Adam Test Project Tour: LL, 5-2017 – Adam Test Project Tour: LL, 5-2017

Newark Downtown Redevelopment – Prudential Center

OVERVIEW
Located in the center of downtown Newark, the Prudential Center site previously included  the Four Corners Historic District and the Old First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, which was converted to a parking lot a parking lot in the 1950s. The project entailed historic research for the property to determine the usage of the property; submitting an Application for Project Authorization to demolish three buildings which were part of the Four Corners Historic District; conducting Historic American Building Surveys on these buildings as part of the resolution; monitoring for human remains during the demolition of the Central Railroad of NJ station as part of the resolution; and exploratory trenching in the former cemetery to determine if any human remains were still interred. Monitoring uncovered 2 sets of human remains and trenching uncovered an additional 40 sets of remains. This resulted in a Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery to remove all human remains still interred in the former cemetery. A group of 60 archaeologists, headed by Langan, worked for 9 weeks identifying and removing over 2,300 sets of remains and associated artifacts.

Location
Newark, NJ

Clients
The City of Newark
NJ Devils Renaissance Corporation

Service
Environmental


Grove at Grand Bay

OVERVIEW
The former Grand Bay Hotel site was replaced by two 21-story luxury residential towers and a three-level podium in Coconut Grove. The varying depth to the towers' bearing layers required that augercast pile foundations vary from intermediate to deeper depths. Langan worked closely with the project design team and the general contractor to understand loading requirements and site constraints caused by former precast pile foundations from the previous development, as well as potential impacts to neighboring properties from the project construction activities. Langan's coordinated geotechnical studies were performed prior to and during demolition of the former building, which resulted in timely foundation designs for the two towers and amenities podium.

Location
Miami, FL

Client
Terra Grove Communities, LLC

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
BIG/NBWW


CREC Discovery Academy

OVERVIEW
The Discovery Academy is a magnet school facilitated with the Capital Region Education Council (CREC). The project included the renovation of a former 50,000-SF Connecticut Light and Power building which served as office and service space. A 10,000-SF gymnasium was added to the west of the existing building. Throughout the remainder of the property, upgrades to the site included new parking areas, rain gardens, and soccer fields. Specific design challenges associated with the site included the presence of shallow bedrock, renovations to the existing building, and partial demolition of the existing basement underneath the building that was to remain.

AWARDS
Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) 2016 Project Team Award - First Place for K-12 Schools
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Award - Best Specialty Project - Adaptive Reuse

Location
Wethersfield, CT

Service
Geotechnical

Architects
Amenta/Emma Architects, P.C.
Didona Associates (Landscape Architect)


RWJ University Hospital – East Tower

OVERVIEW
Langan provided surveying, geotechnical, site/civil, and traffic engineering services for the RWJ East Tower, which includes nine stories of parking with two floors of office space. The project provided the hospital with over 700 additional parking stalls for patients and staff. Langan provided multi-discipline engineering services for the project including 3D laser scanning of the adjacent hospital buildings and a full intersection design for the new garage entrance.

Location
New Brunswick, NJ

Client
RWJBarnabas Health

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Surveying/Geospatial
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
NK Architects

Strategic Partner
O'Donnell & Naccarato (Structural)


UC Merced – Campuswide Expansion

OVERVIEW
The UC Merced 2020 Expansion is an unprecedented four-year project that nearly doubled the physical capacity of the campus, allowing it to grow to 10,000 students and expanded it to 219 acres. The P3 project required extensive scheduling in order to be completed by 2020. Scheduled in three delivery phases, the expansion included 16 buildings, two bridges, new roads and parking lots, and several athletic facilities and fields. Construction challenges involved building two facilities in a reclaimed part of Little Lake and constructing two bridges crossing Fairfield Canal, an unlined irrigation canal that snakes around the campus.
AWARDS
2020 ASCE San Francisco, Outstanding Land Development Project
2017 AIA California Council, Urban Design Merit Award

Location
Merced, CA

Client
Webcor Construction

Services
Geotechnical
Earthquake/Seismic

Architects
SOM
WRNS Studio
HOK
Page Southerland
Mahlum Architects
Indigo Architects


Prism at Park Avenue South Apartments

OVERVIEW
Located in the Madison Square North (NoMad) section of Manhattan, this 40-story residential tower (476-FT) has a combined total of 363 apartments and condominiums. The development scope included demolition of existing structures, excavation to 30 feet below sidewalk grade, construction of the 40-story tower, and replacement of a portion of the adjacent subway station. Langan geotechnical engineers performed two phases of site investigation and provided design and construction recommendations to satisfy project needs and New York City Department of Buildings requirements. Our environmental engineers performed waste characterization and provided coordination with NYCOER that included remediation investigation and oversight, and a successful Voluntary Cleanup Program Brownfield Incentive Grant Application.

Location
New York, NY

Clients
Equity Residential
Toll Brothers

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental
Site/Civil
Surveying/Geospatial

Architects
Christian de Portzamparc (Design)
Handel Architects

Strategic Partners
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Lend Lease


Cleveland Indians & Cavaliers – Game Day Parking & Traffic

OVERVIEW
The Cleveland Indians and Cavaliers retained Langan to review their traffic and parking operations at two site-related garages during multiple events at Quicken Loans Arena and Progressive Field. The Langan team conducted observations during three events, the Bruce Springsteen Concert, and two occasions when the Indians and Cavaliers were playing at the same time. Langan made recommendations on how to improve ingress and egress into the two parking garages, Gateway North and East, that serve the sports facilities.

Location
Cleveland, OH

Client
Cleveland Indians and Cavaliers

Service
Traffic & Transportation


Hudson Yards Redevelopment

OVERVIEW
This major New York City rezoning and redevelopment, led by Related/Oxford, under the joint guidance of New York City, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Hudson Yards Development Corporation, and New York State, is reinventing the once barren west side of Midtown Manhattan. Upon full completion, the site will include more than 18 million square feet of commercial, retail, and residential towers, 14 acres of open park space, a cultural venue, a public school, and a luxury hotel all built over active rail yards.

Location
New York, NY

Client
Hudson Yards, a Related Oxford Venture

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental
Site/Civil
Traffic & Transportation
Traditional Surveying
Terrestrial Scanning/BIM

Architects
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Ismael Leyva Architects
Rockwell Group

Strategic Partners
Thornton Tomasetti
WSP


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