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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


Ohlone Community College

OVERVIEW
The Ohlone Community College Newark Campus is a brownfields redevelopment on an 80-acre site. This was the first LEED Platinum College Campus. In addition to our environmental characterization work and analysis of remedial options, we assisted the District with negotiating a voluntary cleanup agreement with the Department of Toxic Substance Control. The cleanup was integrated with the development plans, allowing cleanup to be completed concurrently with the site grading and foundation preparation. Our geotechnical team performed a master plan and design-level geologic hazard evaluation and geotechnical investigation. We performed our services in compliance with the requirements of the Title 24 California Building Code, Division of the State Architect (DSA) for community college projects, and California Geologic Survey (CGS) advising checklist (Note 48) for California Public Schools. Our reports were submitted to DSA and CGS for review and were approved without exception.

Location
Newark, California

Client
Ohlone Community College District

Services
Environmental
Geotechnical

Architect
Perkins+Will


Modesto Junior College Expansion

OVERVIEW
Langan designed the vapor mitigation systems for four new buildings at the Yosemite College District’s (YCCD) Modesto Junior College campus. The new buildings include Allied Health Building, Pavilion, Community and Science Center, and Agricultural Housing. Our services included the design and construction observation of vapor mitigation systems, which consist of a sub-slab venting system and vapor barrier membrane in three of the four buildings, and a crawl space venting system in the fourth, to mitigate volatile organic compound intrusion into the indoor air. We are currently providing vapor mitigation services for the proposed greenhouse as part of the Great Valley Nature Lab development.

Location
Modesto, California

Client
Yosemite Community College District

Service
Environmental

Architects
tBP/Architecture (Allied Health Building)
LPA Sacramento (Ag Pavilion and Agricultural Housing)
Lionakis (Community and Science Center)

Strategic Partner
Kitchell CEM


UCSF Mission Bay – Sandler Neurosciences Center

OVERVIEW
The LEED Gold-certified Sandler Neurosciences Center is one of the largest neuroscience complexes in the world. Built on land reclaimed in the 1880s, the site was underlain by heterogeneous fill, weak and compressible Bay Mud, dense sand, and bedrock. For the new five-story, 237,000-SF building, Langan performed a geotechnical investigation, consisting of borings advanced to­ bedrock. We recommended pile foundations, below-grade walls, seismic design, utilities, and earthwork. Due to elevated methane concentrations in soil gas beneath the site, Langan designed the building’s methane mitigation system to prevent methane gas from intruding into the structure. 

Location
San Francisco, California

Client
Clark Construction Group

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental

Architect
SOM


Santa Rosa Junior College – Culinary Arts & Student Services

OVERVIEW
The Culinary Arts Center consists of a 2-story, 25,000-SF steel-framed building with a slab-on-grade floor. The building footprint is about 15,000 SF.  The Student Services Center consists of a 1- to 3-story, steel-framed building with a slab-on-grade first floor.  The building footprint is about 75,000 SF. Langan performed a geologic hazard evaluation and geotechnical investigation for both buildings. Our geologic hazard evaluation and geotechnical investigation complied with the requirements of the California Code of Regulations, Title 24.

Location
Santa Rosa, California

Client
Santa Rosa Junior College

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
BSA Architects


Centerra Apartment Tower

OVERVIEW
Langan performed a geotechnical investigation for this 21-story, 347-unit apartment project in San Jose's downtown core.  The high-rise apartment tower consists of one and two-bedroom units, as well as a pool, gym, outdoor common area, a pet park, and 7,000 SF of retail space.  The apartment units were constructed over four levels of above-ground parking, which will include a large bicycle storage area and an adjoining repair area on the ground floor.

Location
San Jose, CA

Client
Simeon Commercial Properties

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Ankrom Moisan Architects

Strategic Partner
Nishkian Menninger


Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

OVERVIEW
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is on 638 acres of waterfront in the southeast corner of the San Francisco Bay and was established as a commercial shipyard in 1870. Langan is aiding in the process of property transfer and redevelopment by providing the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency with peer review consultation related to the environmental and geotechnical aspects.

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
Successor Agency to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure

Services
Environmental
Geotechnical


Parkmerced

OVERVIEW
Langan is providing geotechnical consulting services for the Parkmerced Vision Plan Implementation – Phase 1, which will pioneer a complete transformation from the existing resource-consumptive neighborhood to a vibrant, pedestrian-focused, efficient community for the future. The site is currently a 3,221-unit rent-controlled apartment community with a mix of low-rise garden apartments and mid-rise towers. Over a period of 20 to 30 years, the project will replace 1,538 existing garden apartment homes and construct 5,679 new residences, bringing the whole neighborhood to a total of 8,900 residences with a mixture of rental and for sale.

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
Parkmerced Investors, LLC

Service
Geotechnical


Trinity Place

OVERVIEW
Langan performed the geotechnical investigation and is providing geotechnical services for all four phases of this massive development in San Francisco's Mid-Market corridor. Once complete, the complex, consisting of four distinctive high-rise buildings, will feature 1,900 housing units, 1,450 parking spaces, and 60,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
Trinity Properties

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Arquitectonica


Artist Walk – Centerville

OVERVIEW
Artist Walk is a community-focused, mixed-use development in Fremont's Centerville District. It consists of five buildings between three and four stories. It includes almost 29,000 SF of ground floor commercial space, 185 residential apartments (market rate and affordable), a community center, and a public courtyard. Langan's environmental team is addressing contaminated soil and subsurface soil-vapor gas found in some parts of the 6.7-acre site.

Location
Fremont, CA

Client
BVH CenterStreet Properties LLC

Service
Environmental


Alameda Landing

OVERVIEW
Alameda Landing is a 96-acre waterfront mixed-use development consisting of residential, retail, and office buildings. Langan provided geotechnical services for the foundation design of this multi-phased project. The initial phase is construction of the commercial complex, while later stages will focus on the residential units.
AWARDS
2015 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Phoenix Award – Excellence in Brownfield Redevelopment

Location
Alameda, CA

Clients
Catellus Alameda Development
Target Corporation
Tri Pointe Homes

Service
Geotechnical

Architects
MCG Architecture
MBH Architects
Perkins + Will


EASTLINE (2100 Telegraph Avenue)

OVERVIEW
The planned mixed-use project at 2100 Telegraph will occupy the entire 3.2-acre block, making it one of the largest developable sites in downtown Oakland. Running beneath the site are three concrete tunnel box structures that contain Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) rail lines. Langan evaluated the soil and groundwater conditions at the site and developed conclusions and recommendations regarding the site seismicity and seismic hazards, probable foundation types for the new structure(s), foundation settlement behavior, floor slab support, construction considerations, and seismic design criteria in accordance with the 2013 California Building Code. Langan's civil engineering services included performing boundary and topographic surveys and support the project through the initial Planning Application of the project.

Location
Oakland, California

Client
Lane Partners & Strategic Urban Development Alliance

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Earthquake/Seismic

Architect
Gensler

Strategic Partner
Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA)


3093 Broadway

OVERVIEW
Langan is providing geotechnical and environmental engineering services for the design and construction of a seven-story, mixed-use development at 3093 Broadway. Located along Oakland's historical Auto Row, this project is a critical piece of the City of Oakland's vision for revitalization of this neighborhood into a vibrant retail and mixed use district under the Broadway-Valdez District Specific Plan. The building will occupy the entire 150,000 SF parcel with retail and parking on the first level and residential units in the upper six levels. The historical automobile showroom façade from the previous site use was retained and repurposed into the development.

Location
Oakland, CA

Client
CityView

Services
Environmental
Geotechnical

Architect
VTBS Architects


Sutter Memorial Redevelopment: Sutter Park Neighborhood

OVERVIEW
This project includes demolishing a hospital to construct a community-centric neighborhood that maintains the East Sacramento style. The proposed project includes 20 single-family homes in various styles, a 12-unit multi-family building, a commercial/retail building, a centrally-located park, and smaller parks and community gardens on a 20-acre site. Challenges included coordinating the demolition and environmental remediation activities with the development, identifying material for re-use in construction, and identifying and evaluation potential import materials.

Location
Sacramento, CA

Client
StoneBridge Properties

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental


The Camden at Selma and Vine

OVERVIEW
The Camden Hollywood is a mixed-use development consisting of a 7-story above-grade structure with over 280 market-rate apartment units and almost 40,000 SF of ground floor commercial space. The building sits on top of a four-story below-grade parking garage. Langan provided geotechnical engineering, deputy grading inspection, and construction observation for this project.

Location
Los Angeles, CA

Client
Camden Development, Inc.

Services
Geotechnical
Earthquake/Seismic


Bridge District Townhomes

OVERVIEW
Langan performed a geotechnical investigation for the Bridge District townhomes  project. The site is in an undeveloped portion of the Bridge District near the Sacramento River, between the eastern and western parcels of the Bridge District Apartments project. The proposed project consists of construction of four apartment buildings and four townhouse buildings. Langan evaluated subsurface conditions at the site and provided conclusions and recommendations for the geotechnical aspects of the design of the project. We anticipate additional improvements will include new pavements, hardscaping, and landscaping. 

Location
West Sacramento, California

Client
Fulcrum Property

Service
Geotechnical


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