Thornton Tomasetti Completes Restoration and Reconstruction of Historic Cast Iron Fire Watchtower in Harlem
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has completed the restoration and reconstruction of the Harlem Fire Watchtower in Marcus Garvey Park, which was unveiled to the public by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation on October 26th. It is a unique historic preservation project for one of America’s early cast iron structures. The Harlem Fire Watchtower was constructed in 1856 as one of a series of cast iron bell towers built throughout New York City designed to g...
Woolpert Contracted for $12M Runway Extension at Indiana GA Airport
The Dubois County Airport Authority has secured funding for the Huntingburg Regional Airport project. HUNTINGBURG, Ind. — Woolpert has been contracted by the Dubois County Airport Authority to provide engineering, design support and construction management services for a runway extension at the Huntingburg Regional Airport. The $12 million project is being funded by federal, state and local grants. The extension of the airport’s lone runway has been planned for more than a decade. It will...
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Breaks Ground on Major Expansion
Stantec-designed project adds 40 private room beds, emergency treatment areas, and surgical suites Santa Rosa, CA - Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital recently broke ground on a major expansion and renovation project that will enhance access to acute hospital services, continuing to meet the evolving needs of the growing Northern California region. Design of the $158-million project is being led by the Sacramento office of global architecture and design firm Stantec. The major expans...
Moving Architecture: Unveiling the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2020
The Pavilion, officially unveiled in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.A.E., is made out of three boats, which will embark on a figurative journey to Dubai and will be converted into the roofscape of the structure before moving on after Expo 2020 – as an exploration into recycling, circularity and digitally reconfigurable architecture Exactly one year before the opening of the World Fair in Dubai (Expo 2020), Italy unveils the final design for its natio...
Urbahn Architects Donates Design and Construction Services to the Bowery Resident Committee as Part of the AIA New York’s 2019 Day of Service
Architects and designers from the New York City-based architectural and planning firm upgrade a rooftop terrace at the Lexington Avenue Women's Residence in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY – As an architectural firm that built its practice on serving organizations that engage the public, Urbahn Architects answered the call to donate their time and talent and participate in the AIA New York’s (AIANY) 2019 Day of Service. The initiative encourages architects to make a differe...
Stantec Selected to Lead Marriott Hotel Project in Downtown Denver
Denver, CO - Denver-based Focus Property Group has selected global architecture, engineering and consulting firm Stantec to provide architecture and design for a 28-story Marriott hotel at 727 14th St. Currently the site of a parking lot on the corner of 14th and Stout streets, the new hotel will provide needed business-travel accommodations for visitors to Downtown Denver. The 342,000-square-foot space will include 525 rooms conveniently located directly across the street from the Colorado Conv...
NineStar Connect Completes High Speed Fiber Deployment in Town of Cumberland
GREENFIELD, Ind. - NineStar Connect, a smart utility providing water, sewer, electric and high speed fiber services, has completed deployment of high speed fiber facilities in the Town of Cumberland, bringing 1Gb connections to Cumberland’s town hall and other municipal facilities, and laying the groundwork for businesses to access urban-grade fiber optic infrastructure solutions. Click to Tweet. A recent study of the Mount Comfort Corridor by the Urban Land Institute found that the availabil...
Gannett Fleming’s Pioneering Reservoir Design Continues Winning Streak
(Harrisburg, Pa.) - Water & Wastes Digest Magazine named the Mt. Soma Reservoir a Top Project of 2019 during premiere water industry event, WEFTEC. “The engineering and construction management services provided by Gannett Fleming were critical to the overall success of the impoundment project,” said Barry Suits, Virginia and Maryland American Water president, who was present to receive the award. “This project represented a true partnership between Maryland American Water, local and state off...
Stantec Assisting City of Kirkland to Improve Fish Passage, Reduce Flooding in Cedar Creek
KIRKLAND, WA (September 25, 2019)- Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—is helping the City of Kirkland improve fish passage and reduce flooding in Cedar Creek by replacing an aging culvert at 100th Avenue Northeast. The design team recently submitted a 30-percent design to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permitting on the $1 million project. “By working with the City of Kirkland we have an opportunity to restore a key stretch of Cedar Creek,” said Jim McPhe...
AECOM Celebrates Topping Out of SL Green’s 1400 Foot Tall One Vanderbilt Avenue
NEW YORK — SL Green Realty Corp., New York City’s largest office landlord, today announced that its game-changing One Vanderbilt office tower in Manhattan’s East Midtown has topped out at 1,401 feet. With construction managed by AECOM Tishman and stunning design by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) Associates, One Vanderbilt’s construction is more than three months ahead of schedule and $100 million under budget with an expected opening in August 2020. One Vanderbilt is already 59 percent leased by top-ti...
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