Stantec-designed One Vanderbilt Avenue transit improvements open for public use
The $3.3 billion transit-oriented development adds vital connections to Grand Central Terminal and the forthcoming East Side Access project The completion of One Vanderbilt Avenue, which joins the world’s most recognizable skyline as the second tallest office tower in New York City at 1,401 feet, also marks a significant milestone for the Midtown transit system. All components of One Vanderbilt’s $220 million transit improvement project, designed by Stantec and funded by SL Green, are now com...
City of Buckeye announces naming of new water treatment campus
Stantec-designed facility to increase water capacity to accommodate projected city growth Phoenix, AZ - The City of Buckeye recently announced the naming of its new water treatment campus as the Jackie A. Meck Water Campus at a private ceremony last week in honor of the City’s mayor and lifelong resident who is retiring. The City chose to design and develop the facility, formerly known as the Broadway Road Water Campus (BRWC), to address increasing water capacity for future population gr...
Skanska builds care facilities in California, USA, for USD 90 M, about SEK 770 M
Skanska has signed a contract with San Mateo County to build five new buildings for Cordilleras Health System in Redwood City, California. The contract is worth USD 90 M, about SEK 770 M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2020. The project includes four new Mental Health Rehabilitations Centers (MHRC) containing 16 beds for long-term mental healthcare. Additionally, there will be a new three-story, co-housing building that will support transitional clie...
Stantec celebrates grand opening of Good Samaritan Hospital’s $14 million pediatric emergency department
The Stantec-designed project was delivered on schedule in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic through modular construction WEST ISLIP, NY - NYSE, TSX:STN: Leading global design firm Stantec celebrates the completion of the new $14 million pediatric emergency department at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. The hospital, which serves approximately 22,000 pediatric patients each year, had outgrown its existing emergency department in recent years. Through a planning and design effort le...
AECOM awarded design contract to modernize U.S. Air Force Academy’s historic Sijan Hall
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha District selected the firm to design the renovation of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s 700,000-square-foot Sijan Hall, which is located just north of Colorado Springs, CO. The dormitory is situated in the campus’s Cadet Area, which is a National Historic Landmark District. This will be the first modernization project at Sijan Hall since it was buil...
Skanska builds new infrastructure at Los Angeles International Airport, California, USA, for USD 335 M, about SEK 2.9 billion
Skanska has signed a contract with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to serve as the design-builder for the airport authority’s Roadways, Utilities and Enabling (RUE) project. The contract is worth USD 335 M, about SEK 2.9 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2020. The RUE project supports the next phase of high-priority enabling work for LAWA’s Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP), which aims to relieve congestion for people traveling to...
New York State Thruway Authority’s $355 Million cashless tolling project now operational
Design-build project reduces congestion and improves safety by removing toll booths from 450 miles of roadway Albany, NY-TSX, NYSE: STN: Stantec, along with project partners Cashless Tolling Constructors, LLC and KC Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C. celebrate a significant milestone as the New York State Thruway Authority’s (NYSTA) $355 million project to implement cashless tolling along 450 miles of roadway is now operational. As part of the design-build project, 70 steel gantries were i...
Stantec completes volunteer drainage project for town of Taylor, Arizona
Project supplies critical support for town’s key economic driver Taylor, AZ (November 5, 2020) NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec, a global design, engineering, and consulting firm recently completed a comprehensive drainage project for the town of Taylor, Arizona’s Taylor Rodeo Grounds in partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA). Located in Navajo County, the economy of Taylor is, in part, supported by its rodeo grounds, which do not currently have proper drainage. In recent ye...
Stantec to lead multibillion-dollar initiative to supply local sustainable water to San Diego’s 1.4 million residents
Pure Water program to maximize use and reuse of city water and reduce ocean discharges Edmonton, AB; New York, NY; San Diego, CA:TSX, NYSE:STN: The Pure Water San Diego program recently reached a critical milestone, paving the way for Phase 1 of the US$3-billion program to supply local, sustainable water to San Diego’s more than 1.4 million residents. The project secured a first-of-its-kind National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to add purified water to the Miram...
Skanska invests USD 65 M, about SEK 570 M, in its first Los Angeles office development project located in Beverly Hills
Skanska invests approximately USD 65 M, about SEK 570 M, in its first Los Angeles office development project located in Beverly Hills. The construction contract is worth about USD 33.3 M, about SEK 290 M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter 2020. Located at 9000 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, Skanska plans to develop and build a four-story, 4,270 square meter office building with roof top terrace and four below grade parking levels. The pro...