Langan Philadelphia & Biotech Experience

Langan provides an integrated mix of engineering, environmental consulting and landscape architecture services in support of land development projects, corporate real estate portfolios and the energy industry.  Our clients include developers, property owners, public agencies, corporations, institutions and energy companies around the world. 

Founded in 1970, Langan employs more than 1,100 professionals across 30 offices throughout the United States and abroad, including an office in center city Philadelphia where our local team has helped to reinvent some of the city’s most important public spaces.  A sampling of this experience is showcased throughout this web tour.

The Pavilion – Penn Medicine

OVERVIEW
As part of the project team, known as PennFIRST, Langan is providing a multitude of services including site/civil, geotechnical, and traffic engineering; environmental consulting; permitting; and survey. In an effort to expand their rapidly growing network, Penn Medicine has assembled one of the first integrated project delivery (IPD) teams on the East Coast for the design and development of a new patient pavilion, located in Philadelphia’s University City area. The new clinical facility will include approximately 500 new patient beds, 50 operating and procedure rooms, a relocated and expanded Emergency Department, 700 space substructure parking lot, and expanded healthcare delivery programs within the network.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Surveying/Geospatial
Traffic & Transportation

Architects
HDR Architecture
Foster+Partners

Strategic Partners
L.F. Driscoll
Balfour Beatty
BR+A


University of Pennsylvania – Perry World House

OVERVIEW
The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) expanded their Philadelphia campus with the addition of Perry World House, a gathering place for faculty and students from all twelve of UPenn's schools to engage with eminent international scholars and policymakers on pressing global issues of the 21st century. Construction included a partial demolition of the structure and a 7,200-SF addition to the existing historic portion of the building. Now complete, Perry World House includes classrooms, offices, lecture halls, and multipurpose spaces. Site improvements included a plaza, service court, and pedestrian walkways. Langan provided a variety of services on the project, including an environmental assessment, survey, site/civil, geotechnical and transportation engineering, and permitting.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
University of Pennsylvania

Services
Environmental
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation
Natural Resources & Permitting
Traditional Surveying


Rutgers University – Nursing and Science Building

OVERVIEW
Langan is providing engineering services for this world-class teaching and research facility located on the university’s satellite Camden Campus. The new 100,000-SF building will include classrooms and lecture halls, conference rooms, and space for administrative faculty. Langan is providing site/civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, and surveying services on the project. We performed a geotechnical subsurface investigation for the proposed new school building in order to obtain subsurface data necessary to develop foundation, earthwork, and site and subgrade preparation recommendations. Langan’s site/civil engineers have coordinated our design work with the project team and Rutgers University to finalize the site grading and finished floor elevations.

Location
Camden, NJ

Client
H2L2, a Nelson Company

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traditional Surveying

Architect
Perkins Eastman


SUNY Binghamton – Academic Building & Research Greenhouse

OVERVIEW
The SUNY Binghamton campus underwent renovations that included two three-story office/classroom buildings, the expansion of a two-story greenhouse, and the construction of a pedestrian tunnel. The campus is located in the geologic region known as the Southern Tier, where subsurface conditions consist of thick glacial till deposits. Langan performed a subsurface investigation at the site and prepared geotechnical recommendations regarding the foundation system and slab design, subgrade bearing capacity, and soil excavation and stabilization methods.

Location
Binghamton, NY

Clients
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY)
State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
AECOM Ellerbe Becket

Strategic Partner
LERA


Lincoln Centre Life Sciences Research Campus

OVERVIEW
Located on the Peninsula, Lincoln Centre is a 595,000-SF biomedical and life sciences research campus redevelopment. The buildings of the former industrial park were demolished. The development now includes three office/laboratory buildings, three parking structures, and an amenities building. Langan performed a geotechnical investigation and site-specific seismic studies, updated the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, conducted a Limited Environmental Site Characterization, and provided construction observation and analytical testing services.

Location
Foster City, CA

Client
BioMed Realty

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental
Earthquake/Seismic

Architect
HOK


University of Connecticut – Innovation Partnership Building

OVERVIEW
The 115,000 SF Innovation Partnership Building is the first building within UConn's Technology Park campus, developed to connect leading industries with advanced research facilities and foster innovative solutions for real-world problems. We provided survey, geotechnical and civil engineering, and landscape architecture for this project. Our site design minimized impacts to the primarily wooded lot and reduced the views of parking along the roadway through grading and landscape design. Additionally, our stormwater management design implemented a low-impact development approach that seeks to protect and minimize disruption to the existing natural resources and environmentally sensitive areas. The project was submitted for LEED Silver certification.
AWARDS
2019 ENR New England Best Projects, Higher Education/Research, Award of Merit
2018 AIA Connecticut Design Award

Location
Storrs, CT

Client
University of Connecticut

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Landscape Architecture
Traditional Surveying

Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


Rutgers University – Center for Integrative Proteomics Research

OVERVIEW
Langan provided site/civil engineering design, permitting services, and landscape architecture for the Rutgers University Center for Integrative Proteomics Research (CIPR) on the Busch Campus. The CIPR project is intended to centralize the University’s research and library facilities for protein studies. Langan’s design responsibilities include site layout, grading and drainage, stormwater management, utility layout, soil erosion measures for steep slopes, sitework construction details, and construction specifications.

Location
Piscataway, NJ

Client
Rutgers University

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture

Architect
NK Architects


New York University – Bioengineering Institute Center

OVERVIEW
Langan provided geotechnical, environmental, site/civil, and permitting services for these new facilities. The project will progress in two phases. Phase I consists of the construction of an eleven-story, 170,000-SF building with a footprint of about 15,650 SF, including two basement levels. Phase II will include an adjacent eight-story building directly south of the Phase I site and will commence in 2016. A key challenge at this site was that the geology was very difficult, with varying bedrock from 20 feet to 65 feet below grade. This required the foundations to consist of a shallow mat foundation for the east half and a deep foundation for the west half of the site.

Location
New York, NY

Client
New York University

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Environmental


Swarthmore College – NPPR Residence Hall

OVERVIEW
In order to accommodate a rapidly growing student population, Swarthmore College added a 128-bed residence hall near its Palmer, Pittenger and Roberts residence-hall complex. Langan provided site/civil, survey, and geotechnical engineering services to facilitate designing, permitting, and constructing the new residence hall. The project was designed to minimize environmental impact by following the recommendations established in the college’s sustainability framework. To meet the college’s sustainability goals, Langan worked closely with the project landscape architect, Studio Bryan Haynes, to design the site to preserve trees, respect the ball fields adjacent to the resident-hall quadrant, provide outdoor space for student enjoyment, provide low-impact stormwater-management features, and conserve energy. Langan’s experience with designing and permitting innovative stormwater management on tight urban sites was a key contribution to the success in the design and approval process for this project.

Location
Swarthmore Borough, PA

Client
Swarthmore College

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traditional Surveying

Architect
DIGSAU Architecture


Princeton University – Andlinger Center

OVERVIEW
Princeton University’s 129,000-SF Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment provides new research and development facilities to students and teachers studying renewable and sustainable energy, climate change, and numerous disciplines related to energy efficiency and social/environmental economics. Langan’s geotechnical engineering services included conceptual design for the project’s support of excavation (SOE) and underpinning systems, specifications for SOE and related earthwork, and review of foundation systems. We also provided consulting services during the design development and construction documentation phases. The building was designed to meet LEED Silver requirements.

Location
Princeton, NJ

Client
Princeton University

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Strategic Partner
Ballinger


Columbia University – Knox Hall Geothermal Design

OVERVIEW
A geothermal heating and cooling system consisting of four 1,800-foot-deep standing column wells was selected for a 90-ton heating and cooling system in connection with renovations and improvements to Columbia University's Knox Hall.

Location
New York, NY

Client
Columbia University

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Helpern Architects


Biotrial North American Headquarters

OVERVIEW
Langan provided geotechnical, civil, environmental, traffic, and landscape architecture services to this France-based biotechnology and pharmaceutical company. The first phase of the project consisted of a five-story, 70,000-SF glass building, which features metal panels that rise on two sides of the building, symbolizing the nature of Biotrial's pharmaceutical testing mission. Phased site design construction plans include a screened-in service and parking area with underground stormwater storage, a public plaza at the front of the building that will carry the building pattern toward the public sidewalk, and a private volunteer garden that will provide a green resting area for building users.

Location
Newark, NJ

Client
Biotrial

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Traffic & Transportation
Landscape Architecture

Architect
Francis Cauffman

Strategic Partners
Buro Happold
Thornton Tomasetti


Rutgers University – Business School

OVERVIEW
This 6-story building, designed to achieve LEED Silver certification, is the gateway feature to the master-planned Livingston Campus. The building provides more than two dozen teaching rooms and a 440-seat, theater-styled auditorium. Langan's stormwater management strategy incorporated several Best Management Practices such as a bioretention basin and a constructed stormwater wetland. Project challenges included the relocation of several active campus utility mains and the incorporation of a geothermal well field into the project's overall green initiative.

Location
Piscataway, NJ

Client
Rutgers University

Services
Site/Civil
Natural Resources & Permitting


Temple University Aramark STAR Complex

OVERVIEW
The Temple University Aramark Student Training & Recreation Center (STAR) Complex sits on a 4-acre site and includes an enclosed 60-yard football practice field, recreational facilities, a neighborhood recreational track, classroom space for the College of Public Health, green stormwater infrastructure, and a landscaped entry plaza. Langan provided site/civil engineering, landscape architecture, and survey services to facilitate the development. In addition to providing design and engineering services, Langan was responsible for securing land development permits from the Philadelphia Water Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
Temple University

Services
Site/Civil
Surveying/Geospatial
Landscape Architecture


Columbia University Manhattanville

OVERVIEW
Langan was retained to serve as the lead environmental engineer and consulting firm for the University's 17-acre Manhattanville campus development  in West Harlem. The development and expansion is comprised of academic and research facilities, housing for graduate students, faculty, and other employees of Columbia University, as well as retail stores and open space areas.

Location
New York, NY

Client
Columbia University

Service
Environmental

Architect
Davis Brody Bond

Strategic Partner
Lend Lease


Novartis Pharmaceuticals – East Campus

OVERVIEW
The East Hanover Campus of Novartis Pharmaceuticals is made up of office buildings, laboratories, storage facilities, dining facilities and recreational facilities. Over the past 5 years Novartis has redeveloped the eastern portion of their campus. Improvements include new office buildings, a parking garage, landscaping of a promenade and environmental remediation. Langan provided services throughout this redevelopment process in association with the construction of two 29,430-SF office buildings and a 61,700-SF parking garage, including site/civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineering. Langan site/civil engineering services included site demolition, grading, drainage, erosion and sediment, utilities and construction details to support the building projects and the east campus landscape enhancement project. Geotechnical services included conducting subsurface investigations including borings and test pits, a geotechnical report and design support for the preparation of foundation documents for three new buildings and site improvement.

AWARDS
2015 AIA New York State Design Award, Merit of Design: Commercial/Industrial Large

Location
East Hanover, NJ

Client
Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Landscape Architecture

Architect
Gensler


Riverwalk Towers

OVERVIEW
Located along the Schuykill River, the Riverwalk Towers are two separate mixed-use that will include residential and retail space, along with a landscaped plaza and on-site parking. The 3.5-acre site had several constraints that needed to be considered with the design, including its location in the 100-year floodplain area of the FEMA map, active CSX rail lines along the western boundary, an overhead Septa bridge crossing through the parcel, and a PWD easement for an existing brick overflow sewer. Langan provided multiple services including survey, site/civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, traffic and transportation engineering, and permitting for the redevelopment.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
PMC Property Group

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation
Surveying/Geospatial
Landscape Architecture

Architect
Gensler


Race Street Pier

OVERVIEW
Race Street Pier is one of the first public spaces to be designed and built by the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation as part of the new Civic Vision for the Central Delaware Riverfront. Pier 11 was identified as an early action park site and the project was faced with an aggressive schedule, as required by the City.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Clients
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
James Corner Field Operations

Services
Waterfront & Marine
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traditional Surveying

Strategic Partners
CHPlanning
VJ Associates


NorthXNorthwest

OVERVIEW
Langan provided geotechnical, traffic and evironmental engineering, survey and construction oversight services for the development of this new, 16-story apartment building with 270 units – a 434,000 SF expansion to the existing Museum Towers apartment building located in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia.  The new construction also included a four level parking garage and two rows of townhome structures in addition to improvements to the neighboring Matthais Baldwin Park and signalization upgrades at the two intersections along Spring Garden Street.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
Forest City Residential

Services
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation
Environmental
Traditional Surveying


Bartram’s Mile

OVERVIEW
Langan helped the City of Philadelphia transform a one-mile stretch of vacant river frontage along the western banks of the tidal Schuylkill through the extension of the Schuylkill River Trail and the creation of new parks and an innovative neighborhood stormwater management system. Langan was responsible for the conceptual design of the stormwater system; permitting; geotechnical investigation; and final design of all elements of the project, including trail design, traffic engineering, and complete streets design. 

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
City of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Department

Services
Environmental
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
Andropogon Associates


Selected Projects