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Patrick S McCafferty

@McCaffertyPS

husband • father • teacher • engineer • Cornellian • Arupian • Harvard lecturer • architectural critic • gravity slayer • rider of horses • driver of Passat

 Boston, MA
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Joined July 2013
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Arup Americas@ArupAmericas10 Jun 2020
The Exploration Deck inside the world's tallest horizontal #skyscraper opened to the public this week at Raffles City Chongqing. Arup's design teams from Boston + Shanghai worked w/Moshe Safdie Architects to provide structural engineering for the project: cnn.it/2MI9Zc3
Glass-bottom deck opens atop China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’ | CNN

Glass-bottom deck opens atop China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’ | CNN

Dubbed a horizontal skyscraper, The Crystal stretches 350 meters across four of the eight skyscrapers that make up Raffles City Chongqing, a multi-use riverside complex in the southwest China...

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Structural Engineer’s Credo: “Statics makes the world go ‘round no more than is appropriate.”
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Kevin Sullivan@KSullivanFAIA3 Jun 2019
Pretty Cool.....Northeastern #PedX and #ISEC drone photo posted on twitter today.
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Mark Walsh-Cooke@Mark_WalshCooke1 May 2019
Great collaborative project @payettepeople @ArupAmericas #ArupBOS20 @McCaffertyPS @JakeWayneLIGHT
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Urban Design as public art.....Northeastern PedX is almost ready.....#ISEC
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Mark Walsh-Cooke@Mark_WalshCooke11 Mar 2019
Check out the world’s first “horizontal skyscraper” taking shape in the heart of the Raffles City Chongqing development in China – @McCaffertyPS and the team in #ArupBOS led the structural design then handed off to our colleagues in Shanghai cnn.it/2u1iZj5

China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’ attraction nears completion | CNN

Raffles City Chongqing is China’s latest engineering marvel. It’s topped by a “horizonal skyscraper,” a huge skybridge connecting eight towers. Here’s what travelers can expect.

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Extremely proud to have helped lead structural design of this extraordinary project:
Arup Americas (@ArupAmericas) profile pictureArup Americas@ArupAmericas4 Mar 2019
Our engineers in Boston led the structural #engineering from Concept Design thru Design Development, then handed off to our colleagues in Shanghai for this massive mixed-use development! @ArupGroup
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Arup Americas@ArupAmericas11 Jan 2019
#ArupBOS is proud to have assisted @MassDOT and the Allston community in developing unifying alternatives for this key area along Boston's Charles River as part of the independent review bit.ly/2VM3hVZ @BostonGlobe
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An engineering feat completed as Northeastern pedestrian bridge that will unite Boston campus is raised news.northeastern.edu/2018/1…
An engineering feat completed as Northeastern pedestrian bridge that will unite Boston campus is...

An engineering feat completed as Northeastern pedestrian bridge that will unite Boston campus is...

The largest piece of the Northeastern University Pedestrian Crossing was put in place Sunday, a key component of the university’s vision to join the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury and Fenway, and...

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PAYETTE@payettepeople14 Oct 2018
The @Northeastern #pedestriancrossing looks good during the day too! Photos from the #ISEC. @SkanskaUSA @ArupAmericas
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This happened overnight. #WorldofEngineering @TheIET

A new Boston landmark arises

It was as much a grandiose act of aerial ballet as a feat of engineering. In the dark chill of an October night, a towering red crane hoisted a massive burnt-orange span on a thick metal cable.

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Kevin Sullivan@KSullivanFAIA14 Oct 2018
At 4:15am the Northeastern PedX main span is set....Campus/City will be forever changed#isec file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/65/05/01E3776A-592C-4745-8862-71EFCC5CFC4B/IMG_3829.jpg
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⁦@ArupAmericas is proud to have collaborated w/ our friends at ⁦@payettepeople⁩ on this exciting new bridge for NU Northeastern University - Home facebook.com/northeastern/
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Kevin Sullivan@KSullivanFAIA14 Oct 2018
Just witnessed our bridge launch at Northeastern this morning....a spectacle to behold file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/9a/10/8489E202-D48B-4F5F-9A44-D840562DA683/56119283243__47F4E302-BFA6-423C-BA1D-357DE9B38EC2.JPG
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Bright lights, new bridge. We're LIVE from the construction site: facebook.com/northeastern #Boston #NUexperience #worldofengineering
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PAYETTE@payettepeople14 Oct 2018
Missed the #pedestriancrossing @Northeastern lift last night? You can watch it over at facebook.com/northeastern or check out photos on instagram, we’re @payettepeople. @SkanskaUSA @ArupAmericas
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Mark Walsh-Cooke@Mark_WalshCooke14 Oct 2018
Replying to @ArupAmericas
@ArupAmericas #arupbos proud to be part of the design team @McCaffertyPS
Kevin Sullivan (@KSullivanFAIA) profile pictureKevin Sullivan@KSullivanFAIA14 Oct 2018
Just witnessed our bridge launch at Northeastern this morning....a spectacle to behold file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/9a/10/8489E202-D48B-4F5F-9A44-D840562DA683/56119283243__47F4E302-BFA6-423C-BA1D-357DE9B38EC2.JPG
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Joel Tiphonnet@JTiphonnet14 Oct 2018
Well done @payettepeople and @Northeastern University for bridging two worlds
Kevin Sullivan (@KSullivanFAIA) profile pictureKevin Sullivan@KSullivanFAIA14 Oct 2018
Just witnessed our bridge launch at Northeastern this morning....a spectacle to behold file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/9a/10/8489E202-D48B-4F5F-9A44-D840562DA683/56119283243__47F4E302-BFA6-423C-BA1D-357DE9B38EC2.JPG
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The next National Medal of Honor Museum Community Stakeholder Meeting will be taking place July 26 at Alhambra Hall starting at 6:30pm. #MeetTheMOHM facebook.com/events/28987222…
National Medal of Honor Museum Stakeholder Meeting

National Medal of Honor Museum Stakeholder Meeting

Causes event in Mount Pleasant, SC by National Medal of Honor Museum on Thursday, July 26 2018

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Am I the only one who loves going to Starbucks and ordering a “tall hot blonde?”
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World Economic Forum
@wef7 Mar 2018
A city in the sky. Learn more: wef.ch/2HezfBQ
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