Project Name: Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Fresno, California United States

Project Information/Details: Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, along with the Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority, has announced completion of the first phase of construction for a 10-mile section of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project. The canal, which delivers water to more than 1 million acres of highly productive farmland and 250,000 residents, is being restored after years of canal capacity loss due to land subsidence—a sinking of the earth from groundwater removal. The eastern San Joaquin Valley is part of California’s Central Valley, which produces about a quarter of the US food supply. Stantec was selected as the engineer of record for the 33-mile, multiphase project in 2017. The $326 million phase-one portion of the project to replace 10 miles of canal began construction in late 2021. The Bureau of Reclamation owns the canal, while the Friant Water Authority operates and maintains it. “This is a huge milestone, and we are pleased to be working with the Friant Water Authority and the Bureau of Reclamation on this pivotal project,” said Matt Carpenter, Northern California conveyance sector lead at Stantec. “This effort is the first step in restoring conveyance capacity to the 33-mile Middle Reach and increasing water supply reliability in the San Joaquin Valley.” The Friant-Kern Canal begins at the Friant Dam of Millerton Lake, a reservoir on the San Joaquin River north of Fresno, and flows about 152 miles southward along the eastern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, ending near Bakersfield. The canal has lost 60 percent of its design capacity due to land subsidence caused by years of groundwater overdraft conditions that occurred during California’s droughts. Stantec performed engineering design for the project and also provided engineering support during this first phase of construction. “Stantec has been an ideal partner to engineer this critical water supply project,” said Johnny Amaral, Friant Water Authority’s chief operating officer and chief of external affairs. “Stantec developed innovative technical solutions in an extremely short timeframe to meet our schedule, and we are thrilled with the progress we’ve made to complete the first phase of construction. The professionals at Stantec know how to get things done.” Stantec has extensive experience in conveyance projects and water resources infrastructure. The team looks forward to the challenges to support Friant Water Authority and the Bureau of Reclamation on future phases of this project.

Project Name: Orangeburg Railroad Corner Development

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina United States

Project Information/Details: The City of Orangeburg, South Carolina, broke ground yesterday on the Orangeburg Railroad Corner Development. The 1-acre brownfield site will transform 12 historic, city-owned parcels into mixed-use commercial and residential spaces through new construction and reuse of heritage structures. Global integrated design firm Stantec collaborated on the project with the public-private partnership (P3) of the City and Orangeburg University District Partners (OUDP) to bring the community’s vision to fruition. Stantec is serving as planning, environmental, design, and engineering lead in collaboration with local architecture firm Studio 2LR. The project aims to revitalize the area and facilitate economic growth with new commercial and retail space. Designed to reflect the city’s heritage, Railroad Corner mixes elements of the area’s historic aesthetic with modern touches. Stantec worked with the City and OUDP—a development group consisting of Luna Development and HBCU Community Development Action Coalition, Orangeburg County, as well as South Carolina State University and Claflin University—to design student housing located on the site. The housing supports enrollment growth of the schools and is designed to embrace the spirit of both universities. “The Orangeburg Railroad Corner project represents a turning point for the local community. These dormant spaces hold so much potential to breathe new life into this part of the city and we’re honored to play our part in helping unlock that potential,” said Amy Worsham, brownfields asset transformation leader for Stantec. “Spaces like this exist in cities across the nation, and we believe the Railroad Corner will set an example for the possibilities that other communities may discover as well.” Design, funding, and collaboration Stantec led the Railroad Corner project using its Asset Transformation and Brownfields model—a partnership approach to help communities transform underutilized properties and districts into valuable destinations. Leaning on local and national expertise from its offices across the US, the firm applied a holistic approach that started with conceptualization and will continue through construction, assisting with funding gaps, partnerships, and overcoming revitalization challenges along the way. The Stantec team included a collaboration of industry disciplines including community development, landscape architecture, surveying, civil engineering, environmental services, transportation engineering, and buildings architecture and engineering. To support the brownfield’s redevelopment, Stantec assisted the city in acquiring a $500,000 Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Assessment Grant and coordinated with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for funding environmental remediation. Civil Rights history The Railroad Corner project also includes the construction of the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum, designed by Studio 2LR and developed by Orangeburg County. From 1950 to the early 1970s, Orangeburg was a center of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina. Its history is marked by events like student-organized sit-ins at a department store lunch counter in 1960. The city is also the site of the Orangeburg Massacre. In 1968, law enforcement officers fired into a crowd of student demonstrators protesting racial segregation at a local bowling alley. The event left three students dead and 28 wounded. It was the first deadly confrontation between law enforcement and university students in the nation. “It is difficult to overstate the importance of this project to our community,” said Sidney Evering, Orangeburg city administrator. “The fact that so many organizations and partners on the federal, state, and local level have worked together to get us to this point is a testament of the significance of Railroad Corner. We are extremely cognizant of the role Railroad Corner has played in our past and very excited about its revitalization and the role it will play in the future of our community. I could not be prouder and more appreciative of the way our community has come together to support this project. I believe it is a harbinger of the positive growth that is coming to Orangeburg and will serve as a catalyst for future development.” A phased approach The groundbreaking kicked off the first of four phases for the Railroad Corner project. The first phase focuses on developing residential, retail, and commercial space as well as the Civil Rights Museum. Phases 2 and 3 will expand residential and commercial spaces and connect the development to the universities through a pedestrian bridge over the adjacent railway. Phase 4 will focus on further improving mobility and connectivity to downtown and the universities.

Project Name: Morgan North

Company Name: Montroy DeMarco Architecture

Project Location: New York City, New York United States

Project Information/Details: Morgan North, the expansive, 645,000-square foot redevelopment of what was once New York City’s largest postal distribution center into a multi-use, sustainable property housing creative office space, a multilevel rooftop park and street-level retail, has won the 2024 NYCxDESIGN Award in the Outdoor Space category. The project team includes developer Tishman Speyer, lead architect Montroy DeMarco Architecture, design architect Shimoda Design Group and landscape architect HMWhite. NYCxDESIGN connects and amplifies the broad coalition of design that fuels New York City through its annual design competition and other programs. In 2011, underscoring the immense size and influence of New York City's design community, the City Council created NYCxDESIGN to convene and promote the flourishing design industry within the city and promote industry tourism. In 2020, NYCxDESIGN transitioned into a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. NYCxDESIGN FESTIVAL, New York City’s Official Celebration of Design, is the organization’s most impactful annual design event, established in 2012. Each year, the Festival, including the design competition, is an opportunity to spotlight New York City as a leading global design center, including visitors to the city, with hundreds of events focused on design and innovation, creativity, culture and sustainability. NYCxDESIGN extends its impact by spearheading meaningful year-round programs that champion diversity, foster equitable opportunities, and promote inclusion within the city’s design professions. Located at 351 9th Avenue in Manhattan, Morgan North encompasses an entire city block between 9th and 10th Avenues from West 29th to West 30th Streets. The building varies from a six-story to a ten-story structure along its West 30th Street frontage. The site originally served as a rail yard for the Hudson River Railroad and then as a United States Post Office distribution center, erected in 1933. Rail tracks previously extended from the adjacent High Line spur into the second floor, resulting in a building with large footprints and increased structural capacities. The USPS continues to operate a mail distribution facility on the cellar level and four lower levels of the building. Tishman Speyer’s intense focus on occupant health and well being is exemplified by Morgan North’s new, two-acre rooftop park, the largest intensive green roof atop a commercial building in New York City. This expansive customer amenity is an integral part of the comprehensive adaptive reuse of the building into a visionary 21st century commercial office building. The building has received a LEED Gold certification. The building’s historic 9th Avenue lobby has been meticulously restored, bringing its brass-framed entrance doors with an ornamental, double-height transom grille to its original beauty. In addition, Tishman Speyer and its architectural team created two new lobbies, one mid-block on West 30th Street and the other on the corner of 10th Avenue and West 30th Street. The two new lobbies feature rare, oversized 14” wide by 22’ long Douglas fir wood planks that provide a striking, continuous wall surface. Douglas Fir planks are also applied to the ceiling, creating a warm, seamless look to enhance the architecture and lighting design. The 10th Avenue lobby ties itself visually to the adjacent High Line spur by celebrating four large openings where the trains used to access the building. It features a work/lounge area and an intimate lounge room reminiscent of a vintage railroad café car. These hospitality elements promote the lobby space as a place of social gathering, introducing hospitality concepts into a commercial workplace environment. The levels 5 through 10 have been renovated with new lobbies, core support rooms, restrooms, stairs and eleven new elevators. The fifth and sixth floors boast floor plates of over 180,000 gross square feet each. The architects introduced three massive 32’ x 40’ skylights along the center of the floor plate, which dramatically transformed the 5th and 6th floors, exposing the 5th floor to enhanced natural sunlight. Further, the volume from the 5th floor to the top of the interior of each of the skylights is an impressive 46’, which offers unique design opportunities for future customers. The 7th floor’s new 30,000-square-foot pavilion features two 60-foot wide clear span bays, a 17-foot tall steel frame structure and a monumental skylight system. It is the anchor access point to the massive Rooftop Park amenity space. Additional team members included construction manager Urban Atelier Group, structural engineer Active Design Group Engineering, MEP engineer and lighting designer Cosentini Associates, LEED consultant: Vidaris/SOCOTEC and historic preservation consultant Higgins Quasebarth & Partners. Rooftop Architecture and Landscape Design The total rooftop park size is two acres or 112,750 square feet of outdoor space. The outdoor areas include the 84,750-square foot 7th Floor Garden Terrace; 30,000 square foot pavilion roof and 8th and 9th Floor terraces; and 8,000-square foot 11th Floor Tower Terrace. The 84,750-square foot roof terrace has been completely reimagined as a landscaped oasis that offers a direct connection with nature, light and air. The Rooftop Park features a natural-feeling, meandering landscape with a planting scheme representative of the distinct planting regions of New York State, designed by HMWhite. Landscape design principles organized the creation of enhanced views, while shaping spaces to serve a variety of shared uses and scales of activity. Coniferous hedgerows are arranged to mitigate prevailing winds and are combined with groves of canopy trees to soften and cool harsh sunrays. Further, these landscape placemaking features extend seasonal use. The woven pathways and the mosaic of varied landscape create the sense of an oasis in the sky. A variety of spaces are designed for collaborative work, recreation, and quiet inspiration. The ground plane is infused with areas for field games, nature walks, food, beverage, and covered gathering areas for work and play. The landscape design is composed of a series of layers, which references Northeastern US coniferous woodlands. It starts with the evergreen forest at the rooftop’s northern edge, transitions to a shrubland in its middle, and then flows into a low-lying wildflower meadow at its southern roof boundary. Each space is developed within a visually distinct landscape designed to improve comfort and awaken seasonal sensibilities. Landscape Architecture Highlights: • Elevated walkway at perimeter to allow views over parapet • Varied plant types to create colorful micro-environments that promote varied seasonal experiences • A variety of raised and sunken areas to create a feeling of natural topography • Varied outdoor congregation area sizes to promote different types of activities – places for solitude, as areas well as for communal gatherings Distinct Rooftop Park Features: • Gathering/Yoga Lawn • Event Open Lawn/Tent ready • Covered common plazas and trellis structures • Mini theatre area/Town Hall • Sunset Terrace • Vegetable Garden with raised planters • Abundant and varied furniture groupings • Decorative lighting design for after-hours activities • 30,000 RSF glass pavilion addition that anchors the access to the terrace • Speaker systems throughout