Student Housing Experience

For over four decades, Langan provides an integrated mix of engineering and environmental consulting services in support of various land development projects. Our services have supported the growth and expansion plans on over 100 higher education clients around the country. 

Langan employs over 1,100 professionals in its Parsippany, NJ headquarters and among 24 regional offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Texas, Florida, California, Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon.

Rutgers University – The Yard @ College Avenue

OVERVIEW
The Yard @ College Avenue is slated to be the new focal point of the Rutgers New Brunswick campus. This 14-story apartment complex will add housing for approximately 450 students. The building’s U-shaped design allows for a 25,000 SF public courtyard that is lined with commercial vendors and a shore-style boardwalk. Langan provided site/civil engineering design services including site layout, stormwater management, and utility design. In addition, Langan provided the necessary permitting support.

Location
New Brunswick, NJ

Client
New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO)

Services
Site/Civil
Traffic & Transportation

Architect
Elkus Manfredi


Rutgers University – Jameson Hall

OVERVIEW
The Global Village Learning Center is a 19,000-SF living-learning facility located at the Douglass Residential College. The building was built to seamlessly incorporate with the other surrounding dormitory buildings built in 1927. The new residential building provides dorm rooms in addition to classroom, assembly, and lounge space with the mission of enriching the students on global issues and leadership. Langan provided site/civil, geotechnical, and surveying engineering services on the project. Site challenges included several utility relocations and limited space for stormwater management features.

Location
New Brunswick, NJ

Client
Rutgers University

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
Clarke Caton Hintz


Rutgers University – Livingston Campus Housing Expansion

OVERVIEW
Langan performed site/civil engineering, permitting, and surveying services for a three-building housing complex designed to accommodate 1,500 students. The housing complex includes a total of 35,000 SF of retail space on the ground floor. Site improvements included plazas and courtyard areas, parking, and roadway systems.

Location
Piscataway, NJ

Client
Fletcher Thompson Architecture

Services
Site/Civil
Surveying/Geospatial
Natural Resources & Permitting


Rutgers University – 15 Washington Street

OVERVIEW
Langan provided surveying, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and asbestos abatement services for the renovation of an existing 21-story building, built in 1930, into student housing, a welcome center, auditorium, store with café, and other administrative uses. This facility complements the Rutgers Newark Campus, establishing its northeastern edge along Washington Street.

Location
Newark, NJ

Client
Rutgers University

Services
Site/Civil
Landscape Architecture
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
Newman Architects


William Paterson University – Residence Hall

OVERVIEW
This project is part of a master plan to modernize and add to the available dormitory housing. The new facility will replace the outdated Overlook North dormitory and allow for phased renovation of other dormitory facilities. Langan provided site design including programming, schematic and final design services.  Our design services included site survey, natural resources, wetland and reforestation permitting, geotechnical investigations, site grading, stormwater management, roads and walkways, utility infrastructure and soil erosion and sediment control. 

Location
Wayne, NJ

Client
William Paterson University

Services
Site/Civil
Natural Resources & Permitting
Geotechnical
Traditional Surveying

Architect
Clarke Caton Hintz


New Jersey City University – West Side Village

OVERVIEW
Langan is providing a variety of engineering and consulting services for the West Side Village student dormitory building.  The approximately 100,000-SF, 425-bed dormitory will be located on the New Jersey City University West Campus and will be one of two buildings being constructed that will mark the start of vertical construction on the West Campus.

Location
Jersey City, NJ

Client
Ambling University Development Group

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical
Environmental
Surveying/Geospatial

Architect
Niles Bolton Associates


Fordham University Law School – Upper West Side Campus

OVERVIEW
The new Fordham University Law School is part of Fordham's 15-year master plan expansion for its Upper West Side campus. A 22-story tower is expected to house up to 430 undergraduate students and the nine-story lower level will house lecture halls, library and conference spaces with the remaining upper stories housing dormitory and mechanical spaces. Langan provided a variety of services and made recommendations for limiting the effects of vibrations and movements of adjacent structures during construction.

Location
New York, NY

Services
Site/Civil
Environmental
Geotechnical


Columbia University Manhattanville

OVERVIEW
Langan was retained to serve as the lead environmental engineer and consulting firm for the University's 17-acre Manhattanville campus development  in West Harlem. The development and expansion is comprised of academic and research facilities, housing for graduate students, faculty, and other employees of Columbia University, as well as retail stores and open space areas.

Location
New York, NY

Client
Columbia University

Service
Environmental

Architect
Davis Brody Bond

Strategic Partner
Lend Lease


Penn State Erie, The Behrend College – Trippe Hall

OVERVIEW
Pennsylvania State University is constructing a new residence hall to support growth at the Behrend Campus. The new structure, Trippe Hall, will be a multi-story, 65,000 SF building that will include 251 beds. The facility will also contain a central common lounge with a kitchen serving the entire building, along with smaller common spaces and study rooms on each floor.

Location
Erie, PA

Client
Pennsylvania State University

Service
Site/Civil

Architect
Noelker and Hull

Strategic Partners
Turner Construction Company
Ayers Saint Gross
Karpinski Engineering
Moore Design Associates


Stockton University – Residence Hall

OVERVIEW
Langan is providing multi-disciplined engineering and surveying services for Stockton University’s new campus located in Atlantic City’s Chelsea neighborhood. The new mixed-use campus will feature housing, academic buildings, a parking garage, and office space for South Jersey Industries.

Location
Atlantic City, NJ

Client
Atlantic City Development Corporation (AC DEVCO)

Services
Geotechnical
Traffic & Transportation
Surveying/Geospatial

Architects
SOSH Architects
Elkus | Manfredi Architects


University of Connecticut – NextGen Hall

OVERVIEW
Langan provided geotechnical engineering services for the Design Build project at the University of Connecticut (UConn) NextGen Hall.  This 210,000-SF residence hall will consist of an eight story structure housing 720 students and is the first phase of the Next Generation initiative to support the additional education incentive for science technology engineering and math programs. Langan’s scope of work during the design phases included reviewing available bridging documents, conducting a confirmation geotechnical subsurface investigation, preparation of a formal geotechnical engineering report, providing geotechnical consultation during design, preparing specifications, and reviewing construction documents. During the construction phase, Langan provided construction administration services for the geotechnical engineering aspects of the project. The project is expected to achieve LEED Silver certification.

Location
Storrs, CT

Client
University of Connecticut

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
JSA Architects


University of Miami – Converge Miami

OVERVIEW
The research and development park provides office and laboratory space for companies to collaborate with UM researchers, making it easier to turn scientific discoveries into commercial products. The 1.4-million SF research and development complex includes multiple mid-rise buildings and associated parking structures. Langan prepared paving, grading, and drainage plans to expand the surface parking field and obtained a “Drainage Connection Permit” from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), which was required because the project abuts an FDOT-operated roadway. We also performed a geotechnical exploration to evaluate the subsurface conditions, spearheaded the pile load test program, and conducted earthwork monitoring and testing, which was complicated by environmental impacts in the soil and groundwater. Our detailed evaluation of excavated materials allowed for the reuse of materials as structural fill and pavement base course. This avoided the need for imported fill, resulting in considerable cost savings.

Location
Miami, FL

Client
Wexford Science and Technology

Services
Site/Civil
Geotechnical

Architect
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

Strategic Partner
Whiting Turner


UCSF Mission Bay – Student Housing

OVERVIEW
The UCSF Mission Bay Student Housing consists of four separate buildings totaling 298,800 SF to house more than 750 UCSF students, postdoctoral scholars, and their families. Three buildings are mid-rise, ranging from 7 to 10 stories, and the fourth, called Hearst Tower, is 15 stories tall (155 feet). The four buildings surround an at-grade courtyard.

Location
San Francisco, CA

Client
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)

Service
Geotechnical

Architect
Verde Design, Inc.


UC Berkeley – Bancroft Residence Hall

OVERVIEW
Bancroft Residence Hall at UC-Berkeley is a proposed 183,500 SF, 8-story building that will house 775 students. The hall will offer greater amenities in the rooms, bathrooms, social lounges, and ground-floor compared to current residence halls on campus. Langan provided services for all development phases of the Bancroft Residence Hall. Our team conducted a geotechnical investigation, provided construction observation services, and prepared a preliminary and final American Land Title Association (ALTA) boundary survey.



Location
Berkeley, California

Client
ACC OP Development LLC

Services
Geotechnical
Surveying/Geospatial
Site/Civil

Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB)  

Strategic Partners
Webcor
Tipping Mar Structural Engineers


UC Merced – Campuswide Expansion

OVERVIEW
The UC Merced 2020 Expansion is an unprecedented four-year project that nearly doubled the physical capacity of the campus, allowing it to grow to 10,000 students and expanded it to 219 acres. The P3 project required extensive scheduling in order to be completed by 2020. Scheduled in three delivery phases, the expansion included 16 buildings, two bridges, new roads and parking lots, and several athletic facilities and fields. Construction challenges involved building two facilities in a reclaimed part of Little Lake and constructing two bridges crossing Fairfield Canal, an unlined irrigation canal that snakes around the campus.
AWARDS
2020 ASCE San Francisco, Outstanding Land Development Project
2017 AIA California Council, Urban Design Merit Award

Location
Merced, CA

Client
Webcor Construction

Services
Geotechnical
Earthquake/Seismic

Architects
SOM
WRNS Studio
HOK
Page Southerland
Mahlum Architects
Indigo Architects


University of Houston Katy Academic Building

OVERVIEW
Langan was retained by SmithGroup to provide civil engineering services for the 80,000 SF building which is the first building on this campus. The project included a parking lot that has over 500 spaces and several stormwater quality measures.

Location
Katy, TX

Client
University of Houston System

Service

Site/Civil

Architect
SmithGroup


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