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Richard Zottola


RICHARD ZOTTOLA
P.E., C.E. M.ASCE, M. Eng.


Education

Cornell University, Master of Eng. (Structural), 1982
Cornell University, B.S. (Civil), 1981



Professional Experience

With the firm since 1982, Mr. Zottola was named partner in 1990. A Partner of the firm Partner-in-Charge of LERA's White Plains office, Mr. Zottola has extensive experience in design of the full spectrum of building types. He was Project Director of Puerta de Europa, Madrid's landmark leaning towers and Project Manager for the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. His long-span structure experience includes the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA and the suspension bridge at the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan.


Professional Licenses

Professional Engineer - New York. Licensed or eligible in all 50 states.

Civil Engineer - California


Honors and Awards

Mr. Zottola is a member of the Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society. He was LERA's Partner-in-Charge of the Buck Institute for Age Research located in Novato, CA. The project won an NYACE Engineering Excellence Award for the structural design which featured a unique and innovative integration of structural steel floor framing and concrete shear walls.

As LERA's Partner-in-Charge of projects at the World Trade Center, Mr. Zottola was deeply involved in the recovery efforts following the events of 9/11. He also was awarded The World Trade Center Medal for Individual Acts of Valor for his efforts following the 1993 terrorist attack.


Professional Activities

A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. Zottola is currently Chair of the Steel Working Panel for the New York City Model Code Program.


Selected Publications, Papers and Talks

Leaning High Rise Buildings - Puerta de EuropaModern Steel Construction, May 1991

Structural Systems for the New Bank of China Building, Fourth International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong & Shanghai

Material Selection in the Design of Innovative Structures - Sentra BDNI Development


Office Buildings

La Caixa Bank Headquarters, Sant Cugat, Spain
Puerta de Europa, Madrid, Spain
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong


Residential

Hamilton Court, White Plains, NY
Buckingham Place, Manila, Philippines


Sports and Entertainment Facilities

iPark - LA Fitness Center, Lake Success, NY
Hunts Point Youth Center, Bronx, NY


Convention Centers

San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA


Educational Facilities

Stamford Ninth Grade Center, Stamford, CT
Stanwich School Condition Assessment, Greenwich CT
Westchester Day School, Mamaroneck, NY
Academic Building I, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Rehabilitation of Husted Hall, SUNY-Albany, NY Wagner School, New York University, New York, NY
Columbia University East Campus Masterplan, New York, NY
Founders' Hall, Rockefeller University, New York, NY


Renovations/ Repairs

United Nations Capital Master Plan, New York, NY
World Trade Center Renovations, New York, NY
Windows on the World Renovation, New York, NY
World Trade Center-Reconstruction from the 1993 Bombing
Children's Place Headquarters, Hackensack, NJ
Marriott, World Trade Center, New York, NY
Chase Manhattan Bank, Stony Brook, NY


Historic Preservation

Apollo Theater, New York, NY
United Nations Capital Master Plan, New York, NY
Renovation of Sara Delano Roosevelt House, Hunter College, CUNY
Historic Preservation Services, DCAS, New York, NY
Founders' Hall, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Welch Library Modernization, Rockefeller University, NY, NY
Columbia University Department of Real Estate, New York, NY
Stuyvesant Town Renovations, New York, NY
St Ann's Holy Trinity Church, New York, NY


Laboratory Research and Health-care Facilities

NYC DEP Laboratory Consolidation, Kingston, NY
Assisted Living Facility, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY
Buffalo Life Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY
Medical Research Complex, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA
Biotechnology Incubator Facility, SUNY Farmingdale, NY
Columbia University Animal Research Facility, New York, NY


Museums/ Libraries

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
The Flynt Center of Early New England Life, Deerfield, MA
Athens Museum, Athens, Greece
University of Iowa Law Library, Iowa City, IA
National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia


Broadcasting Facilities

WMHT Broadcasting Facility, Albany, NY
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Corporate Video, NY, NY
World Trade Center HDTV Antenna, New York, NY


Corporate Interiors

Bank of America, New York, NY
Marsh and McLennan, New York, NY
Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, NY
Bankers Trust, New York, NY


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