Project Name: Automated Parking System

Company Name: Lödige Industries

Project Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Project Information/Details: Lödige Industries, a leading provider of automated parking solutions, has announced that the company will deliver automated underground parking in Amsterdam’s canal belt area. The system, which will park up to 270 cars, will utilise a hybrid combination of the two parking technologies employed by the company. Built into an existing vault between the street level and Vijzelgracht metro station, it will replace on-street parking for local residents. Given the high-density parking required and difficult access, automated parking was the only option for city planners. The contract has now been awarded to Lödige Industries as the result of a competitive European tender. In total, Amsterdam Municipality has earmarked €15 million for the project, which is scheduled to be completed in July 2022. “In response to the long and narrow shape of the vault, Lödige Industries is, for the first time, combining its CUBILE and 5BY2 parking technologies,” said Robert Bawn, Director Car Parking Logistics. “By utilising the extremely fast horizontal transfer vehicles of the CUBILE technology and the space saving pallets of the 5BY2 technology, we are able to deliver both the speed and the parking density required by this particular project. We believe this combination may well prove beneficial to other future projects”. Amsterdam Municipality uses a system of residential parking permits and permit holders will gain access to the parking system via an app and modern number plate recognition technology. On the surface, the only visible elements of the parking system will be three glass facade entry bays designed to reduce visual impact on the surrounding area, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Engineering, design and production of the machinery for the project will take place at the company’s own manufacturing plants in Germany and Romania. Installation on site will be carried out by Lödige Industries’ team in the Netherlands. Work on site is due to commence in January 2021. Lödige Industries will also provide a 15-year service contract for the parking garage. “Five years ago, when we installed what remains Europe’s largest public automated parking system with 1000 spaces in Denmark, we were a relative newcomer to the market. Since then we have seen sustained growth in this part of our business. We have made significant investments in product development in 2018 and have won several attractive projects”, said Philippe De Backer, CEO of Lödige Industries. “I am particularly pleased that our decision to focus on high quality engineering and execution is being recognised by our customers and is being rewarded with contract wins such as this one.”

Project Name: City Heights Residence Hall and Learning Commons

Company Name: JE Dunn/Stantec

Project Location: Denver, Colorado United States

Project Information/Details: The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) recently reached a major milestone, as it celebrated its official “topping out” for its new City Heights Residence Hall and Learning Commons. The 182,000-square-foot residence hall, which will represent the first on-campus student housing complex for the university, will add approximately 555 beds to the center of the urban campus. The project is being delivered by the JE Dunn/Stantec design-build team. The City Heights Residence Hall project represents an exciting time for life on campus and campus culture as a whole, adding the first true, on-campus dormitory for first-year students to the campus. The project was designed for first-year students, and will support their transition to CU Denver. The new seven-story residence hall comprises two wings connected vertically by internal communal spaces scaled to encourage student interaction between floors. The residential tower offers students mountain or downtown views, and the L-shaped configuration of the building’s upper floors flank a sunny courtyard space that will provide a new campus gathering place and connection between the CU Denver campus neighborhood and the Tivoli Student Union. The lower floors of the building include a central campus dining hall on the ground floor; and a 30,000-square-foot student services center, called the Learning Commons, designed to enhance faculty development and support students outside the classroom. The Learning Commons will centralize student academic support and tutoring services into a collaborative and vibrant facility that will serve residents and non-residents alike with the aim of making academic support approachable and convenient. In addition to student support, the Learning Commons will also feature faculty development programs and expanded space supporting online education – a rapidly evolving and critical component of the academic landscape, even prior to the COVID pandemic. The residence hall design will enable a vibrant and supportive campus experience for residents, while creating a communal heart for all campus users. As another prominent addition to the CU Denver neighborhood on the Auraria Campus, the project will complement the university’s refined masonry palate while showcasing public spaces with expanses of glass (including a new retail space at the corner of 11th and Larimer Streets). The City Heights Residence Hall is pursuing a LEED Gold rating and will include a green roof on the Learning Commons, as well as five beehives to support the campus’ pollinator habitat. The City Heights project has easy access to pedestrian, bike, and bus routes. With its location directly adjacent to the center of downtown Denver, City Heights Residence Hall will play an important role in continuing the connection and activation of campus life to downtown. “The City Heights Residence Hall is an exciting project that brings together on-campus student life and academic success by merging housing with student academic support services,” says Dominic Weilminster, Stantec principal based in Denver. “Once complete, the facility will dramatically shift the campus culture, celebrating the diverse student body that makes CU Denver so special.” The building is set to open August 2021 for residents. In alignment with the potential ongoing impacts of COVID-19, operational and physical design adaptations could include modified dining operations to allow for longer meal periods and reduced density at mealtimes, modified cleaning procedures, and touchless faucets for handwashing throughout. Stantec is providing architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, lighting, and sustainability services on the project. “We are so excited to open the doors of City Heights to our Lynx Community,” said CU Denver’s Chancellor, Michelle Marks. “Stantec has thoughtfully designed this structure to provide our first-year students a place that feels welcoming and supportive, where they can live and learn together and get the support that will help them thrive.”

Project Name: Bradley Plaza and Green Alley Stormwater and Open Space Project

Company Name: LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN)

Project Location: Los Angeles, California United States

Project Information/Details: LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN), in partnership with Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, Pacoima Beautiful, and The Trust for Public Land, today cut the ribbon on the Bradley Plaza and Green Alley stormwater and open space project. The completed project will provide a range of benefits including: improvement of water quality by capturing and infiltrating stormwater runoff, eliminating alley flooding, and promoting sustainability and neighborhood connectivity by creation of a vibrant open space in which community members may gather. This venture was made possible thanks to the leadership of Monica Rodriguez, Los Angeles City Councilwoman for CD7. “I’m proud of our collaboration to deliver much-needed green space in Pacoima. This project showcases how we can design with both the community and environment in mind. Bradley Plaza and Green Alley brings together beautiful community gathering spaces, and engineering that will improve water quality and reduce local flooding during rainstorms. This effort will have long-term impacts and improve the quality of life in Pacoima,” said Councilwoman Rodriguez. “The Bradley Plaza and Green Alley project represents everything for which the Department of Public Works stands – collaboration, community, sustainability,” said Greg Good, President of the Board of Public Works. “We’re grateful for the leadership of Councilmember Rodriguez, Pacoima Beautiful and the Trust for Public Land in bringing this to fruition – and I’m proud of LA Sanitation, Enrique and the tireless Public Works workers who actually made it happen on the ground.” The site is located in the alley southwest and parallel to Van Nuys Boulevard, between Lehigh and Pala Avenues in Pacoima, a neighborhood within Council District (CD) 7 of the City of Los Angeles. By replacing the alley’s crumbling surfacing with new asphalt that drains into infiltration planters, subsurface infiltration trenches, and a catch basin system, this project will remove pollutants from and infiltrate approximately two million gallons of stormwater into the aquifer each year, thus improving water quality and eliminating local flooding during rain storms. “This is exactly the type of project LASAN loves to pursue and has cultivated a unique expertise in,” said Enrique C. Zaldivar, Director and General Manager of LASAN, “The important and often unseen work that stormwater infrastructure does in our communities, reclaiming water and preventing flooding, can and should be paired whenever possible with other complete street projects that beautify neighborhoods and provide green space for residents.” The alley is one of the first planned Shared Streets in the City of Los Angeles, specifically designed to slow traffic down, creating a safe space for children to play and residents to gather, while also allowing for pedestrian and vehicle access to businesses and homes. This community-driven project includes custom locally reclaimed wood seating, a shade structure, outdoor fitness equipment, and a nature classroom along with decorative street paint to represent an arroyo stream. “From the beginning of the project, local community members were engaged in the design process,” said Veronica Padilla, Executive Director of Pacoima Beautiful, “providing feedback on the plants and trees that now line the alleyway to the fitness equipment and benches installed in the Plaza. Local residents and business owners endured tough challenges during construction to see this project come to fruition, and as a result, the entire community will be able to enjoy a safe and beautiful shared space that they can be proud of. It is projects like these that are envisioned, designed and used by the community that Pacoima Beautiful hopes to continue to bring to the Northeast San Fernando Valley.” Bradley Plaza and Green Alley is also one of the first completed leveraged project of the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Grant awarded to the Northeast Valley Green Together Collaborative, a group of organizations and government agencies working in Pacoima and Sun Valley to create neighborhood change and climate solutions. The TCC grant program, administered by the California Strategic Growth Council, empowers communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution. Additional projects included in the Northeast Valley Green Together TCC grant award include mobility hubs, street trees, a park renovation, solar retrofits, and other climate interventions in the Pacoima and Sun Valley neighborhoods of Los Angeles. “During the current coronavirus pandemic, we have seen firsthand how much Angelenos rely on parks and the outdoors to connect with neighbors and find solace and healing,” said Guillermo Rodriguez, California State Director for The Trust for Public Land, “Close to home community spaces like the Bradley Plaza and Green Alley are vital to ensure everyone has access to these benefits of the outdoors. This project is just the beginning of what we will accomplish with the community and our Green Together partners in Pacoima thanks to the TCC grant and our exceptional governmental and non-profit partners in Los Angeles.” “The completion of the Bradley Plaza and Green Alley is the latest example of Wells Fargo’s long standing support of The Trust for Public Land’s equity and environmental justice initiatives,” said Marcia Choo, Vice President – Community Relations West Region, Wells Fargo. “Because of its community assets, Pacoima is a strategic focus for Wells Fargo’s philanthropy and the Northeast Valley Green Together Collaborative presented a perfect alignment of community partners to leverage the Transformative Climate Communities grant. We are pleased to invest in the work of Pacoima Beautiful, The Trust for Public Land, and others.” The Bradley Plaza and Green Alley project is funded through the City of Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department, Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA), LA Sanitation and Environment, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles Waterkeeper & The Liberty Hill Foundation, California Natural Resources Agency, The Boeing Company, and Wells Fargo Foundation. Additionally, the project had broad support from the San Fernando Gardens Housing Authority, whose residents live adjacent to the site. LASAN and the Trust for Public Land are creating additional, similar green alleys around Los Angeles, with two new green alley networks being planned in South Los Angeles.