- Joseph Colaco
Dr. Joseph Philip Colaco,
USA , is a well known American structural engineer and author. Dr. Colaco, known as Joe, is noted for his contributions to the supertall skyscrapers in the United States and in Middle East. He received hisPhD . incivil structural engineering from the University of Illinois in 1965.In 1965, employed by
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , he began working inChicago ,Illinois . In 1969 he joinedEllisor Engineers Inc. ,Houston, Texas . Dr. Colaco established his own company,CBM Engineers Inc. in 1975 and has been serving as thePresident of the company.Dr. Colaco's design innovations improved the construction of high-rise buildings, enabling them to withstand enormous forces generated on these super structures. These new designs opened an economic door for contractors, engineers, architects, and investors, providing vast amounts of real estate space on minimal plots of land.
He is noted for his contributions to the designs for some of the multi-billion dollar projects in the United States,
Middle East andIndia including Chicago's 100-storyJohn Hancock Center , 75-story JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, 165-storyBurj Dubai Tower inDubai (present tallest tower in the world) andThe Imperial Twin Towers,Tardeo ,Mumbai , India.One of the foremost structural engineers of the century, Dr. Colaco epitomized both structural engineering excellence and creative collaborative effort between
architect andengineer .Membership
National Academy of Engineers,
ACI , ASCE,AISC .Registrations
He is a registered professional engineer in Illinois, Georgia,
Texas ,Missouri ,Colorado ,California (Civil) California (Structural Authority),Florida ,Michigan ,Maryland ,Pennsylvania ,Virginia ,North Carolina ,Kentucky ,Minnesota ,Washington DC ,United Kingdom andSingapore ,Tennessee .External links
* [http://www.cbmengineers.com/ CBM Engineers Inc. website]
* [http://www.tamest.org/conference06presentations/colacovideo.html Joseph Colaco speaks at the University of Houston]
* [http://www.fouroaks.com/Brochure/Page3.html FourOaks Development Team]
* [http://www.egr.uh.edu/news/0701/?e=haerexhibit At the Houston HAER exhibit opening]
* [http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun07/5144 How to build a mile high skyscraper? IEEE Spectrum]
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