold worthington and george runciman who was referred to as a leading structural engineer in seattle 2 . during this time the firm designed several notable seattle buildings including the joseph vance building and the 1223 spring apartment building . 3 after the end of world war ii the building industry in the united states picked up and the firm grew in size . in 1955 the firm was renamed worthington and skilling reflecting the addition of john skilling as a partner . john skilling a member of the national academy of engineering remained a partner in the firm for over 45 years . 4 notable projects under skilling s leadership include the world trade center ibm building and the columbia center . during the design of the world trade center the firm maintained offices in seattle as well as new york city . however in the early 1980s partner leslie e. robertson split the new york city office from the firm to become leslie e. robertson associates . in 1976 jon magnusson joined the firm having recently graduated from berkeley . by age 30 magnusson was a principal and at age 34 he was ceo of the company . in 2003 magnusson was recognized as an honorary member of the american institute of architects aia . 5 ron klemencic joined the company in 1992 having spent the previous six years at kpff consulting engineers in seattle . 6 he was eventually promoted to president and in 2003 the firm changed its named to magnusson klemencic associates the first time since 1955 that the name did not reflect john skilling s leadership . to date the tallest building designed in the firm s history is the 1 808 ft doha convention center tower currently under construction . below is a summary of the firm s name changes since its inception . 1923 1955 w.h. witt company 1955 1960 worthington & skilling 1960 1967 worthington skilling helle & jackson 1967 1983 skilling helle christiansen robertson 1983 1987 skilling ward rogers barkshire 1987 2003 skilling ward magnusson barkshire 2003 present magnusson klemencic associates honors and awards edit since 1996 mka has won the grand conceptor award three times . the grand conceptor award is the highest award given by the american council of engineering companies acec . 7 it is awarded to the best overall engineering project in the country each year . mka was given the grand conceptor award for the keyarena 1996 8 the seattle united states courthouse 2006 9 and the olympic sculpture park 2008 . 10 magnusson klemencic has employed many notable engineers . john skilling 11 leslie robertson 12 and jack christiansen 13 three of its former partners are members of the national academy of engineering the most prestigious honor that can be given to an engineer . in his election citation john skilling is described by the nae as a pioneering building engineer . other awards include engineer of the year awarded by the structural engineers association of washington which has been given to several mka engineers including bill ward john skilling john hooper jon magnusson and michael valley . 14 notable projects edit skyscrapers edit the following is a partial list of notable skyscrapers 15 designed by mka . the world trade center was designed by partners of the firm including leslie robertson before he departed to found his own company leslie e. robertson associates . world trade center doha convention center tower kafd world trade center leatop plaza aqua russell investments center highcliff 300 north lasalle blue cross blue shield tower louisville museum plaza the summit 111 south wacker drive 340 on the park one rincon hill stadiums public spaces and other projects edit seattle central library experience music project emp museum levi s stadium home of the san francisco 49ers avaya stadium home of the san jose earthquakes safeco field home of the seattle mariners centurylink field home of the seattle seahawks stockton arena mineta san jose international airport olympic sculpture park omni san diego hotel dee and charles wyly theatre references edit mka corporate website retrieved 2013 03 26 historic american engineering record written historical and descriptive data pdf retrieved 2013 06 28 seaw seaw hall of fame retrieved 2013 06 28 seaw seaw hall of fame retrieved 2013 06 28 aia honorary member recipients retrieved 2013 06 28 purdue college of engineering our people ron klemencic retrieved 2013 06 28 american council of engineering companies acec engineering excellence awards retrieved 2013 06 12 american council of engineering companies acec news release pdf retrieved 2013 06 12 american council of engineering companies acec 2006 engineering excellence awards publication pdf retrieved 2013 06 12 american council of engineering companies acec 2008 engineering excellence awards publication retrieved 2013 06 12 national academy of engineering nae member directory john skilling retrieved 2013 03 26 national academy of engineering nae member directory leslie robertson retrieved 2013 03 26 national academy of engineering nae member directory jack christiansen retrieved 2013 07 29 structural engineers association of washington engineer of the year seattle retrieved 2013 03 26 council on tall buildings and urban habitat the skyscraper center retrieved 2013 03 26 external links edit magnusson klemencic associates corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title magnusson klemencic associates & oldid 737201025 categories construction and civil engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in seattleengineering consulting firmscompanies established in 1923 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite 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