Langan International Qualifications

General Qualifications for Langan International

Jeddah Tower

OVERVIEW
Rising 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the Arabian sky, the tower will eclipse the reigning tallest building by 173 meters (568 feet). The first phase of the Kingdom City comprises the Tower, a 65,000-square-meter retail mall, and a 3,000+ car underground garage. Langan's role has included the development and oversight of the site subsurface investigation, final design of the piles in collaboration with the design team, stormwater management and integration of the circulation and volume demands of the Tower and retail building into the traffic master plan for Jeddah's Kingdom City.

Location
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Client
Jeddah Economic Company

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Strategic Partners
Thornton Tomasetti
RWDI


Riyadh Residential Development

OVERVIEW
Langan specifically provided a multi-disciplinary team to assist in the development of the sustainable master plan for the 130,000 sq m site. The centerpiece of the development will be a large central amenity building at the end of a heavily landscaped wide-well pedestrian path. The central amenity building and path will be surrounded by several large swimming pools and varying densities of residential housing. The entire site combines high-level security with a resort quality ambiance. Given the project's high standard for sustainability Langan's LEED accredited professionals coordinated grey and black water treatment systems with the irrigation water system to provide the most efficient use of water possible.

Location
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Client
Confidential

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Munoz+Albin Architecture and Planning


Damac Heights

OVERVIEW
Located in the Dubai Marina, this 85-floor (420-meter tall) skyscraper will be the tallest tower in its vicinity. Langan's services included a geotechnical review of the enabling work for the development related to dewatering issues at the project site and movement of the diaphragm wall of the adjacent Diamond Tower. Based on our review of the various documents and conversations with our client, Langan concluded that the deflection of the Diamond Tower diaphragm wall was the direct result of an inadequate shoring design and lack of proper monitoring during excavation.

Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Client
Ramboll Middle East

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Aedas Architects

Strategic Partner
Damac Heights


Al Maryah Central

OVERVIEW
This new development on Al Maryah Island will encompass nearly 16 hectares of premier shopping and world class dining. It will seamlessly link to luxury hotels, The Galleria mall, and residential and commercial towers. Langan was retained to carry out full-scale geotechnical and environmental investigations. Langan provided geotechnical recommendations for foundation design, an environmental site investigation, an environmental impact assessment, and a construction environmental management plan. Based on the extensive physical survey data collected at the site and surrounding areas, Langan also developed a 3D Revit survey model.

Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Client
Gulf Related

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental
Traditional Surveying
Terrestrial Scanning/BIM


Skyview 456

OVERVIEW
The proposed development consists of two 240-meter-plus towers, linked together via a two-story boat-shaped bridge near the top. The towers will house serviced apartments and a hotel. The towers will be surrounded by a common multi-level podium structure and will also share common basement levels for MEP and parking. Langan was hired to assist the structural engineer in obtaining the Dubai Municipality approval for the foundation design of the development within a very short time frame.

Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP


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Zayed Military Hospital

OVERVIEW
The new hospital will be a teaching facility which will include 260 single-patient bedrooms and provide a variety of treatment services in cardiology, trauma, and burn care. The project campus also includes separate buildings for an outpatient clinic, a mosque, women's dormitory, 40-bed psychiatric center, military police facilities and a central utility plant. Langan assisted in the conceptual master planning through full design development. We provided design of the site earthwork, grading and drainage, stormwater management, an engineered site layout, roadway materials, regulatory signage, and the site-wide infrastructure.

Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Client
Abu Dhabi Command of Military Works

Service
Site/Civil

Architect
Leo A Daly


Al Hilal Bank Tower

OVERVIEW
Langan provided geotechnical, site/civil, traffic engineering, and parking design services for the Al Hilal Bank Tower. The project includes development of a 24-story commercial tower with nearly 68,000 square meters of gross floor area and associated basement and above-ground car parking, landscaped park areas, and podium-level retail areas.
AWARDS
2015 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Best Tall Building Finalist Award

Location
Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Client
Al Hilal Bank

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Goettsch Partners

Strategic Partners
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Environmental Systems Design
Al Fara'a General Contracting Co.


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Basrah Sports City

OVERVIEW
Basrah Sports City is a multi-phase, multi-venue, mixed-use complex planned for the Iraqi port city of Basrah. Phase one of the project, with an estimated cost of approximately $500 million US, features a 65,000-seat stadium and a 10,000-seat secondary stadium/practice facility each designed to international standards.

Location
Basrah, Iraq

Client
Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sport

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Earthquake/Seismic

Architects
HOK
RMC-Partners

Strategic Partners
Abdullah Al-Jiburi
Thornton Tomasetti
WSP
Lloyd Engineering
Cini-Little


Four Seasons Bahrain

OVERVIEW
Langan provided site/civil, transportation/parking, and geotechnical peer review services for the fast-tracked design of the iconic Four Seasons Hotel. The project consists of a 68-story hotel tower with associated guest amenities, surface and basement level parking, and outdoor facilities on a self-contained and reclaimed island in Bahrain Bay. The hotel is the tallest tower in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Location
Bahrain Bay, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Client
Signature Hotels Management Company S.P.C.

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


US Embassy Compound Morocco

OVERVIEW
The new embassy compound includes main and service compound access control structures, a new office building with basement, marine security guard quarters, perimeter walls, and a parking garage. Important design parameters included incorporating specific Department of State and local agency requirements. Langan provided the necessary site/civil, environmental, and geotechnical engineering services to prepare design plans and written reports for approval by the Department of State's OBO department and local review agencies.

Location
Rabat, Morocco

Clients
U.S. Department of State
Office of Overseas Building Operations
SmithGroup, Inc.

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental


Oberoi Skyz

OVERVIEW
This mixed-use residential project consists of twin 60-story, 755 FT (230 meter) towers with a five-story podium and two basement levels. Langan provided geotechnical engineering services that included the review of existing boring and foundation reports and published information on the engineering properties of the various geologic formations within the site. We reviewed the seismic risk assessments made in the reports and the performed a supplementary subsurface investigation once the tower had been sited on the development parcel. Langan developed design parameters for a shallow mat foundation in-lieu of more conventional and expensive bored piles.

Location
Worli, Mumbai, India

Client
I-Ven Realty Limited

Service
Geotechnical

Strategic Partner
Leslie E. Robertson Associates


World One, Lodha Place

OVERVIEW
Rising over 442 meters above the Arabian Sea, the 117-story World One Tower will be the iconic tower of Lodha Place, the 7.3-hectare development. It is anticipated that the tower will obtain LEED Gold certification and be one of the only 100+ storied buildings in the world to have this certification. Langan's role included the development of a subsurface investigation program, foundation evaluation, 3D finite element analysis, seismic hazard analyses, and construction administration. World One is projected to be the world's tallest residential tower.

Location
Upper Worli, Mumbai, India

Client
Lodha Group

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Strategic Partner
Leslie E. Robertson Associates


Signature Jakarta Tower

OVERVIEW
Langan was appointed as the geotechnical engineer for the Signature Tower Jakarta, which promises to be an Indonesian icon for the 21st century. Situated in the Sudirman Central Business District, the 111-story tower will rise 638 meters above six below-grade parking levels. The development will include a six-star luxury hotel, observatory, office space, a convention center, and luxury retail mall.

Location
Jakarta, Indonesia

Client
PT Grahamas Adisentosa

Service
Geotechnical

Architects
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates
PT Pandega Desain Weharima/PDW Architects

Strategic Partners
Thornton Tomasetti
PT Gistama Intisemesta


EXPO 2016 Antalya Tower

OVERVIEW
This 114-meter observation tower will consist of three panoramic rooftop decks tapering into a single shaft at the building's base. Langan's geotechnical engineers prepared a review of pre-existing reports and recommendations for a supplementary exploration which include additional borings and laboratory testing in support of the tower's construction. Our FEM services examined the structure's foundation as it related to the area's topography. Our staff examined potential for future settlements, ground deformations, vertical reinforcements, wind loads, and effects of deep foundation elements beneath the tower.
AWARDS
2017 Engineering News Record Global Best Project Award (Cultural Category)

Location
Antalya, Turkey

Client
TACA + TA Group

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Nitelikli Tasarimlar Atölyesi (NITA)

Strategic Partner
Thornton Tomasetti


Ikitelli Integrated Health Campus

OVERVIEW
At over 800,000 square meters, this world-class health complex will be the largest hospital in Europe by area. Langan's geotechnical services will include a review of existing geotechnical engineering reports, soil boring logs, and provision of all necessary information to properly supply the data needed for the earthwork value engineering model. Through earthwork value engineering, we will provide the client with conceptual grading plan and earthwork analysis utilizing our state of the art engineering software such as AutoCAD Civil 3D and SITEOPS.

Location
Ikitelli, Istanbul, Turkey

Client
Reanaissance Holding, A.S.

Services
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation

Strategic Partner
VP Design Group


Istanbul Grand Airport City Development

OVERVIEW
Langan was retained to provide multi-disciplinary engineering services for the Airport City mixed-use development as part of the new Istanbul Grand Airport Development; the largest airport development currently being undertaken in the world. Airport City is located on approximately 7,650 hectares near the Black Sea northwest of central Istanbul. Our services include site/civil, infrastructure, and geotechnical engineering support along with traffic design peer review services with the consultant team.

Location
Istanbul, Turkey

Client
Istanbul Grand Airport

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Perkins + Will


Rion-Antirion Bridge

OVERVIEW
Langan International served as the Lenders' Technical Advisor for this €1 billion multi-span cable stayed bridge spanning the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. The project was built by a French-Greek concession consortium led by VINCI. It consists of a 3.2 kilometer long deck constructed in an area of deep sea waters (65 m+), marginal soils and high seismicity. Construction involved dry docks, wet docks, deep dredging, underwater high-voltage cable relocation, soil improvement, tension leg barges, and off-shore techniques for the float-out and final positioning of the 90-meter diameter pylon bases.
AWARDS
2014 International Federation of Consulting Engineers Award of Merit
2007 Deep Foundation Institute Outstanding Project Award
2006 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering Award for Outstanding Structure
2005 American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award
2005 American Council of Engineering Companies New York Diamond Award
2005 American Council of Engineering Companies National Grand Award

Location
Corinthian Straits, Greece

Clients
GEFYRA (VINCI-led concession consortium)
Bank of America
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (UK)

Services
Lenders Technical Advisory
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Environmental

Strategic Partner
Parsons Transportation Group


Elefsina-Korinthos-Patras-Pyrgos-Tsakona (EKPPT) Motorway

OVERVIEW
Langan served as Lenders' Technical Advisor (LTA) for the design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance and exploitation of the EKPPT motorway in Greece, which was built by a trans-European concession consortium led by VINCI. The 365-km motorway links Athens and Korinthos to the western end of the Peloponnese, including the Rion-Antirion Bridge, and significantly improves the safety of the existing road between Korinthos and Patra.

Location
Greece

Clients
Olympia Odos (VINCI-led concession consortium)
Crédit Agricole (France)
Natixis (France)
Alpha Bank (Greece)
Eurobank (Greece)

Services
Lenders Technical Advisory
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Environmental
Natural Resources & Permitting
Traffic & Transportation

Strategic Partners
VINCI (France)
HOCHTIEF (Germany)
J&P-ETETH (Greece)
AKTOR (Greece)
TERNA (Greece)


Couva Children’s Hospital

OVERVIEW
A mixed-use, master-planned community on the island of Trinidad will include a 230-bed, child and adult hospital, and training and teaching facility in the initial phase of development. Future phases will include a hotel, retail, and residential developments. Langan’s role began with preparing master planning civil engineering documents and a preliminary geotechnical review. Our services were later expanded to design development for the civil infrastructure including, roads, site grading and stormwater management, water and sewerage and the onsite wastewater treatment plant.

Location
Couva, Trinidad & Tobago

Client
Shanghai Construction Group UDeCOTT

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical

Strategic Partner
Shanghai Construction Group


Chacao Bridge

OVERVIEW
Langan served as an Independent Engineer to provide design checking as part of Ammann & Whitney's team for this 2.5 km long suspension bridge. The project concession consortium was led by HOCHTIEF. The suspended bridge was planned to link the island of Chiloé with continental Chile through the Chacao Channel. When completed, it was supposed be the largest suspension bridge in South America.

Location
Chacao Channel, Chile

Clients
Chiloé Bicentennial Bridge (HOCHTIEF-led concession consortium)
Ammann & Whitney

Services
Design Checker
Geotechnical
Earthquake/Seismic

Strategic Partners
HOCHTIEF (Germany)
VINCI (France)
American Bridge (US)


Manzanillo International Terminal

OVERVIEW
The new construction required dredging of the adjacent bay for ship movements. In addition, a new 16-hectare container storage area was created within the existing bay. Deep foundation support of this area was not economically feasible. Consequently, a vertical wick drain system combined with fill surcharging was used to accelerate settlements to allow for near future construction while minimizing post-construction settlements.

Location
Colon, Panama

Client
Stevedoring Services of America

Service
Geotechnical


Serena del Mar

OVERVIEW
The project is located on a 1,000 hectare site along the coastal highway immediately north of the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The phased development will include about 10,000 residential units ranging from social housing to luxury resort homes, a US-branded community hospital, several hotels, a branded championship golf course, office and retail shopping centers and a regional mall.

Location
Cartagena, Colombia

Client
Novus Civitas

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Traffic & Transportation

Architects
SB Architects
Moshe-Safdie Architects

Strategic Partner
EDSA


Porta Norte

OVERVIEW
Porta Norte is a 250-hectare development just north of Panama City, next to the Panama Golf Club and just 10 minutes from Tocumen International Airport. Inspired by the Old Quarter of Panama, this project was designed to harken back to the time when communities were tightly-woven networks. To achieve this, the design team looked to new urbanism - a concept founded on the belief that well-designed cities, towns, and neighborhoods build healthier and happier communities where businesses prosper. Langan is providing site/civil and geotechnical services for this project.

Location
Panama City, Panama

Client
Porta Norte Investments

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical

Architect
Edward McGrath

Strategic Partner
DPZ Partners


Atlantis

OVERVIEW
This mega resort development is the largest in the Bahamas and includes two 22-story hotel towers, a water park, Mayan-style temple, pools, amusement park amenities, and various support structures. Expansions to the existing casino and conference center were also part of the project. Langan provided geotechnical consulting in support of the project.

Location
Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas

Client
Kerzner International

Service
Geotechnical

Architects
WATG
HKS
EDSA


Desarrollo Vistas

OVERVIEW
Two hours from Puerto Vallarta, a seaside resort is proposed on property that stretches over 1,200 hectares of undeveloped land with 8 kilometers of beach front. Desarrollo Vistas will be a self-sustaining, master planned community that will be built with gratefulness and respect for the environment and the natural elements of the property. Private residents, hotels, beach clubs and a fisherman village are envisioned.

Location
Costalegre, Jalisco, Mexico

Client
RLD

Service
Site/Civil


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