Project Name: Gate Central

Company Name: Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV)

Project Location: Milan, Italy

Project Information/Details: International architecture and interior design practice Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) unveils the design of Gate Central, a new mixed-use complex conceived in the spirit of sustainable urban development. Located a stone’s throw away from some of Milan’s most visited monuments, Gate Central will offer 1,700 sqm of residential and retail spaces while regenerating an area that was heavily bombarded in wartime Milan, reimagining it for public enjoyment and as a lively residential space. The four-story Gate Central building comprises eight new residential units and includes ground- and underground-floor retail space. The creation of a green, semi-public internal square that connects Via dei Fabbri to Corso di Porta Ticinese guarantees pedestrian accessibility, while a generously lit glass-clad stairway for residents illuminates the pedestrian area in front. The tranquil, secluded square, open to the public in the daytime, is designed as a new meeting place where people can come together and enjoy a series of leisure activities, or simply rest on the stone benches among the flowerbeds.

Project Name: Quay Sarasota

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Sarasota, Florida United States

Project Information/Details: Leading global design firm Stantec has completed infrastructure improvements in Sarasota, Florida as part of Quay Sarasota—a new mixed-use waterfront district positioned on a 14-acre downtown site on Sarasota Bay. The project includes roadway and infrastructure improvements to serve the private mixed-use development as well as a roundabout at the intersection of US 41 and Fruitville Road, stormwater drainage improvements, and a scenic multi-use recreational trail. These improvements support the master plan for The Quay, which aims to bring luxury residential, upscale retail, boutique hotel, state-of-the-art office space, and active public spaces to the city. The Quay infrastructure improvements position the area for the next phases of the downtown waterfront development. Developed through a public/private partnership with the City of Sarasota and GreenPointe Developers, LLC, Stantec’s Community Development team provided site planning, entitlement, engineering, permitting, landscape architecture, and construction management services for the project. The two-lane roundabout replaces a traditional signalized intersection to create a pedestrian friendly environment and is currently circulating traffic through the city to the barrier islands. Combined with the scenic multi-use recreational trail, these projects help promote the community’s desire for transportation solutions that support walkability and improve traffic safety while enhancing connectivity and traffic flow between downtown and the Bayfront area. These projects also include solutions that enhance the city’s stormwater infrastructure and address roadway flooding. For years, Sarasota Bay’s tidal reflection led to major flooding from small rainstorms that would shut down two to three lanes of US 41. The Stantec team designed an improved drainage conveyance to replace the outdated stormwater ditch system. As a result, the final design reduced flooding elevations on US 41 and increased the downtown’s outfall capacity. Further, the addition of a sediment sump, improved stormwater infrastructure within US 41, and an on-site treatment facility serving the private development has led to improved water quality discharging directly into the Sarasota Bay. “Projects like Quay Sarasota symbolize what it means to build strong, resilient communities. We’re proud of our contributions to make the city’s downtown a safer, more connected urban space,” said Melanie Smith, senior project manager at Stantec. “We look forward to continuing our work with the City of Sarasota and GreenPointe Developers in successfully delivering the projects outlined in the master plan.” As part of its work on The Quay project, Stantec provided civil engineering services for the Ritz-Carlton Residences—an 18-story luxury condominium building in the heart of the district. The firm also provided civil engineering, site survey services, and streetscape and landscape design for the Belle Haven—the first historic building in Sarasota to be registered with the Florida State Historic Preservation Office.

Project Name: Slussen

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Project Information/Details: Leading Swedish manufacturer of premium stainless steel fasteners BUMAX has been chosen to supply high strength and corrosion resistant fasteners to global construction giant Skanska for the high-profile Slussen infrastructure project in Stockholm, Sweden. Skanska has ordered approximately 15,000 premium BUMAX fasteners for the Slussen infrastructure project in central Stockholm to be used on the new water lock’s sluice hatches. The Slussen area in central Stockholm is being redeveloped with new stainless steel sluice and flood gates – to help the region cope with the anticipated sea level rise in the coming century. It is a massive and essential nine-year SEK 15.8bn (USD 1.6bn; EUR 1.3bn) project in the heart of Stockholm, one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Sweden in recent decades. It includes road and rail infrastructure as well as rebuilding the lock and sluice system and is expected to be complete in 2025. 100-year lifespan, no failures allowed Skanska, a world-leading multinational project development and construction group based in Sweden and one of the five largest construction companies in the world, was commissioned to provide new stainless steel sluice and flood gates for Slussen. The gates are among the largest of their type in the world and designed to resist corrosion in the brackish water environment over a 100-year lifespan. As they cannot be removed once they are in operation, their strength and corrosion resistance are of great importance. The gates simply cannot be allowed to fail during their long lifespan. Skanska turned to BUMAX to provide premium high strength and corrosion resistant stainless steel fasteners for the Slussen sluice hatches. The company ordered approximately 15,000 BUMAX fasteners for the project. The fasteners specified were a mixture of BUMAX 88 (A4/316L) and BUMAX SDX 109 (Super Duplex), which provide high strength and excellent corrosion resistance. This solution catered for conditions posed by brackish water from Lake Mälaren and also the higher salinity of the sea water from the Baltic Sea. “High strength and excellent corrosion resistance” “BUMAX was able to provide us with stainless steel fasteners that fully met our high strength and excellent corrosion resistance requirements for the Slussen project,” said Bob Hamberg, Purchase Manager at Skanska Sweden. Around 90 different types of BUMAX fasteners were ordered for the Slussen project. The largest of these fasteners were BUMAX SDX threaded rods M48x1225 and M36x1125, in class 80. Due to the size and strength of these largest rods, BUMAX collaborated with RISE (the Research Institute of Sweden) to utilize specialist testing equipment, in order to test the mechanical strength of the fasteners. These tests showed that the rods could reach loads of 886kN (over 90 tons) prior to yield and 1,221kN (over 124 tons) on fracture. “BUMAX premium fasteners are simply the best for extremely demanding projects like the Slussen project,” said Lars Holm, Managing Director, BUMAX. “We are obviously happy to be selected as a supplier by such a distinguished construction companies for such an essential infrastructure project, and we look forward to providing fasteners to many similar projects around the world in the coming years.” Image Credit: Photographer Holger Ellgaard.