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William F. Baker Biography

William F. Baker is one of the most popular and richest Civil Engineer who was born on October 9, 1953 in Fulton, Missouri, United States. William Frazier Baker, also called Bill Baker (born October 9 1953) is an American structural engineer best known for designing the Burj Khalifa, which is the world’s tallest man-made structure and the highest building. Bill Baker is currently an structural engineer associate in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM).

Her career is also characterized by numerous collaborations with musicians like Jamie Carpenter (Raspberry Island-Schubert Club Band Shell 2002), Inigo Manglano-Ovalle (Gravity is an Force to be Reckoned With 2010), Jaume Plensa (World Voices 2010,) as well as James Turrell (Roden Crater).

In 2014 Bill Baker was awarded the International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering and in 2013 the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction.

Baker is a Fellow of both the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and frequently lectures on a variety of structural engineering topics within the US and abroad. Baker was elected as an International Fellow to the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) in September 2014.

While he is widely acknowledged as an expert in tall structures, Baker’s knowledge is applicable to a variety of structures, including the Broadgate-Exchange House (London 1990) as well as the GM Renaissance Center Entry Pavilion (Detroit 2005). Baker is also known by his efforts on roofs with long spans structures, like those of the McCormick Place North Building Expansion (Chicago 1986) and The Korean Air Lines Operations Center (Seoul 1995) as well as the Korea World Trade Center Expansion (Seoul 2000) and the Virginia Beach Convention Center (Virginia Beach 2007).

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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William F. Baker Net Worth

William F. Baker is one of the richest Civil Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William F. Baker's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at the University of Missouri (1975), Baker held a brief period at ExxonMobil and then completed his master’s degree at University of Illinois (1980). In 1981, he joined engineering and architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP (SOM) in Chicago and became an SOM partner in 1996.

Baker’s numerous skyscraper construction projects include his AT&T Corporate Center (Chicago, 1989), Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago in 2008), Cayan Tower (Dubai 2009.), Pearl River Tower (Guangzhou 2009.), Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (Nanjing 2009) as well as the still unbuilt seven South Dearborn (Chicago, 2003) However, he’s more well-known as the architect in the construction of Burj Khalifa (Dubai 2009) the tallest constructed structure by a human. To help support the tower’s record-breaking highs, he invented an innovative “buttressed core” structural system comprised of a hexagonal core that is reinforced by three buttresses, which make up a Y-shaped. This unique system lets the structure be supported laterally as well as torsionally. It also eliminates the requirement to transfer columns and helps move loads in an easy path through the tower’s top to its foundations.

In 2011, he received an ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Award for Design. On May 13, 2010, The Institution of Structural Engineers awarded Baker with their Gold Medal, the Institution’s highest accolade. Baker was the first American to be awarded the Fritz Leonhardt Prize For Achievement in Structural Engineering, on July 11, 2009. On November 20, 2008, he received the Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Baker is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Cambridge. He has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Missouri in 2017, Illinois Institute of Technology in 2015, Heriot-Watt University in 2012, and the University of Stuttgart in 2011.

Who is William F. Baker Dating?

According to our records, William F. Baker is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, William F. Baker’s is not dating anyone.

Facts & Trivia

William Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. William F. Baker celebrates birthday on October 9 of every year.

Who is the chief engineer of Burj Khalifa?

Bill Baker is the man behind the world’s tallest man-made structure, Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Here, he talks about the engineering challenges of extreme high-rise buildings.

Who was the structural engineer of Burj Khalifa?

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Who is William Baker?

A Life in the Day interview: William Baker, one of the last surviving Alcatraz inmates. Baker, 86, was born into a poor Kentucky family and left home at the age of 16. He was incarcerated on “the Rock” from 1957 to 1960 after two escape attempts from other prisons while serving a sentence for robbery.

What is the monthly income of Burj Khalifa?

Who is the owner of Burj Khalifa?

Emaar Properties

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