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LANGAN ACADEMIC AND MEDICAL CAMPUS EXPERIENCE
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LAFAYETTE COLLEGE - ROCKWELL INTEGRATED SCIENCESCENTER
Location: Easton‚ PA
Client: Lafayette College
Architect: Payette
Services: Site/Civil‚ Landscape Architecture
OVERVIEW
Lafayette College's approximately 80‚000-SF new Integrated Sciences Center is situated on Anderson Courtyard
and adjacent to the Acopian Engineering Center. The project meets the US Green Building Council's LEED Gold
Status - one of the highest industry standards for sustainability. Langan was the site/civil consultant for the project
and responsible for site feasibility services to evaluate various site configurations‚ zoning and code implications‚
as well as providing landscape architecture and planning. Langan was also responsible for the preparation of land
development drawings and the submission of these drawings to local‚ county and state review agencies.
ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY MILFORD HOSPITAL
Location: Quakertown‚ PA
Client: St. Luke's University Health Network
Services: Environmental‚ Site/Civil‚ Geotechnical‚ Landscape
Architecture‚ Traffic & Transportation
OVERVIEW
Langan prepared a preliminary feasibility study to evaluate the possibility of developing a healthcare complex on
one of three separate sites. We identified significant development constraints‚ prepared base maps and concept
plans and provided a comparison table that describes the pros and cons for each development site. Once the site
was selected‚ Langan performed a preliminary due diligence investigation. The scope of work included an
updated Phase I ESA Report‚ a preliminary Natural Resources Assessment‚ which included PADEP Coordination
to identify possible permitting hurdles‚ a Cultural Resources Assessment along with Threatened and Endangered
Species Coordination and a Wetland Limits Verification and Permitting Confirmation. Our work encompassed a
review of the previous Traffic Impact Study‚ updated trip generation estimates for the planned project and a
meeting with PennDOT to review proposed improvements associated with the site.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE - HIGH STREET STREETSCAPE
Location: Easton‚ PA
Client: Lafayette College
Services: Site/Civil‚ Traffic & Transportation‚ Landscape Architecture
OVERVIEW
As a central connection point to several buildings on campus‚ High Street from McCartney Street to Anderson
Courtyard is a high-traffic pedestrian zone. Prior to completion of this project‚ pedestrian safety along this portion
of roadway was challenged by parallel parking and crosswalks with limited visibility.
Langan work closely with Lafayette‚ providing planning‚ design and construction services implementing: removal
of street parking; traffic calming measures; improved pedestrian crossings; and upgraded sidewalks along the
length of the street.
PENN MEDICINE NEW PATIENT PAVILION
Location: Philadelphia‚ PA
Client: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Architect: HDR Architecture‚ Foster+Partners
Partner: L.F. Driscoll‚ Balfour Beatty‚ BR+A
Services: Site/Civil‚ Geotechnical‚ Environmental‚ Surveying/Geospatial
OVERVIEW
As part of the project team‚ known as PennFIRST‚ Langan is providing a multitude of services including site/civil
and geotechnical engineering‚ environmental consulting‚ permitting and survey. In an effort to expand their rapidly
growing network‚ Penn Medicine has assembled one of the first integrated project delivery (IPD) teams on the
East Coast for the design and development of a new patient pavilion‚ located in Philadelphia's University City
area. The new clinical facility will include approximately 500 new patient beds‚ 50 operating and procedure rooms‚
a relocated and expanded Emergency Department‚ 700 space substructure parking lot‚ and expanded healthcare
delivery programs within the network.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - PRESIDENT'S GARDEN
Location: Philadelphia‚ PA
Client: University of Pennsylvania
Architect: University of Pennsylvania
Services: Site/Civil‚ Landscape Architecture
OVERVIEW
Langan provided detailed grading and stormwater management for the restoration of garden walkways and
adjacent bed and lawn panels for the University President's House. The design garden complements the
residence‚ the historic Eisenlohr Hall‚ (c.1912) by Horace Trumbauer. To preserve the garden structure‚ Langan
worked with the University's campus landscape architect to restore cohesive walkway paving patterns‚ setting
grades and alignment to preserve historic site features and trees. To complete this project‚ Langan provided
survey and detailed landscape architecture services.
UPMC SOUTH TOWER DECONSTRUCTION
Location: Pittsburgh‚ PA
Client: GBBN Architects‚ Inc.
Partner: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Services: Site/Civil‚ Environmental‚ Traffic & Transportation‚ Traditional
Surveying
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.
PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Location: Pennsylvania
Client: Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges
Services: Environmental Compliance
OVERVIEW
Langan developed and implemented an environmental compliance auditing program for nine member schools at
23 campuses throughout the state. This program consisted of training college facility managers to become familiar
with the compliance requirements on campus and to gain an understanding of the regulatory programs that would
be covered in the audits.
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER AT COOPER UNIVERSITYHOSPITAL
Location: Camden‚ NJ
Client: Cooper University Hospital
Services: Site/Civil‚ Geotechnical‚ Landscape Architecture‚
Environmental‚ Natural Resources & Permitting‚ Traditional
Surveying
OVERVIEW
Langan is supporting the multi-story‚ 103‚000-SF world-class cancer institute. The design includes a public plaza
and garden‚ and a renovated landscape. The project has undergone extensive conceptual planning‚ programming‚
and site planning studies to locate the facility on an extremely tight urban site. Stormwater runoff from the
proposed site was minimized by reducing the amount of on-site surface parking in favor of a heavily landscaped
plaza space.
AWARDS
2013 US Green Building Council New Jersey‚ Emerald Award - Urban Green Project
2013 American Council of Engineering Companies‚ Diamond Award
PENN STATE ERIE‚ THE BEHREND COLLEGE - TRIPPE HALL
Location: Erie‚ PA
Client: Pennsylvania State University
Architect: Noelker and Hull
Partner: Turner Construction Company‚ Ayers Saint Gross‚ Karpinski
Engineering‚ Moore Design Associates
Services: Site/Civil
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.
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
Location: Bernards Township‚ NJ
Client: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Architect: EwingCole
Partner: Barr & Barr
Services: Site/Civil‚ Geotechnical‚ Landscape Architecture‚
Environmental‚ Earthquake/Seismic‚ Traditional Surveying
OVERVIEW
Langan is providing its full services to this premier cancer center treatment facility in New Jersey. As part of the
design team‚ a †green† philosophy driven by patient experience‚ site aesthetics‚ and adjacent woodland views
greatly influenced planning and development.
YALE UNIVERSITY - GIS MAPPING & DATA MANAGEMENT
Location: New Haven‚ CT
Client: Yale University
Services: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)‚ Surveying/Geospatial
OVERVIEW
The university currently maintains their utility information within AutoCAD and paper drawings‚ which is used to
support a wide variety of projects‚ including numerous ongoing construction and maintenance activities. Langan
assisted the university in developing more accurate representation of their utility infrastructure across the campus.
Langan is providing underground utility mapping services consisting of GIS database development‚ utility data
migration and field site locating services to enhance the quality of information on file. This project will improve the
accuracy and completeness of utility information for the Science Hill area of the campus‚ which includes the
Peabody Museum of Natural History property and is bounded by Edwards Street to the North‚ Sachem Street to
the South‚ Whitney Avenue to the East‚ and Prospect Street to the West.
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER EXPANSION
Location: Hackensack‚ NJ
Client: Hackensack Meridian Health
Architect: Perkins + Will
Services: Site/Civil‚ Surveying/Geospatial‚ Landscape Architecture
OVERVIEW
The Hackensack University Medical Center is one of the five highest performing hospitals in the nation. As part of
this expansion project the hospital added new facilities including a 225‚000-SF Patient Care Pavilion‚ an
80‚000-SF Children's Center‚ and a 25‚000-SF expansion of Surgical/Trauma Center. Langan provided complete
site/civil engineering services for the expansion. The engineering services included site plan preparation‚ grading
and drainage design‚ sanitary sewer design‚ landscape architecture‚ and exterior lighting design. The project also
included the design of over 700-feet of retaining walls varying from four to 21-feet in height.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE - NPPR RESIDENCE HALL
Location: Swarthmore Borough‚ PA
Client: Swarthmore College
Architect: DIGSAU Architecture
Services: Site/Civil‚ Geotechnical‚ Traditional Surveying
OVERVIEW
In order to accommodate a rapidly growing student population‚ Swarthmore College added a 128-bed residence
hall near its Palmer‚ Pittenger and Roberts residence-hall complex. Langan provided site/civil‚ survey‚ and
geotechnical engineering services to facilitate designing‚ permitting‚ and constructing the new residence hall. The
project was designed to minimize environmental impact by following the recommendations established in the
college's sustainability framework. To meet the college's sustainability goals‚ Langan worked closely with the
project landscape architect‚ Studio Bryan Haynes‚ to design the site to preserve trees‚ respect the ball fields
adjacent to the resident-hall quadrant‚ provide outdoor space for student enjoyment‚ provide low-impact
stormwater-management features‚ and conserve energy. Langan's experience with designing and permitting
innovative stormwater management on tight urban sites was a key contribution to the success in the design and
approval process for this project.
RWJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - SOUTH AND CORE BUILDINGEXPANSION
Location: New Brunswick‚ NJ
Client: RWJBarnabas Health
Architect: Array Architects
Services: Site/Civil‚ Traffic & Transportation‚ Surveying/Geospatial
OVERVIEW
Langan is currently providing site/civil‚ surveying‚ and traffic engineering services for the South and Core Building
expansions. The project will add a new floor to the RWJUH Core Building and will horizontally expand the RWJUH
South Building. Construction of the project will include the addition of 40‚000 square feet of new hospital space
and the renovation of 85‚000 square feet of existing hospital space. In addition‚ the project will provide parking for
non-emergency ambulances.
ST. JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY - SWEENEY FIELD RESTORATION
Location: Philadelphia‚ PA
Client: St. Joseph's University
Services: Site/Civil‚ Landscape Architecture‚ Surveying/Geospatial
OVERVIEW
Langan provided site/civil‚ geotechnical‚ and permitting services for the overall restoration and rehabilitation of the
St. Joseph's University Sweeney Field and the surrounding running track. Langan also provided civil and
structural engineering services for the expansion of the bleachers and press box. Our team planned the project to
eliminate the need for stormwater permitting‚ prepared restoration plans‚ and designed drainage improvements to
alleviate problematic existing drainage conditions. Additionally‚ we provided a topographic and utility surveys‚
drainage investigation and evaluation‚ and site engineering design and construction documents. The university
required a fast-track design and construction schedule in order to accommodate their athletics schedule. Langan
administrated the design‚ bidding‚ and construction to meet the demanding schedule requirements.
HUMC - EMERGENCY TRAUMA DEPARTMENT EXPANSION
Location: Hackensack‚ NJ
Client: Hackensack Meridian Health
Architect: Pomarico Design Studio
Partner: Gilbane Building
Services: Surveying/Geospatial‚ Site/Civil‚ Geotechnical‚ Traffic &
Transportation
OVERVIEW
The Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is proposing to expand the Emergency Trauma Department
(ETD) located at the hospital main campus in Hackensack‚ NJ. Site improvements associated with the ETD
expansion consisted of a new 7‚750-SF infill building addition‚ reconfiguration of the access drives servicing the
emergency room ambulance drop-off area‚ and widening a roadway to provide an ambulance staging area and
police / emergency vehicle parking area. Langan coordinated extensively with the project architect and client
during the design process. The HUMC timeline was considered a fast track process; since Langan performed
several disciplines in house‚ we were able to expedite the design process.