The Institution awarded the 2016 Gold Medal to Robert A. Halvorson a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the Institution of Structural Engineers in the United Kingdom.

Robert A. Halvorson leads the structural engineering practice of Halvorson and Partners, a WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Company. Bob, as he is known by most, is an industry leader in the structural design of high-rise buildings and long-span structures. He has collaborated with notable architects across the globe, developing clever structural systems for one-of-a-kind buildings. Over the last four decades Bob has engineered more than sixty buildings forty stories or taller, including Allied Bank Plaza in Houston, 111 West Wacker in Chicago, Torre Caja Madrid in Madrid, Burj Mohammed bin Rashid Tower in Abu Dhabi, and Hanking Center in Shenzhen.

Bob's interest in structural design began with a summer job in high school as a carpenter's helper. Constructing simple wooden frames spurred a curiosity about how larger, more complex structures were designed. Through his formal studies at Cornell and Stanford Universities his curiosity escalated into a passion.

Bob began his career with Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), serving in their Chicago, Houston, New York, and London offices. In 1983 his demonstrated leadership and creativity earned him the distinction of becoming the firm's youngest partner at the age of 31. Bob left SOM and founded Halvorson and Partners in 1996. Within ten years the firm had a staff of nearly seventy professionals with award-winning, prominent building designs in Madrid, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Hanoi.

Under Bob's leadership Halvorson and Partners merged with WSP in 2015, a strategic move that allowed his firm to service a wider range of clients in an increasingly competitive industry.

The Gold Medal is the Institution's most prestigious award, presented to those individuals who have made a unique and outstanding contribution to the advancement of structural engineering.

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