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MULTI-PROJECT FEATURE An artist’s rendering shows the Xanadu complex at night. up ACeC member Firms provide innovative solutions to land development issues and provide a wide array of options.” Langan’s responsibilities for the $1.3 billion project, with the first major building scheduled for completion this fall, include overall project management; a comprehensive geotechnical investigation; landscape architecture permit planning; the design of offsite roadway improvements; and site and civil engineering, including detailed phased plans for grading, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and potable water for permitting purposes. “Langan also prepared the environmental impact statement and navigated the team through complex regulatory issues, including the preparation of more than 15 state and federal approvals required for the project,” says Gockel. The investigation helped the project team better understand the environmental impact of the project. It was that understanding that aided engineers as they sought to determine the best means of construction. To determine the optimal foundation strength, Langan developed a comprehensive pile load test that involved driving different types of piles into the bedrock. The piles eventually chosen for the foundation were recycled oilcasing pipe. The pipes were not only strong enough to support the project, but they also were recycled, which was important, because developers had pledged to be as environmentally conscious as possible, says Gockel. Redeveloping an actively used site presented its own set of challenges. Developers had to ensure that attendees and participants of other Meadowlands events, hotels, restaurants and office space. Not to mention a multilevel parking garage, which, in itself, is remarkable for the tri-state area. The venue also will host an ice-skating rink and a variety of other shops and meeting places, inviting providers of all manner of goods and services, from fashion to home and life products and even education. “The objective,” observes David Gockel, president and CEO of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, the New Jersey-based design and engineering firm heading the project, “was to redevelop a somewhat underused venue with a tremendous existing infrastructure in the heart of the New York metropolitan area that would be consistent with and complementary to the other components on the site, be sustainably designed david Gockel including NFL football games at Giants Stadium, still had access to the existing arena, stadium and racetrack during construction. “For most projects, the parking areas are built last. However, for this project, one of the major parking decks was constructed first to minimize traffic disruption for Meadowlands’ event parking,” explains Gockel. ENGINEERING INC. MARCh / APRIL 2008 23

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