Langan Experience – Philadelphia and Surrounding Areas

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 1,000 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.

Hotel Monaco

OVERVIEW
Langan provided full site/civil engineering and permitting services for the renovation of the landmark Lafayette Building, located in the prestigious Old City historic district, into a four-star Kimpton Monaco Hotel, restaurant and roof-top lounge. Langan landscape architects designed a rooftop garden featuring a large central planter with seating that serves as banquette seating and supports lush plantings.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Traditional Surveying


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


The Logan Hotel

OVERVIEW
Langan provided full site/civil engineering, landscape architecture, and permitting services for renovations to the Logan Hotel. The space was redeveloped as a new four-star hotel, including a restaurant and rooftop lounge. Langan provided comprehensive planning, design and construction phase services for the hotels courtyard gardens, sidewalk café and outdoor patio area. Langan also coordinated with the Parkway streetscape design, the streetscape and the street level planters for the hotel.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
BLT Architects

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Landscape Architecture
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
BLT Architects


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


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


Bridesburg Riverfront Park

OVERVIEW
Langan is leading a team of designers and engineers who are creating a 10-acre park on a paved brownfield on Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront. A varied landscape featuring a central lawn framed by an upland meadow, a gravel garden stormwater swale, and riparian plantings will create the setting for park amenities including a stage pavilion, lawn amphitheater, boardwalk, and stage pavilion. Langan’s understanding of the site’s environmental conditions and regulatory realities guided the park’s design and soil-management strategy. Our subconsultants for the project include SITIO Architecture, Ground Reconsidered, O’Donnell and Naccarato, Arora Engineering, Milrose Consultants, and Becker & Frondorf.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Clients
Riverfront North Partnership (RNP)
Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation (PPR)

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Landscape Architecture
Surveying/Geospatial


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


Hotel Palomar

OVERVIEW
Langan provided full site/civil engineering and permitting services for the renovation of two historic structures in Philadelphia. We performed a detailed topographic survey of the property to aid in maintaining and creating efficient access into the building from street. Existing site features were preserved to maintain the character of the surrounding area.

Location
Philadelphia, PA

Client
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Traditional Surveying

Architect
Gensler


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


MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper – Rooftop Garden

OVERVIEW
Langan provided comprehensive planning, design and construction phase services for a 5,000-SF rooftop healing garden that will serve as a respite from the clinics and testing facilities. Custom designed planting beds will minimize rooftop loading while providing a healthy growing environment for the plants.  A thoughtfully designed drainage system will conduct water to roof drains below the paving and planting areas. The project includes a significant amount of sustainable design elements and features the use and interpretation of plants that have been used in the fight against cancer.
AWARDS
USGBC NJ Emerald Award – Urban Green Project

Location
Camden, NJ

Client
Cooper University Hospital

Service
Landscape Architecture


Octagon Park Apartments

OVERVIEW
Langan provided landscape, site architecture, site/civil engineering and urban design services for the redevelopment of an historic Roosevelt Island hospital complex as a luxury residential development. Langan designed the adjacent streetscapes, waterfront esplanade and a 2-acre eco-park with a geothermal sculpture garden. The landscape concept was to create a blend of old and new New York, incorporating native and horticultural plant species with traditional paving, seating and lighting elements in a contemporary and artful manner.

AWARDS
LEED Silver Certification

Location
Roosevelt Island, NY

Client
Octagon Development, LLC

Services
Landscape Architecture
Site/Civil

Architect
Becker & Becker Associates


Griffin Court

OVERVIEW
This eight-story luxury residential building is located in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan on a site with former industrial and commercial uses. The proposed building boasts an 11,000-SF bi-level rooftop garden for residents, along with ground-level retail and commercial space on three street frontages.  Nestled at the center of the site, the rooftop garden incorporates contemporary aspects of the building architecture and notable New York park references to create a unique experience for residents. Additionally, Langan provided a full range of design, engineering, and environmental services including the demolition of existing structures, removal of asbestos, underpinning of adjacent off-site structures, and streetscape and utility improvements.

Location
New York, NY

Client
Alchemy Properties, Inc.

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Environmental
Traditional Surveying

Architect
FXCollaborative


Oosten Condominium (429 Kent Avenue)

OVERVIEW
Langan provided multiple design and construction administration services for this new eight-story, 500,000-GSF condominium that encompasses an entire block along the South Williamsburg waterfront. Langan's landscape design services included designs for ground level planting and three levels of rooftop amenity space. Our environmental engineers established a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and Construction Health and Safety Plan (CHASP) to remediate approximately 95,000 SF of property. Langan's geotechnical staff completed a subsurface investigation, seismic evaluations, and provided recommendations for foundation design and construction. Site/civil engineering services included full engineering sets from schematic to final bid documents.

Location
Brooklyn, NY

Clients
R Black Global
XIN Development

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Landscape Architecture

Architects
Piet Boon
WASA/Studio A

Strategic Partner
Wexler Associates


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


Queens Plaza – Dutch Kills Green

OVERVIEW
Langan provided multi-disciplinary services in the areas of urban design, streetscape, site/civil, environmental and traffic engineering and NEPA review services for a bicycle and pedestrian improvement project at Queens Plaza. The plaza is the gateway connecting the Queensboro Bridge to Long Island City and is a highly traveled area. Langan prepared site engineering drawings that consisted of grading, drainage, utility, builders pavement plans, roadway profiles, signing, striping, traffic signal, and maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT). At the start of the project, Langan worked with the multi-disciplinary design team to develop the concept of ‘the blue thread’, a system of interconnected urban wetlands that would filter runoff water from the Queensboro Bridge and the elevated railway structures.

Location
Long Island City, NY

Clients
NYC Economic Development Corporation
NYC Department of City Planning

Services
Site/Civil
Environmental
Landscape Architecture
Traditional Surveying

Strategic Partners
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Margie Ruddick Landscape


Selected Projects