Pittsburgh Qualifications and Experience

Langan provides an integrated mix of engineering and environmental consulting 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 over 1,300 professionals in its Parsippany, NJ headquarters and among 30 regional offices.

Langan’s local presence in the City of Pittsburgh has been established through an extensive list of successful projects across various market sectors and all throughout the city limits. As such, Langan is the go-to consultant for work within the city; with a team intimately familiar with permitting, regulatory authority contacts and coordination, and approval processes specific to this area, we are a vital part of any development effort.

Carnegie Mellon University – David A. Tepper Quadrangle

OVERVIEW
In conjunction with the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) master plan, the university is relocating their Tepper School of Business from the existing 146,350-SF building on Tech Street to a new facility located in the existing North Quad parking lot off Forbes Avenue. This new Tepper School includes a 295,000-SF building on the 4.5-acre quad and approximately 250 new parking spaces. Langan provided site/civil, transportation, and traditional surveying for the project.
AWARDS
2019 ENR Mid-Atlantic Best Project, Award of Merit - Higher Education/Research
2019 Master Builders' Association of Western Pennsylvania Excellence Award
Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania - Commercial Project of the Year

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
Carnegie Mellon University

Services
Site/Civil
Traffic & Transportation
Traditional Surveying

Architect
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners


Tower at 4 PNC Plaza

OVERVIEW
The Tower at 4 PNC Plaza is 33 stories high and considered the world's most environmentally-friendly building. Langan developed caisson design parameters for the building based on field-load test data, test-drilling results, and available site-specific geotechnical information. Langan reviewed the subsurface and load-test data and developed caisson design parameters based on the data and our experience with similar structures. Our recommended design parameters led to a less-robust foundation system and considerable cost savings and schedule reductions. Design completion included full-time Langan observation during deep foundation construction.

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
PNC Financial Services Group

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Gensler

Strategic Partner
Buro Happold


Carnegie Mellon University – Ansys Hall

OVERVIEW
Ansys Hall spawned from a partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and Ansys, Inc., a Pittsburgh-area software simulation company. The development serves as a center of innovative design for the school of engineering at the University and includes a 36,000-SF building along with a courtyard. Our survey team provided a topographic survey of the project area, a utilities survey, and coordinated utility markout. Our geotechnical engineers performed a subsurface investigation to determine conditions and to provide foundation recommendations. Our site/civil engineers provided full site design services from pre-design through to construction administration.
AWARDS
2022 SCUP Excellence Awards – Excellence in Architecture for a New Building, Honor Award
2020 AIA Pennsylvania – Architecture, Honor Award
LEED Gold Certification

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
Carnegie Mellon University

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Surveying/Geospatial
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Strategic Partners
Klavon Design Associates
Buro Happold
Barber & Hoffman
Ansys, Inc.


UPMC South Tower Deconstruction

OVERVIEW
UPMC is selectively deconstructing part of the existing South Tower, Old Children's Hospital, on their downtown Pittsburgh campus. Langan designed and permitted the site and site logistics of the deconstruction. Safe and efficient pedestrian and vehicular access, as well as parking demand and re-assignment have been planned. Langan performed an environmental site assessment to identify environmental issues, and has implemented a groundwater monitoring program that will evaluate seasonal groundwater fluctuations. The results of the program will be used in the dewatering analysis.

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
GBBN Architects, Inc.

Services
Site/Civil
Environmental
Traffic & Transportation
Traditional Surveying

Strategic Partner
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)


Carnegie Mellon University – TCS Hall

OVERVIEW
TCS Hall at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) supports cutting-edge education and research by faculty and students, house state-of-the-art facilities, and provides collaborative spaces for the CMU community. TCS Hall is a 90,000-SF, 6-story building with about 500 parking spaces situated along Forbes Avenue, a main artery in Pittsburgh. Previously, the site contained a garage and parking lot that were both demolished in preparation for the new development. Langan is providing a variety of engineering and consulting services in support of this project.

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
Carnegie Mellon University

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson


1509 Smallman Street – Pittsburgh

OVERVIEW
The 1509 Smallman Street development is located at 15th and Smallman streets, adjacent to the produce terminal in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The development, known as District Fifteen, features 105,000 SF of commercial office space features 105,000 SF of commercial office space, which will be occupied by Facebook’s Oculus division, along with 150 surface parking spaces. In support of the development, Langan’s traffic team attended a scoping meeting with the City of Pittsburgh to determine the scope needed for a Transportation Impact Assessment. This meeting enabled Langan to build consensus with the review agencies on the scope of the study, trip generation and methodology for trip distribution, analysis years and growth factors. To complete the assessment, the Langan traffic team conducted a field examination, performed manual traffic counts, developed trip distributions, developed future base volumes using an appropriate background traffic growth factor, conducted peak capacity analyses, and prepared a traffic study report suitable for submission to the review agencies.

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
RDC Design-Build, Inc.

Service
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
DLA+Architecture


VA Pittsburgh University Drive Research Building

OVERVIEW
Langan supported the new University Drive Research Building Addition including demolition of existing Building #6, the re-tasking of Building #6 as a loading dock area with the creation of an outside dumpster area, recycling storage and truck turnaround, and design, permitting and construction administration for future expansion of Building #30.

Location
Pittsburgh (Oakland), PA

Clients
Miller-Remick Corporation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Services
Site/Civil
Environmental
Landscape Architecture


MuseumLab – Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

OVERVIEW
MuseumLab inspires immersive learning in kids 10+ by offering cutting-edge studios, maker labs, and gallery spaces that encourage experiences in art, tech, and making. Formerly home to the Carnegie Library, the historic building closed in 2006 after being struck by lightning. The rehabilitation blends old and new to honor the building’s history and highlight its original 1890 archways while welcoming the future of learning. Langan provided site/civil, geotechnical, and traffic engineering services for the project, which achieved LEED Gold v4 Certification and exceeded Architecture 2030 goals.
AWARDS
2020 Dezeen Awards, Civic and Cultural Interior of the Year
2020 AIA Pittsburgh, Silver Award
2020 Architizer A+ Awards Honoree, Project of the Year
2020 RAIA International Award for Sustainable Architecture
2020 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation, Construction: Rehabilitation
2018 ULI Pittsburgh, Award of Excellence / Visionary Place

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation

Architects
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel Architects (Architect of Record)


Acrisure Stadium Operations and Transportation Plan Update

OVERVIEW
Langan's experienced team of stadium traffic and parking engineers were asked to develop a Standard Operations Plan from gameday observations, and to prepare a revised Transportation Master Plan for development along the North Shore in Pittsburgh. The goal of the study was to improve gameday operations following peak Heinz Field events, and determine roadway and parking needs to support project development along the North Shore.

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Client
Pittsburgh Steelers

Service
Traffic & Transportation


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