Project Spotlight Tour: Langan Leader, July 2023

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

  • David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center, Tarrytown, NY
  • 4th and Harrison, San Francisco, CA
  • Fairfield University – Bellarmine Campus, Bridgeport, CT
  • SciTech Scity, Jersey City, NJ
  • Arizona State University – Wilson Hall Replacement, Tempe, AZ
  • Poitras East – Lake Nona Greenwood, Orlando, FL

David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center

OVERVIEW
Housed within the historic Orangerie, the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center is a net-zero, LEED Platinum-certified facility with a multipurpose performance space, gallery, and flexible studio for artists and community programs. Through the adaptive reuse of the 8,000 SF Beaux-Arts Orangerie, the dormant building was renovated and expanded to create a cultural hub on the 217-acre Rockefeller Estate. Langan provided surveys of the project area and greater estate, subsurface investigations to support the renovation, photovoltaic field foundation design, geothermal well field design, site plan approval drawings, stormwater management, and the rain garden design.
AWARDS
2023 ASCE Lower Hudson Valley Branch Empire State Award, Site Development Project of the Year

Location
Tarrytown, NY

Client
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Services
Surveying/Geospatial
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Environmental

Architect
FXCollaborative

Strategic Partners
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architecture
Silman
Yorke Construction


4th and Harrison

OVERVIEW
4th and Harrison includes two developments: a 15-story mixed-use building and an affordable housing building. The mixed-use development will consist of 770,000 SF of Class A office space, 36,000 SF of retail, and 16,700 SF of public open space. Langan completed a geotechnical investigation to evaluate the subsurface conditions at the site, developed conclusions and recommendations regarding the geotechnical aspects of the project, and prepared a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment.
AWARDS
2023 CTBUH Future Project Award
American Architecture Awards, Best Mixed-Use Buildings

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
BXP (formerly Boston Properties)

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental

Strategic Partners
HOK
Magnusson Klemencic Associates


Fairfield University – Bellarmine Campus

OVERVIEW
Fairfield University’s expansion into Bridgeport has brought new life to the former St. Ambrose parish. With this expansion, the university will offer a two-year associate degree program to local communities, with the goal of supporting low-income and first-generation students. The site will add a parking lot, ADA ramp, and new green drainage facilities, including a network of rain gardens and drywell structures. Preparation of site plans included demolition, site layout, grading and drainage, soil erosion and sediment control, planting, and construction details. Langan conducted a preliminary traffic/trip generation assessment memo to compare existing traffic patterns with the anticipated number of peak-hour trips generated by the development, and provided boundary and topographic surveys of the site.

Location
Bridgeport, CT

Client
Fairfield University

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

Architect
Newman Architects


SciTech Scity

OVERVIEW
Located adjacent to the Liberty Science Center, SciTech Scity is a 14-acre “mini-city” campus that will bring together the community through education centers, housing, and cutting-edge corporate spaces. The development includes Edge Works, which will serve as an economic and creative hub, as well as an open space plaza, a pedestrian connection to Liberty Science Center, a STEM learning center, and a residential complex called “Scholars Village.” Langan is very familiar with the site, having previously worked on the Liberty Science Center expansion project and Liberty State Park. Project challenges included working within the 100-year floodplain and preparing the site work and infrastructure needed for the full build-out of the campus.

Location
Jersey City, NJ

Client
Liberty Science Center

Services
Surveying/Geospatial
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Traffic & Transportation
Geotechnical
Natural Resources & Permitting
Demolition

Architect
Concrete


Arizona State University – Wilson Hall Replacement

OVERVIEW
Arizona State University is replacing a three-story building built in 1956 with a five-story, 169,626 SF academic building that will support the school’s master plan and campus vision. For this project, Langan performed a field investigation, which included test borings and laboratory testing, and developed recommendations for deep and shallow foundations. We also helped protect multiple utilities located beneath the development by providing recommendations for cast-in drilled hole piles to support large loads and bypass the utility tunnel.

Location
Tempe, AZ

Client
Arizona State University

Service
Geotechnical


Poitras East – Lake Nona Greenwood

OVERVIEW
Lake Nona Greenwood, also known as Parcel N-5 Multi-Tenant Retail, is a four-acre lot containing approximately 24,000 SF of commercial development. Located within the Poitras East portion of the Lake Nona master-planned community, this project includes two commercial buildings and a 180-space parking lot. Langan is deeply familiar with the site, having worked as the site/civil engineer responsible for mass grading and stormwater management design and permitting for the entire 800-acre Poitras East property, as well as the utility infrastructure for the overall commercial development. We also coordinated with several agencies during the permitting process, including the City of Orlando, South Florida Water Management District, Orlando Utilities Commission (Water and Electric), Orange County Utilities, and Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Location
Orlando, FL

Client
Tavistock

Service
Site/Civil


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