Project Spotlight Tour: Langan Leader, April 2018

Learn more about Langan’s involvement in our featured projects.

Riverwalk Towers – Philadelphia, PA
National Museum of the American Indian Facilities Master Plan – Washington, DC
Hilltop (Sundial) Park Renovation – San Francisco, CA
The Ashland – Brooklyn, NY
The Asbury – Asbury Park, NJ
Quarry Walk – Oxford, CT

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


National Museum of the American Indian – Facilities Master Plan

OVERVIEW
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is part of the extensive complex of museums and research complexes that make up the 19-facility system. The museum is beginning its first master plan since the opening of the Maryland and Washington, DC facilities in 1999 and 2004, respectively. Langan provided site/civil and geotechnical engineering services for this project under Studio Gang, the master planner. Our team assisted in rewriting the strategic plan for NMAI in order to optimize the current physical space of the two locations, as well as the operating needs of the facilities. After identifying areas of concern within the project sites, Langan worked with the project team to engineer solutions to problems such ponding water, erosion of a wetland, and flooding.

Location
Washington, DC

Client
Smithsonian Institution

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil

Architect
Studio Gang


Hilltop (Sundial) Park Renovation

OVERVIEW
Constructed in 1979 and located at the highest point of the Bayview neighborhood, the 3-5-acre Hilltop Park underwent a $6.7 million renovation. New features include the 70-foot sundial amphitheater/plaza, the skateboard park and skate bowl (the “Dish”), and two playgrounds. Also added were more seating, a picnic and barbeque area, a fitness area, and trails along with improved ADA accessible pathways, and sustainability features. The Langan team performed a geotechnical investigation, a limited environmental site characterization, and construction observation services.


AWARD
2018 ASCE San Francisco Section Awards: Outstanding Parks and Recreation Project

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
Miller Company Landscape Architects

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental


The Ashland

OVERVIEW
The Ashland is a 52-story, 586-unit, mixed-income residential tower in Fort Greene. The ground level contains rehearsal space for Theatre for a New Audience, amenity space for residents, and a 17,000-SF food hall named Gotham Market at The Ashland. Langan provided multi-discipline engineering and surveying services for the project. Our responsibilities included a topographic and boundary survey, remedial investigation report, waste characterization study, Builders Pavement Plan, and inspections for environmental remediation and deep foundation elements.

Location
Brooklyn, NY

Client
Gotham

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Surveying/Geospatial

Architects
FXCollaborative
SPAN Architecture

Strategic Partners
WSP USA
ICOR Associates


The Asbury

OVERVIEW
For the first time in 50 years Asbury Park has opened a new hotel, The Asbury. Located on Fifth Avenue, The Asbury was re-purposed from a former Salvation Army building that stood vacant for a decade to the now seven-story hotel which features 100 guest rooms and two rooftop entertainment areas. Langan provided environmental services, which included due diligence and site remediation activities performed by an LSRP and the removal of an underground storage tank. In 2017, The Asbury was named the most beautiful hotel in New Jersey by Architectural Digest magazine.

Location
Asbury Park, NJ

Client
Confidential

Service
Environmental

Architects
Stonehill & Taylor (Executive Architect)
Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture DPC (Interior Architect)


Quarry Walk

OVERVIEW
As Oxford’s Towne Center, Quarry Walk includes a grocery store, pharmacy, bank, mixed retail, variety of restaurants, community green, post office, 1.5 miles of walking trails, and 150 residential units. The new 32-acre development was previously a functioning rock quarry prior to construction. The project, which included extensive rock blasting and rock cut slopes, reused blasted rock to build the retaining walls around the perimeter of the site and for design elements throughout.

AWARDS
Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) 2015 Celebrate Connecticut Award

Location
Oxford, CT

Client
Oxford Towne Center, LLC

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


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