Working in a dense urban environment with existing underground utilities without accurate subsurface records led to unforeseen obstacles during excavation.
Despite encountering remnants of previous underground activities in Pittsburgh’s oldest and densest neighborhood, the team built an underground piping distribution system across numerous streets with steep elevation changes.
Located in the arboretum at Penn State, the Palmer Art Museum provides nearly 20,000 sq ft of gallery space. In its new and more accessible location, the museum also aims to create a gateway to the arboretum.
The team minimized disruption to airport operations through careful planning and phased implementation as it adapted to supply chain disruptions and adverse weather conditions.
The station will be key to catalyzing development of the surrounding area into a walkable urban hub while also substantially reducing vehicle traffic, according to the project team.
The 39-hour continuous installation of the 42-in. HDPE pipe is part of the larger Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s Boat Harbor Treatment Plant Conversion and Transmission program.
Designing and building the first mass timber commercial office building in the Philadelphia metropolitan area required intense coordination to combine mass timber with multiple structural systems.