Project Spotlight Tour: Langan Leader, May 2018

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

Southwest Park – Hoboken, NJ
Corporativo Neuchâtel – Mexico City, Mexico
I-70 Spill Response – Gypsum, CO
Swift Factory – Hartford, CT
citizenM Hotel @ 72 Ellis – San Francisco, CA
Cornell Tech – Tata Innovation Center – New York, NY

Southwest Park

OVERVIEW
Southwest Park is a new one-acre city park that incorporates the delay and store components of the Rebuild by Design approach. Following the city’s Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan, Langan designed and prepared the stormwater management for this park. We designed a system to hold the equivalent of a 10-year storm volume through green stormwater infrastructure components, including bioswales and rain gardens to mitigate existing flooding within this area of the city. Langan is the Licensed Site Remediation Professional for the project and has provided the necessary environmental controls while maintaining the design intent. Langan has also provided geotechnical engineering services and worked with the team to provide cost effective design alternatives by incorporating light-weight fill material to eliminate the need for piles.
AWARDS
USGBC NJ Award - Innovation and Sustainability Best Practices

Location
Hoboken, NJ

Client
City of Hoboken

Services
Site/Civil
Environmental
Geotechnical
Natural Resources & Permitting
Landscape Architecture

Architect
Starr Whitehouse


Corporativo Neuchâtel

OVERVIEW
Langan was retained by Hines to provide civil engineering services for the development of a 20-story office tower that also includes nine levels of parking below grade. The office tower is part of a multi-phased development in Mexico City. Langan is part of the design team that includes HOK and HKS.

Location
Mexico City, Mexico

Client
Hines

Service
Site/Civil

Architects
HOK
HKS


I-70 Spill Response

OVERVIEW
Langan provided environmental and geotechnical engineering services in support of a 5,000-gallon petroleum spill that occurred along Interstate-70 in Gypsum, Colorado. The spill site is located within about 100 feet from the Eagle River so the petroleum spill had to be remediated expeditiously to prevent ecological damage. We prepared a Corrective Action Plan that included a subsurface investigation to delineate the extent of petroleum impacts and defined remedial objectives. Our geotechnical scope consisted of developing engineering plans to specify requirements for excavations adjacent to the I-70 median, backfill oversight, and compaction and moisture testing using a nuclear density/moisture gauge in accordance with CDOT specifications.

Location
Gypsum, CO

Client
Confidential

Services
Environmental
Geotechnical


Swift Factory

OVERVIEW
The Swift Factory complex served as the economic engine of the Northeast Hartford community for more than 100 years before its closure in 2005. The historic, industrial brownfield site contains the former M. Swift and Sons factory, the historical manufacturers of gold leaf and other pressed metals, as well as two homes on a site totaling 2.6 acres. Community Solutions is re-purposing the facility into a multi-purpose community hub to improve health and create jobs for the neighborhood residents. Langan provided engineering services including site, grading, utilities, and drainage design. We performed the site design around the constraints of renovating an existing building.

Location
Hartford, CT

Client
Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc.

Service
Site/Civil

Architect
Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc.

Strategic Partner
Community Solutions


citizenM Hotel @ 72 Ellis

OVERVIEW
Located in the heart of Union Square, the former 8,423-SF parking lot is being transformed into an upscale 11-story hotel with 192 guest rooms, a rooftop terrace, main lobby, retail area, and fitness center. The Netherlands-based hotelier citizenM is developing the site. Langan’s site/civil team is providing services from schematic design through to construction. Langan’s work in developing innovative stormwater management solutions and preparation of Stormwater Control Plans have been recognized by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
citizenM Hotels

Service
Site/Civil

Architect
Gensler


Cornell Tech – Tata Innovation Center

OVERVIEW
Langan provided geotechnical services in support of the construction of a six-story, 430,000-SF building that houses education/research facilities and commercial spaces, which is part of the larger Cornell Tech campus development project on Roosevelt Island. Located south of the Queensboro Bridge, the facility will provide a collaborative environment for students, faculty, and researchers invested in the advancement of cutting-edge digital technologies.
AWARDS
2018 Urban Land Institute New York Excellence in Development Awards, Hotel Development
2019 AIA NY Design Award, Architecture Category

Location
Roosevelt Island, NY

Client
Forest City Ratner

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Weiss/Manfredi

Strategic Partner
Thornton Tomasetti