Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) is an award-winning structural and civil engineering firm headquartered in Seattle with offices in Chicago, Shanghai, and Riyadh. The firm has dedicated the last 94 years to developing safe, highly functional, innovative designs that withstand the test of time, representing more than $87 billion worth of projects in 46 states and 51 countries. MKA has been presented with a top national engineering design award (ACEC – the most significant recognition by their peers) each of the last 16 consecutive years and 25 times in the last 27 years –three times more than any other engineering firm in the United States. Collectively, their projects have won 500+ awards from a variety of industry organizations. MKA’s Residential Specialist Group has designed over 160 projects in 22 states and 22 countries with towers up to 112 stories high, including multiple-building developments and mixed-use towers. MKA leads the industry in an innovative performance-based seismic-design approach, leading to safer buildings with increased architectural freedom.