Clyde N. Baker

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Clyde N. Baker (* 1930 in Flushing , Queens , New York City ) is an American civil engineer ( geotechnical engineering ).

Baker, the son of a surgeon, first studied physics at the College of William and Mary and then electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he then switched to civil engineering (master's degree on the use of isotopes in soil mechanics). At MIT he heard from Karl von Terzaghi, among others . In 1954 he went to STS Consultants, where he later became chairman. STS is an engineering company with 550 employees (2009) headquartered in Vernon Hills , Illinois . When the company was about to go bankrupt in 1994 due to financial mismanagement, Baker and 19 other employees bought the company.

Baker was involved as a consulting engineer in the founding of numerous high-rise buildings in Chicago (including Sears Tower , John Hancock Center , Amoco Building , Water Tower Place , AT&T Corporate Center ) and in the formation of some of the world's tallest skyscrapers such as Taipei 101 in Taipei and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur . He also advised on the Burj Dubai and is geotechnical consultant on the Chicago Spire .

In 2009 he gave the Terzaghi Lecture (Uncertain geotechnical truth and cost effective high rise foundation design). He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Deep Foundation Institute and the Outstanding Service Award from the International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC) as well as the Middlebrooks, the Peck (2000) and Kapp Awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and their OPAL (Outstanding Projects and Leaders) Award. He was president of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) and chaired the geotechnical division of ASCE. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an honorary member of the ASCE (2009). In 2008 he received the Award of Excellence from Engineering News Record.

He was editor of the Geotechnical Engineering Journal.

He is a passionate long-distance runner who first ran the Boston Marathon in 1953 and had his pilot's license at the age of 16.

Fonts

  • The drilled shaft inspectors manual , Deep Foundation Institute / ADSC
  • History of Chicago Building Foundations 1948-1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ STS stands for Soil Testing Services. The company was founded in 1948 by John Gnaedinger.
  2. ↑ ENR 2008, Award of Excellence for Baker, pdf
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Clyde N.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geotechnician
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Flushing