Project Name: Astley Castle

Company Name: CINTEC International

Project Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Project Information/Details: CINTEC International, a world leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation, announces that its patented anchors were used in the restoration of Astley Castle in Warwickshire. Following its renovations, Astley Castle was awarded the prestigious Riba Stirling Prize for Architecture. Cintec teamed up with architects and engineers from Mann Williams and Newport-based Protectahome to restore the castle. Cintec assisted Protectahome with the first phase of restoration, which included structural repairs and stabilizing the remaining walls of the building prior to rebuilding. Cintec’s patented anchors were used to stitch together and strengthen the walls. The process of restoring Astley Castle involved using a diamond drill to insert steel anchors into the building. Once in place, grout was pumped into a special sleeve surrounding the anchor, and air pumped out. Cores removed during this process were retained and reused where the anchors were installed, leaving an almost invisible repair. The work has ensured the survival of the original walls, allowing the award-winning holiday home to be built within the shell of the ancient castle. The Riba Stirling Prize is the UK’s most prestigious architectural award. Judging is based upon original, imaginative and well-executed designs that excellently meet the needs of their users and inspire those who use and visit them. “The restoration work on Astley Castle was an impressive enterprise, as anyone who saw the castle prior to its transformation could have been forgiven for thinking it a hopeless ruin,” said Peter James, Managing Director of Cintec International. “To be awarded the Riba Stirling Prize demonstrates the true extent of its transformation. It has now been turned into a structurally stable building that will stand the test of time and can be enjoyed by many people in its reincarnation as a holiday home.” Cintec anchors have been used to restore historically significant buildings across the globe including Windsor Castle, the White House, and extensive work on Egypt’s pyramids.

Project Name: Moynihan Train Hall

Company Name: Amtrak

Project Location: New York City, New York United States

Project Information/Details: Amtrak has reached a key milestone in its plan to enhance the customer experience at its future home in the Moynihan Train Hall with the completion of planning and design for its premium passenger space, the Metropolitan Lounge (formerly ClubAcela) by releasing artist renderings of the space. The Metropolitan Lounge will serve Amtrak’s premium customers, providing them with added amenities and a high-quality passenger experience. “Our customers are going to love the new, modern amenities in the Moynihan Train Hall, and we expect these renderings to continue to build their excitement for the Train Hall’s opening in 2021,” said Amtrak EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Gardner. The expansion of Amtrak’s New York City operations to the Moynihan Train Hall will offer enhanced passenger facilities for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) and long-distance travelers, including more spacious boarding conditions, dedicated customer waiting areas with private restrooms, complimentary Wi-Fi in all customer spaces, dedicated lactation lounge for nursing mothers, combined ticketing and baggage area. The Metropolitan Lounge at Moynihan Train Hall will also include priority boarding, dedicated customer service agents, comfortable seating and tables with access to electrical outlets and USB ports, a dedicated family seating area, expanded food and beverage offerings, a business center and multiple conference rooms as part of the Executive Conference Center, and a 20 foot tall balcony overlooking the Train Hall. The Moynihan Train Hall, which partners Amtrak with the New York State Empire State Development Corporation (ESD), expands the nation’s busiest train station, New York Penn Station, into the historic James A. Farley Post Office building to relieve crowding and improve passenger comfort and security. The Farley Post Office building sits across 8th Avenue from Penn Station and was designed by the same architecture firm, McKim, Mead, and White, as the original, iconic Penn Station. The Train Hall is expected to open to the public in early 2021. A photo album of the renderings can be found on the Amtrak Media Center. About Amtrak® Amtrak offers a more comfortable and convenient travel experience with free Wi-Fi on most trains, plenty of leg room and no middle seat. With our state and commuter partners, we move people, the economy and the nation forward, carrying more than 30 million Amtrak customers for each of the past eight years. Amtrak operates more than 300 trains daily, connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian Provinces, and reaches 400 additional destinations via connecting bus routes. Book travel, check train status, access your eTicket and more through the Amtrak app. Learn more at Amtrak.com.

Project Name: Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Portland, Oregon United States

Project Information/Details: Stantec, a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm, is providing Program Controls, Engineering Services and Construction Management to the City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) during the design development, construction, startup and commissioning of significant infrastructure upgrades for two major local wastewater treatment plants: Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant (CBWTP) and the Tryon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (TCWTP). BES serves the Portland community by providing water quality protection, watershed planning, wastewater collection and treatment, sewer installation and stormwater management. BES owns and operates two wastewater treatment plants to treat collected wastewater from its service areas. CBWTP treats from a service area that consists of both combined and separated sewers with a peak wet-weather combined flow capacity of 450 million gallons per day (MGD) and treats an annual daily average of 76 MGD of municipal wastewater. TCWTP is a sanitary sewer facility rated at 8.3 MGD that treats an annual daily average wastewater flow of 6.5 MGD. Stantec’s role is to fully integrate within the BES organization to provide project controls and management services for the delivery of more than $150 million of improvements at these two facilities over the next six years. Additionally, Stantec will develop and update existing design standards and performance requirements and will provide construction management, inspection and quality control services over a multi-year period. BES has opted to deliver these two projects utilizing an alternative delivery process, referred to in Oregon as Construction Management/General Contractor (CMGC). It is also known as Construction Management at Risk (CMAR). Stantec has been working closely with BES staff since summer 2018 in establishing program management plans, document management strategies, risk management and change management protocols, communication plans, baseline schedules and budgets. The firm has also been assisting with selection of Construction Management/General Contractor (CMGC) entities. Stantec will act as an extension of BES staff to provide large program implementation expertise to support and mentor the City’s respective implementation teams while working collaboratively with the selected Engineers of Record (EoR) and CMGC firms. “We’re honored to be assisting and collaborating with BES to offer expertise and guidance on these important wastewater treatment projects,” said Dick Talley, Stantec Vice President, Water, based in Portland. “These significant plant upgrades are set to make a major difference in the quality of reclaimed water discharged into Portland’s Willamette River, while improving the overall performance, reliability and resiliency of these major assets. We look forward to leaving a blueprint for best practices on staff training, procedures and processes to aid BES in capital improvements well into the future.” “We selected Stantec as we felt their team and the firm’s experiences around the world in supporting the delivery of large capital programs using alternative delivery will provide the highest value to BES,” said Muriel Gueissaz-Teufel, BES Program Manager. “Since our start in August, the Stantec team has helped us get on the right track and focus our efforts on the delivery of our two large capital projects. Their collective experiences, processes and tools are positioning BES and our two programs for successful completion. We are very excited to be underway”. Stantec is a member of both the Water Design Build Council and the Design Build Institute of America. The global firm was the first to introduce Alternative Project Delivery (APD) to the municipal market in the Pacific Northwest during the 1990s and remains a leader in APD for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. In the Pacific Northwest alone, Stantec has delivered more than $430 million of APD projects in the past 15 years, including $150 million in Oregon. The two facility upgrade programs are expected to be completed by 2024.