Resort & Entertainment Experience

Langan resort and entertainment experience prepared for Turner Construction Company

American Dream Meadowlands

OVERVIEW
American Dream is a $5-billion unique and visually compelling mixed-use development located on the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The project incorporates exciting and participatory sports and entertainment venues, such as an indoor ski slope and skate park for the entire family. Langan provided site/civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, surveying, environmental engineering, and permitting services for the new indoor amusement park and water park component of the project.

Location
East Rutherford, NJ

Client
Triple Five Development

Services
Geotechnical
Site/Civil
Traditional Surveying
Natural Resources & Permitting
Land Use Planning
Environmental


Ahwahnee Hotel

OVERVIEW
The Ahwahnee Hotel is the centerpiece of the Ahwahnee National Historic Landmark in Yosemite National Park. The hotel, constructed in the 1920s, is a multi-level structure ranging from three to six stories. Langan performed site-specific ground motion analysis, recommended suite of time histories, and foundation design parameters for the hotel site rehabilitation, as well as a geotechnical investigation and studies that addressed necessary improvements.

Location
Yosemite National Park, CA

Client
Delaware North Company

Service
Geotechnical


Spanish Peaks Resort

OVERVIEW
The Spanish Peaks Resort encompasses 2,500 acres of geologically complex terrain. The development includes a village center, an 18-hole golf course, single-family residences, estate lots, condominiums, ski lifts, associated infrastructure, and resort facilities. Langan developed geologic and geotechnical recommendations for multiple on-site facilities, provided construction observation services, and played an integral role in the design and construction of a complex foundation repair of a powered ski lift terminal. The fast-track project involved high-level geotechnical engineering and detailed coordination of tasks with other consultants.

Location
Big Sky, MT

Client
The Club at Spanish Peaks

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Hart Howerton

Strategic Partner
Suffolk Construction


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


Fontainebleau Resort & Spa

OVERVIEW
Langan completed a Phase I/Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), which identified chlorinated solvents in the soil and ground water as a result of discharges from a former dry-cleaning operation in the basement of the hotel. Langan also completed comprehensive asbestos surveys and monitored the abatement. In addition, Langan performed geotechnical engineering studies and comprehensive and innovative pile load testing programs, and inspected the installation of the piles.

Location
Miami Beach, FL

Client
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC

Services
Geotechnical
Environmental

Architects
NBWW
HKS


Parx Casino Expansion

OVERVIEW
Langan provided engineering design, land-use and natural resource permitting, master planning, and construction-phase services for the Parx Casino, which is the largest casino gaming complex in the state. Geotechnical engineering services included subsurface investigations, foundation recommendations, and reports. Traffic improvements consisted of road widening, turn lanes and intersection improvements.

Location
Bensalem, PA

Client
Parx Casino

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

Architect
KlingStubbins/SOSH


Turning Stone Resort Casino

OVERVIEW
The Turning Stone Resort Casino expansion included a new main entrance with a garden atrium, expansion of the events arena, and construction of a 22-story hotel tower, four-story suites hotel and luxury spa, and a five-story parking garage. Langan investigated on-site subsurface conditions, provided foundation recommendations, evaluated the infrastructure system, and conducted on-site construction support, which helped maintain the project schedule.

Location
Verona, NY

Client
Oneida Indian Nation

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical

Architect
EDSA


Dolphins Water Park at Sun Life Stadium

OVERVIEW
Langan provided multiple engineering services for the proposed Dolphins Water Park at Sun Life Stadium, which is to be located in the existing stadium parking lots. Langan designed 3,600 linear feet of water main along NW 199th Street, closing a large gap in the City of North Miami Beach water distribution system. Langan's traffic and transportation team designed a revamped stadium parking layout of approximately 20,000 spaces in order to absorb the 1,500 spaces to be lost by the development of the water park. Langan also served as the geotechnical engineer of record for this project, which included the coordination of a field investigation.

Location
Miami Gardens, FL

Client
The Related Companies

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation


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