Landscape/Civil
Structural Soil
by Horace Aikman The urban forest thrives upon a foundation of soil, water, sunlight, and atmosphere. Reduce any of these elements and the growth and health of trees will be limited. A polluted atmosphere, heavy shade, droughty or saturated conditions, or small soil volumes can diminish the stature and robustness of urban plantings. In spite […]
CT Firm to Design New Norfolk Southern Headquarters
Atlanta, GA – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, has been engaged by Cousins Properties to design the new Atlanta, Georgia headquarters for Norfolk Southern, one of the largest railways in the Eastern United States. The railroad is relocating its headquarters from Norfolk, […]
NET Completes Facility Relocation
Watertown, CT – STV|DPM, part of STV, a national firm providing a broad range of design and construction management services, announced that it completed the physical relocation of the North East Transportation Company, Inc. (NET). Through a management contract with Connecticut Department of Transportation, NET provides public bus transit services in the greater Waterbury, Meriden and […]
Concept for New PIT Terminal Unveiled
Pittsburgh – As part of a special board meeting and the annual State of the Airport event on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Allegheny County Airport Authority board of directors approved a visionary concept design for the Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport. The concept design for the new terminal to be built adjacent to […]
Copley Wolff Celebrates Park 9 Opening
Wellesley, MA – Copley Wolff Design Group, a Boston-based landscape architecture and planning firm, recently joined Bentall Kennedy and JLL to celebrate the grand opening of the courtyard at Park 9, a new functional outdoor space and amenity green that Copley Wolff designed for Park 9 in Wellesley. The space offers a centralized place for […]
Silver/Petrucelli To Serve As Resident Engineer To CAA
Windsor Locks, CT – Silver / Petrucelli + Associates (S/P+A) of Hamden is providing resident engineering services to the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) as part of improvements at Bradley International Airport, Connecticut’s largest airport in Windsor Locks. S/P+A has been on-call to the CAA since the firm’s selection in 2017 for a three-year M/E/P engineering support […]
PROCON Completes Aviation Hangar
Londonberry, NH – Pro Star Aviation opened the doors of its new 45,000sf hangar and shop in Londonderry at 8 Kelly Avenue, on the east side of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. PROCON of Manchester designed and built the new hangar. The new building consists of a 30,000sf single-story Group II aircraft hangar and high-tech shop with 15,000sf of […]
CDM Wins Gold Engineering Excellence Award
Boston – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named CDM Smith, Inc. as a winner of the 2018 Gold Engineering Excellence Awards for work on the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) conversion to an All-Electronic Tolling System on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The 2018 Engineering Excellence Awards were announced at the recent […]
STV To Design Green Line Extension
Boston – STV will serve as the lead designer for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) $1.3 billion Green Line Light Rail Extension (GLX), as part of the design-build team led by the Fluor Corporation/Middlesex Corporation/Herzog Contracting Corp./Balfour Beatty joint venture. Construction of the 4.3-mile extension, which will provide the Massachusetts communities of Cambridge, Somerville […]
An Overview of Stormwater Management
by Jane L. Didona When only 1% of the world’s water is available for human consumption, it is imperative that this important resource is protected. Unfortunately, until the 1960s, water was not considered a resource. The historic disregard for our lakes, rivers, and streams, culminated in a legal battle against Con Edison’s proposal to destroy […]
