VOLUME 13 ISSUE 1 2016

IN THIS ISSUE 2 18 25 Beacons of Light Versatile Visionaries The Railroad Ties that Bind Dramatic progress being made STV helps higher education Long relationship with Norfolk at the World Trade Center Site clients achieve goals with design, Southern built on deep understanding construction management or both of railroad’s culture

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EDITORIAL BOARD Dominick M. Servedio, P.E. Executive Chairman

Milo E. Riverso, Ph.D., P.E., CCM President & 18 22 25 Chief Executive Officer

Linda Rosenberg Senior Vice President Marketing & Communications

Richard M. Amodei 1 18 Senior Vice President Full-Service Across Versatile Visionaries All Market Areas STV helps higher education clients MANAGING EDITORS STV has demonstrated its ability to meet achieve goals with design, construction Debra Trace the client’s needs via its disciplinary management or both Jill Bonamusa diversity and flexibility

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 22 Mark Ginocchio 2 A New Facility from Design Beacons of Light to Startup CONTRIBUTORS Dramatic progress being made STV/GWD flexes full-service muscles for Jonathan Lucas at the World Trade Center Site gas plant and gathering system Rachel Spevack

GRAPHIC DESIGN 10 25 Creative Services Full Stop The Railroad Ties that Bind STV does it all for America’s largest Long relationship with Norfolk Southern mass transportation system built on deep understanding of railroad’s culture 15 A Greener Bus Depot 29 a Boon for Community What’s New at STV The Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot Information about STV’s award-winning earns rave reviews projects, exciting new hires and after opening in Harlem philanthropic initiatives FULL-SERVICE ACROSS ALL MARKET AREAS

STV prides itself on its full-service capabilities. With four core divisions that can provide a wide array of planning, architectural, engineering, environmental, and program and construction management services for transportation systems, infrastructure, buildings, energy systems and other facilities, STV has demonstrated again and again its ability to meet the client’s needs via its disciplinary diversity and flexibility.

Because of this broad spectrum of And with acquisitions including capabilities, STV can support its clients STV/VBN in Northern California, in myriad ways – sometimes even STV/GWD in the Rocky Mountain within the scope of the same project. region, and STV/DPM in New Whether it’s performing both design England, not only is the firm growing and construction management services in size and geographic reach, but it is on a new higher education facility, or also vastly expanding its offerings and offering niche services to a long-term capabilities for projects and initiatives client such as a rail agency developing of any type or size. a BIM standards and procedures plan, STV is always striving to reinvent what it means to be the consultant of choice.

stv | ink 1 A key centerpiece to the World Trade Center site redevelopment is a new Transportation Hub that will house Port Authority Trans-Hudson service and connect to 11 different New York City Transit subway lines.

2 stv | ink INSPIRATION IN LOWER MANHATTAN Dramatic Progress Being Made at the World Trade Center Site

The redevelopment and renewal of Lower Manhattan after the September 11, 2001, attacks is one of the most important and publicly visible construction initiatives in the world today. It is a program filled with reflection and perseverance, as multiple stakeholders have banded together to honor those who lost their lives and to rebuild the historic New York City neighborhood so it would be better than before.

At the center of this initiative has One of the PANYNJ’s many partners been the Port Authority of New York for this challenging renewal effort is and New Jersey (PANYNJ). The STV. In 2002, the Lower Manhattan PANYNJ was critically impacted by Development Corporation selected the September 11 attacks. The agency Studio Daniel Libeskind’s Ground built the original World Trade Center Zero Master Plan, which outlined and was headquartered there. When a number of new and replacement the towers were destroyed, many of the structures at the site. Of the projects PANYNJ’s employees perished, includ- highlighted in the master plan, STV ing its executive director. But those was contracted by the PANYNJ to who remained vowed to make Lower perform design services for the World Manhattan a vital destination once more Trade Center Transportation Hub, the by bringing iconic structures back to the World Trade Center Vehicle Security core of the World Trade Center site as Center, streetscapes and utilities well as a seamless intermodal transpor- around the site, a chiller plant, and the

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The design and construction of the World Trade Center The National September 11 Memorial & Museum Transportation Hub has been a highly challenging endeavor. opened in May 2014.

Cortland Street Subway Station, as A NEW TRANSPORTATION GATEWAY flight by a child, symbolizing healing, well as provide owner’s representative IN LOWER MANHATTAN peace and hope. The team – known as and project management services for A centerpiece of the World Trade the Downtown Design Partnership the National September 11 Memorial Center site redevelopment was a (DDP) – was selected with STV as & Museum and One World Trade new transportation hub that would the architect-of-record and STV/ Center. Additionally, in the aftermath house Port Authority Trans-Hudson AECOM the engineer-of-record. of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the firm (PATH) service and connect to 11 was contracted to provide design and different Metropolitan Transportation Designing and constructing the construction management services in an Authority New York City Transit transportation hub would be a complex effort to make elements of the site more (NYC Transit) subway lines. In 2003, and challenging endeavor. The DDP resilient against flooding and other the PANYNJ released a solicitation worked with dozens of stakeholders, natural disasters. for the architectural and engineering including the PANYNJ and political services for the transportation hub. leaders in both New York and New “It was the highlight of my 40-year career STV, in joint venture with AECOM, Jersey, for one of the most publicly at STV to be selected for a number of put together a team with world- scrutinized projects in the world. One commissions in Lower Manhattan,” renowned architect Santiago Calatrava of the hallmarks of the original design, said Dominick M. Servedio, P.E., STV’s and the Parsons Transportation which was conceived by Libeskind and executive chairman. “I am honored Group. Calatrava’s vision for the hub was rendered elegantly by Calatrava, that the Port Authority and all of the was that of a dove being released into was a “Wedge of Light” that would other stakeholders involved with the renewal of this vital neighborhood have entrusted us with their most emotional, “ It was the highlight of my 40-year career at STV important projects.” to be selected for a number of commissions in

Lower Manhattan.” DOMINICK M. SERVEDIO, P.E. STV Executive Chairman

4 stv | ink reflect the time between when the first National September 11 Memorial & concourse. An underpinning meth- plane struck and the second tower fell. Museum. The DDP coordinated with odology was developed by the project The Wedge of Light would serve as the many stakeholders at the city, state team that maintained 1 Line service the principal axis for the hub, along and federal levels. The project’s design throughout the redevelopment of the which the structure was envisioned to incorporates sustainable and resilient World Trade Center site. open and close every September 11 as features while also accommodating a memorial to those lost. evolving security criteria.” The underpinning of the 1 Line tube – which runs more than 1,000 “Our work with the hub presented us One design challenge was the feet in length across the entire World with a number of challenges related accommodation of an active subway Trade Center site – and the erection to the unprecedented scale and tunnel, the NYC Transit No. 1 Line, of a new 250-foot in-ground bridge complexity of the overall plans for running across the site, which had structure demonstrated extraordinary the site,” said Michael Garz, AIA, been badly damaged by the attacks on engineering and construction prowess. NCARB, STV senior vice president September 11. To connect the PATH The original 1 Line was constructed as in the firm’s Buildings & Facilities station within the west “bathtub” a cut-and-cover tunnel in 1905. Post Division. “The World Trade Center (underground foundation area) to NYC September 11, the subway line was site is a city within a city. We had to Transit services to the east, which rebuilt at its original elevation and account for the design and construc- included the 1 Line’s Cortlandt Street alignment, but the tunnel was repur- tion of a number of structures, Station, a new, in-ground bridge was posed as a tube structure on existing including multiple commercial towers, designed and constructed to carry grade. The tube supports Greenwich the Vehicle Security Center and the the 1 Line across a major pedestrian CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Photo Courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey York Courtesy Authority of the Port of New Photo

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After opening in late 2014, One World Trade Center The World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center and the rehabilitation is officially the tallest building in North America. of the adjacent network of roadways are two critical pieces of Lower Manhattan’s redevelopment.

Street above its roof and includes two able to accomplish this project through STV vice president and project tracks and station platforms. extraordinary teamwork.” director. “But for me, the building will always be about the people – those To build all of the associated struc- The hub’s design and construction who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack; tures connecting the PATH station to also had to accommodate the nearby the professionals who unwaveringly the balance of the hub and adjacent memorial. There were concerns about dedicated a substantial portion of World Trade Center projects, the light reflecting up from the hub’s their careers to the rebuilding; and the construction team excavated below the light wells that could detract from people who will use this magnificent 1 Line tube and installed a temporary the intended appearance of the plaza creation. Of the people, by the people, bracing system. To maintain active and memorial. The hub design was for the people.” 1 Line subway service, the design engineered to support the landscaped team developed a solution to utilize plaza and use artificial light to evoke A VISIONARY VEHICLE approximately 500 segmented mini- the quality of natural daylight in the SECURITY CENTER piles drilled through the top of the spaces below. While it might be the least publicly reconstructed subway structure to visible of any project at the site, the the bedrock below. Once the entire hub complex is World Trade Center Vehicle Security completed later this year, commuters Center (VSC) is a critical component “It was such a unique experience,” said and visitors will be treated to an awe- of the rebuilding effort. STV, as part Kishor Doshi, P.E., STV vice president inspiring, exceptionally user-friendly, of the Liberty Security Partners and co-engineer of record for the easy-to-navigate environment. joint venture, which also includes DDP. “The fact that we designed and AECOM, is performing a full suite of built the underpinning of the 1 line “I am sure that, in the very near architectural and engineering design subway structure from the top down, future, the World Trade Center services for a state-of-the-art facility and un-shored the construction of the Transportation Hub will be seen a that will help to protect thousands Oculus with non-prismatic welded one of the iconic buildings/spaces in of daily visitors and the public’s steel members, demonstrates the Hub’s New York City, and justifiably so,” enormous investment in Lower engineering achievement. We were said Scott McIntyre, P.E., LEED®AP, Manhattan’s renewal.

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STV’s Construction Management Division worked with the The progress in Lower Manhattan’s redevelopment owner to control costs and keep the construction of One World has revitalized tourism in the neighborhood. Trade Center on schedule.

Located below Liberty Park and St. street-level checkpoints and lower-level encloses the memorial waterfalls is Nicholas’ Greek Orthodox Church vehicle inspection areas, simulating inscribed with the names of the 2,979 on the south side of the World Trade vehicular movements to verify that the men and women who perished in Center site, the VSC will feature a necessary clearances for buses and secu- New York City, Washington, D.C., series of electronic security systems, rity equipment were met. It also studied and Shanksville, PA, as well as the vehicle restraint barriers, screening the nearby street layout to develop victims of the February 1993 bombing equipment, and other high-tech, appropriate traffic controls within the at the World Trade Center. During antiterrorism subsystems that every center’s underground roadway network. the memorial’s opening ceremony, car, tour bus, truck, delivery truck or an onlooker told The Washington other vehicle must pass through as AN ENTRANCE TO ETERNITY Post that the pools resembled “an soon as they enter at Liberty Street. In addition to STV’s design expertise, entrance to eternity.” The memorial The security center will also have the the firm’s Construction Management also includes an eight-acre, landscaped capacity to store up to 70 buses. Division has also played a critical role plaza with walking paths and more in the evolution of the World Trade than 300 swamp oak trees, which were The center’s subterranean design Center site to support some of Lower freshly planted at the site. There is a will result in a number of benefits, Manhattan’s most visible new destina- pear tree dubbed the “survivor tree” including relegating parked cars to tions – the National September 11 because it managed to survive at the within the complex rather than on city Memorial & Museum and One World site in the aftermath of September 11. streets. Additionally, the underground Trade Center. security features are out of public view, A state-of-the-art museum, which thereby maintaining the site’s inherent Set within the footprints of the original opened in 2014, complements the sense of tranquility and meaning. Twin Towers, the memorial opened in memorial. To access the museum, 2011 with an emotional ceremony on visitors descend below the memorial The joint venture mapped out vehicle the 10-year anniversary of the World voids, where they can view the slurry circulation patterns, which in turn Trade Center attacks. Featuring the wall and other remaining structures framed the building’s layout. The two largest engineered waterfalls in at the foundation of the site of the team examined traffic flows through the nation, the bronze parapet that original buildings.

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stv | ink 7 One of the defining moments for this Center construction area is an inter- project came in 2008, when then-New connected site where work on one York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg project can potentially impact another announced his commitment to have nearby development. In the case of the the memorial and plaza substantially memorial, the eastern portion of the completed in honor of the 10-year structure sits on top of the Hub. anniversary of September 11. This publicly established commitment “There were extensive meetings involving required significant partnering and scheduling and coordination, as well as redevelopment on a fast-track sched- ongoing design review between the own- ule to complete all necessary construc- ers, the prime contractors and the various tion before the ceremony. To achieve subcontractors,” said Gus Maimis, this goal, the PANYNJ engaged STV LEED® AP, BD+C, STV senior vice as owner’s representative and program president and project executive. manager and contracted Lend Lease as the construction manager. A NEW BEACON FOR THE SKYLINE Standing tall at a symbolic 1,776 In this capacity, STV was responsible feet, One World Trade Center was for supervising the construction man- another challenging construction ager, which provided oversight of the 46 endeavor supported by STV. The firm individual trade contractors working on was contracted by the PANYNJ to the site, and monitoring the individual perform program management and progress of each trade as it correlated owner’s representative services for this to the overall schedule. The firm also skyscraper, which carries the weight of collaborated with the World Trade a nation’s pride and serves as a beacon Center Memorial Foundation. of strength and resilience.

Many challenges needed to be The skyscraper – the tallest in the overcome to reach the September Western Hemisphere – is a combination 11, 2011, deadline. The World Trade of modern, innovative architecture and

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PROGRESS IN LOWER MANHATTAN >> The National September 11 Memorial & Museum and One World Trade Center are open to the public

>> 23 million people have visited the memorial; 5 million have visited the museum

>> 50,000 new residents in Lower Manhattan in recent years

sustainable design. The steel-frame on a regular basis by developing matrices in place and still to be constructed, and concrete core tower features a and tracking work in place. Beyond the is achieving the goals set by the one-of-a-kind curtain wall system sheer scale of the project, the construc- PANYNJ and the vision set in the composed of three wall systems and tion of One World Trade Center was Ground Zero Master Plan. more than 12,000 low iron glass panels an extremely complex initiative. It with integral louvers. A podium wall required working in a very confined People and businesses have returned and cable net wall frames building space adjacent to ongoing construction in force. Since opening in 2011, more entrances. This curtain wall system, on Four World Trade Center and the than 23 million people have visited along with advanced building control nearby transit hub while maintaining the September 11 Memorial, while systems, a fuel cell system, cooling vital transportation links such as PATH more than five million people have systems using reclaimed water, and trains and 1 and 2 subway lines that passed through the museum since many other sustainable design ele- were shored up and supported in the May 2014. Meanwhile, some 50,000 ments, are aimed at meeting LEED® middle of the site. Working with other new residents have made Lower Gold certification requirements. consultants on the site, STV determined Manhattan their home, once again that a portion of the original PATH demonstrating how the neighbor- One World Trade Center includes tunnel under the World Trade Center hood is the city’s economic engine. three million square feet of office site could remain while the new founda- space on 71 floors; shopping and park- tion was built around it, preserving “Tourists are flocking to Lower ing; an observation deck on the 100th PATH service with no disruption. Manhattan, and high-class retail and 101st floors; a skyline restaurant; and big-name restaurant and broadcast facilities. The skyscraper The building’s successful opening in development is unprecedented,” was recently named a 2015 Best Tall October 2014 served as a definitive Servedio said. “At the center of this Building Americas by the Council on reminder to the world that Lower revitalization stands the World Trade Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Manhattan had regained its place as Center site, originally conceived New York City’s economic engine. and recognized today as a powerful With PANYNJ’s budget in excess of symbol of freedom, honoring the $1 billion, STV aggressively controlled THE HEALING CONTINUES thousands who lost their lives, costs and mitigated any potential It is evident today that despite the host their families, the survivors and overbilling issues. To keep the project of challenges, the World Trade Center the first responders.”  on schedule, STV monitored progress site, with its many elements already

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10 stv | ink STV has been partnering with the Metropolitan Transportation Agency and its associated commuter rail, rapid transit and bus transit operators for years. Currently, the firm is providing a diverse range of planning and design services within Grand Central Terminal, one of the most iconic transportation facilities in the world.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is North America’s largest transportation network, serving approximately 15.2 million people from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. MTA subways, buses, and railroads provide 2.73 billion trips each year, so supporting the agency, a public-benefit corporation, is a complex, multifaceted effort requiring a breadth of planning, design and construction management services.

STV has been a dedicated partner and collaborator with MTA for more than four decades, working with the authority as it developed its most significant construction programs. During this time, STV built its nationally renowned transportation practice on the foundation of some of the MTA’s most transformative initiatives.

Today, ridership throughout the MTA system continues to increase at an exponential rate, necessitating new and rehabilitated transportation infrastructure such as stations, maintenance facilities, power and signaling systems, and line extensions. And the impacts of recent storm events, such as

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The Coney Island Yard complex in Brooklyn, NY

“We began work at the John D. Caemmerer West Side Storage Yard in 1978, and continue to support the site to this day.” WILLIAM F. MATTS, P.E. STV executive vice president and chief operating officer Photo © Bob Zucker of Transportation & Infrastructure Division The John D. Caemmerer West Side Storage Yard

Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm chief engineer of the Penn Central These early contracts set the stage for Sandy in 2012, have caused the MTA Railroad, was named president of Seelye one of the seminal rail transportation to invest heavily in resiliency efforts Stevenson Value and Knecht, an STV commissions in the firm’s history: that strive to protect this vital economic predecessor in New York. Defendorf providing planning, design and engine from future natural disasters. set out to build a national passenger construction-phase services at the John and freight rail practice by assembling D. Caemmerer West Side Storage Yard In all of these instances, STV has a team of experts with decades of and Maintenance Facility in Manhattan. demonstrated its ability to answer the call passenger rail experience. by thinking quickly and adapting to the State Senator John Caemmerer, the MTA’s evolving needs, whether keeping The team’s vast knowledge of New York project’s namesake, called the facility “the its busy transportation network in a state rail served as the catalyst for the firm to single most important capital project of good repair, or enabling it to expand to successfully secure a number of high- on the LIRR.” By being able to store up service the next generation of users. profile commissions serving the MTA to 320 commuter cars, the new storage system in the 1970s and 80s, such as yard, which was adjacent to Pennsylvania BUILDING A RENOWNED RAIL designing the rehabilitation of the paint Station, promised to increase LIRR TRANSPORTATION PRACTICE shop and car wash at MTA New York service by more than 30 percent. One of the keys to STV’s longstanding City Transit’s (NYC Transit) massive success in the passenger rail arena has Coney Island complex in Brooklyn, one STV’s initial feasibility study for the been its ability to bring in top talent of the largest rapid transit yards in the yard grew into a number of different with hands-on expertise in the rail world, and analysis and design services initiatives that still affect LIRR service market sector. One of the firm’s most for the reconstruction of Long Island and passenger rail in New York today. significant hires came in the 1970s Rail Road’s (LIRR) Flatbush Avenue STV provided design and construction when Charles Defendorf, former Terminal, also in Brooklyn. supervision services for the North 12 stv | ink Access Connection Tunnel under alignments and interlockings that could developing access and egress solutions the yard complex, allowing for future impact existing services. The firm was within Grand Central Terminal that routing of Albany-bound Amtrak trains then retained by LIRR to perform a will help manage the anticipated into Pennsylvania Station. major investment study to obtain Federal increased flow of pedestrians within the Transit Administration funding, which national landmark. “We began work at the John D. ultimately advanced the initiative to the Caemmerer West Side Storage Yard design and construction phases. Because East Side Access’s impacts will in 1978, and continue to support the likely ripple through the entire LIRR site to this day,” said William F. Matts, Today, STV, in joint venture, is system, STV is currently supporting the P.E., STV executive vice president and providing tunnel engineering and railroad on other projects that will help chief operating officer of the firm’s other design services that are critical the agency meet anticipated increases in Transportation & Infrastructure Division. to East Side Access’s development ridership. One of the key areas in these between Queens and Manhattan. That efforts is along LIRR’s Ronkonkoma STV soon earned a number of contracts includes conceptual designs for the Main Line Branch – an extension STV that supported the rehabilitation of new line’s signals, communications, knows well. In the 1980s, the firm, other critical LIRR structures, most central control and traction power as a subconsultant, performed design notably shops and yards. The firm, as systems; and the design of infrastructure services for the electrification of nearly a subconsultant, was contracted to improvements at the Harold 25 miles of track between Hicksville provide planning and design services Interlocking in Queens – the busiest and Ronkonkoma, including the design for the 68.4-acre Holban Yard/Hillside rail interlocking in North America as of an electrified third rail and some 20 maintenance complex in Hollis, NY, it marks the convergence of LIRR, NJ substations. More than 30 years later, one of the railroad’s largest maintenance TRANSIT and Amtrak operations. STV, in joint venture, is now performing facilities. The firm also performed One of STV’s recommendations for environmental planning and design a range of services for an 11-phase, Harold Interlocking was the addition services for a $435 million initiative 10-year LIRR program to replace all of new bypass tracks for Amtrak, that will add a second track and spur of the railroad’s major repair facilities, which separated the interstate railroad’s transit-oriented development between including Long Island City Yard, operations from LIRR, thereby Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma. Port Jefferson Yard, Montauk Yard, eliminating at-grade conflicts that had Richmond Hill Yard, Speonk Yard and existed at the site. Once the line is complete, it will allow Oyster Bay Yard. for four additional half-hourly off-peak Demonstrating its planning prowess trains, while also increasing on-time STV’s ability to support the MTA again and vast knowledge of pedestrian performance and schedule reliability and again, with a vast array of services, modeling software, the firm is also CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE proved critical as the LIRR readied itself for a next wave of expansion in the early 1990s.

EAST SIDE ACCESS AND BEYOND One of the most groundbreaking initiatives currently under construction within the MTA network is LIRR’s East Side Access, which will connect the commuter rail to Grand Central Terminal and the east side of Manhattan. STV was first brought in to support East Side Access early on when the firm performed an operational study that analyzed locations for a new terminal, East Side Access will connect the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal and the east side of Manhattan. potential property acquisitions, and track

stv | ink 13 along the Ronkonkoma Branch line. with the construction of East Side In the 1990s, STV was selected to The LIRR is eyeing future transit- Access and the main line second track review and evaluate proposals from oriented development at key areas such project underway, it is imperative for the potential suppliers of stainless steel as Wyandanch Rising in the Town of MTA to upgrade some of its key storage bi-level commuter coaches and diesel Babylon, the Ronkonkoma Hub in the and maintenance facilities to keep the locomotives for the LIRR. This program Town of Brookhaven, and a proposed system operating at an optimal level evolved into one of the largest and most Republic Station adjacent to the once these other major capital programs complex rolling stock procurements Republic Airport and the vital Route are complete. STV is preparing the firm ever undertook. After this 110 corridor in Suffolk County. 30-percent design documents to be used very successful program, STV was during the design-build procurement awarded additional work in the vehicle “There are a lot of moving pieces for process. The firm is also performing arena. In the late 1990s/early 2000s, this one project, and we’ve had to an environmental assessment and STV, as a subconsultant to LTK, coordinate with the client, our joint providing engineering design services oversaw procurement management venture partner, other subconsultants for the yard. activities for LIRR/Metro-North’s and the community to map this all out,” acquisition of more than 1,110 electrical said Richard Hanington, an STV senior KEEPING LIRR VEHICLES ROLLING multiple-unit commuter rail cars. These transportation planner in New York. Beyond its history of providing an vehicles, known as M-7s, marked a “The enhancements being developed for array of planning and design services huge upgrade over their predecessors, this initiative also tie in to a number of in support of LIRR infrastructure featuring advanced amenities like the other projects along the LIRR main line such as line segments, shops, yards, extensive use of microprocessor controls, that STV is supporting.” signals and power systems and unitized rooftop air conditioning and stations, STV has also played a critical an automatic passenger announcement/ One of those projects is the role in the design, inspection and information system. expansion of the Mid-Suffolk Yard procurement of vehicles utilized by in Ronkonkoma. STV designed the LIRR, and other MTA properties With the last of the M-7s entering original yard in the 1980s. However, such as Metro-North Railroad. revenue service in 2010, the firm is now assisting LIRR as it looks further into the future. STV is performing a similar role once again as a subconsultant to LTK in support of LIRR’s acquisition of 92 M-9 vehicles. The first pilot car is expected to start testing in late 2016. In the interim, the MTA is exploring options for hundreds of additional M-9s to accommodate anticipated ridership increases.

GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL FAST FACTS > Home to Metro-North Railroad and New York City Transit subway.

> East Side Access will bring Long Island Rail Road service to a new station underneath the terminal.

> More than 21.6 million annual visitors make it one of the 10 busiest tourist destinations in the world.

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“STV has been a proud partner with the A BOON FOR COMMUNITY MTA for their various commuter rail In an instance where a recent Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) car procurement programs for nearly 20 initiative also functioned as an example of urban renewal, STV, as part of a design- years,” said Gary Bartholomaus, an STV build team led by Silverite Construction, served as the architect- and engineer- associate and vehicles specialist in the of-record for the development of the new Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot. Located in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood, the green bus depot received rave firm’s New York office. “Our long-term reviews from public officials and the community alike after opening in late 2014. support on the vehicle side mirrors all of our various contributions to the The original bus depot was built in 1890 as a trolley barn and underwent expansion efforts of the LIRR, and other two rehabilitations before it was renamed in 1993 to honor Harlem-based MTA properties, dating back to some humanitarian Mother Clara Hale. The facility was finally demolished in 2009 to of the firm’s earliest commissions in the make way for the new bus depot. passenger rail market sector more than Developing a new depot was critical for MTA New York City Transit’s (NYC Transit) 40 years ago.” bus operations as it plays a part in the agency’s larger initiative to integrate new hybrid-electric and ultra-low-emission bus vehicles into its fleet. MAKING NEW HISTORY WITH METRO-NORTH The finished facility demonstrates the full gamut of STV’s design expertise. As the first certified LEED® Gold bus depot in the MTA system, the building uses Similar to its longstanding relationship sustainable design elements such as a carbon-footprint-reducing green roof and with LIRR, STV has demonstrated a a rainwater collection system that allows storm water to be used for bus washing track record of assisting the MTA’s other – reducing operation costs for the owner. The building’s south façade acts as a major commuter system – Metro-North, passive heating device. A dark green wall finish material has tiny perforations which services parts of New York that allow outdoor air ventilation to be pulled in and preheated in the space and Connecticut north of New York between the façade and masonry. The warmer air is then drawn in by HVAC units, which reduces the natural gas heating load. The depot’s façade features City – via the design and construction an original mosaic and laminated glass artwork geared toward beautifying the management of various structures and neighborhood. Additionally, the new structure accommodates more space and facilities that play a critical part in the parking for the buses, reducing local street congestion around the depot. railroad’s operations. “By working closely with the contractor and the community, we were able to help One of the firm’s first commissions for create something that benefits many people many different ways,” said Joseph Lucca, P.E., LEED® AP, STV vice president and senior project manager in the New Metro-North was the design of a new York office. “Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot is a great demonstration of the range of maintenance facility in Brewster, NY, that design services STV can provide while developing a first-of-a-kind facility.” was developed to service the railroad’s newest fleet of electrified passenger rail cars, the M-3s. The Brewster Shop and Yard supplemented existing repair services that were being provided by Metro-North’s Harmon Shop in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, and the New Haven Maintenance Complex in New Haven, CT. As Metro- North’s ridership continued to grow, STV would later be commissioned to provide design services for expansion efforts at Harmon and New Haven.

Additionally, STV demonstrated its ability to design rehabilitations for vital rail structures when the firm, in

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stv | ink 15 STV provided design services for the electrification of LIRR’s Ronkonkoma Main Line Branch in the 1980s.

A second track is currently under construction for LIRR’s Ronkonkoma Main Line Branch.

joint venture, performed a full suite pivotal role in making a visit to Grand Within the same timeframe, STV of design and construction support Central a commuter- and tourist- provided inspections, designed repairs services for the replacement of the Peck friendly experience. The North End and conducted REI services for the Drawbridge and the 3,000-foot-long Access Improvement Project provided rehabilitation of the 108-year-old Bridgeport Railroad Viaduct, which new entrances and passageways so that Woodbury Viaduct in Highland Mills, is used by Metro-North’s New Haven visitors could exit north of the terminal NY, along Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line in Connecticut, as well as Amtrak. for the first time. STV provided Line. The firm’s oversight was critical to A staged construction plan successfully architectural and engineering design two particularly challenging tasks: maintained a normal train timetable services for this initiative. the accelerated installation of a new while a new structure was put into place. precast concrete abutment backwall STV’s work at Grand Central paved the and wingwall on the viaduct’s east However, the firm’s most notable way for the firm to play a part in future end, and the emergency restoration commission in support of Metro-North Metro-North initiatives that allowed the of Pier 2S, which started to crumble came at one of the nation’s most famous railroad to expand its service offerings and jeopardized public safety rail terminals. As a subconsultant to or keep its current infrastructure in a during construction. Beyer Blinder Belle, STV was the lead state of good repair. In recent years, engineer during the oft-celebrated STV was contracted by the Connecticut NEW AND IMPROVED NEW YORK restoration of Grand Central Terminal. Department of Transportation to CITY SUBWAY INFRASTRUCTURE The project team won the prestigious perform resident engineering inspection New York City’s subway, operated by Presidential Award for Design (REI) and construction engineering NYC Transit, is among the oldest, Excellence in 2000. inspection (CEI) services for two new largest and busiest rapid transit systems stations along Metro-North’s New in the world. With more than 6 million After the bulk of restoration was Haven Line in Fairfield and West riders using the subway every day, completed, STV continued to play a Haven, CT. the system is under constant strain

16 stv | ink “There are a lot of moving pieces for this one project, and we’ve had to coordinate with the client, our joint venture partner, other subcon- sultants and the community to map this all out. The enhancements being developed for this initiative also tie in to a number of other projects along the LIRR main line that STV is supporting.”

RICHARD HANINGTON STV senior transportation planner

necessitating regular rehabilitations and complex, all in Manhattan. During who will live and work in this new upgrades as well as new infrastructure. this period, STV also helped preserve neighborhood for generations to come.” subway services along the 1.8-mile STV’s earliest commissions in the Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line in In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy passenger rail market sector supported Brooklyn – another national landmark in 2012, the firm has been playing keeping the city’s subways in a state of – as part of an enormously successful a key role in NYC Transit’s flood good repair. During the 1970s and early restoration and renovation program. resiliency efforts at subway tunnels, 1980s the firm was contracted by NYC stations, maintenance shops and yards, Transit to provide vehicle engineering STV’s support of the subway system’s substations and other traction power services for the purchase of thousands rehabilitation and expansion continues infrastructure in Manhattan, Queens of new subway transit cars that were to this day. In 2015, NYC Transit and Brooklyn. used along the system’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, A, opened its first new subway station in C, D, E, F, G, M, N, D and R lines. The nearly 25 years at the 34th Street – In one instance, STV has returned firm worked on this program for more Hudson Yards stop, a key component to the site of one of its very first than two decades, helping STV to grow of the $2.42 billion initiative to extend passenger rail transportation its vehicles group into the nationally the No. 7 subway line from Times commissions – the Coney Island Yard renowned practice it is today. Square to Manhattan’s far West Side. complex – to study and design STV was involved in the planning a whole host of upgrades that strive to Upon that foundation, STV would and design of the new station since keep the subway system running after go on to provide planning, design the earliest phases of the project in a future storm or flood event. and construction support services 2002 and has overseen the design and for the rehabilitation of many of the provided construction-phase services “Sandy’s flooding damaged duct banks, subway system’s largest and most for nearly every aspect of its power and cables, and other critical traction historic facilities. In the late 1980s, communications systems. power equipment. We found that a STV performed engineering design bridge structure for cables, which services at the Fulton Street Station in “This project has been in the making will run the entire length of the Lower Manhattan, which had just been for more than a decade and represents yard, was the ideal way to keep the designated a historic landmark. The firm thousands of hours of hard work and complex’s systems operational in case also supported design modifications determination,” said Yayu Choy, P.E., of a future incident,” said Earl Fish, that improved conditions at the Fifth STV project manager and senior P.E., an STV systems engineer in the Avenue/53rd Street Station; the communications engineer in New York. New York office. “The size and scope 66th Street Lincoln Center Station; “We are proud to have played an integral of what we’re designing for Coney the Grand Central Subway Station role in bringing this to fruition for the Island Yard’s traction power system is complex; and the Union Square benefit of our great city and the people without precedent.” 

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The Science Building at Kutztown University 18 stv | ink STV HELPS HIGHER EDUCATION CLIENTS ACHIEVE GOALS WITH DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OR BOTH

As a full-service firm specializing in architectural, engineering, planning, environmental and construction management services, STV can truly do it all. And on college campuses across the United States, the firm’s clients often ask STV to do it all – sometimes within the same project.

STV’s versatility within the higher education market sector With so many schools featuring a broad scope of specialties can best be demonstrated with its recent work in support of and focuses – from the hard sciences to communications two clients: the City University of New York (CUNY) public and performing arts – STV’s work in support of CUNY has university system and Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA. offered the opportunity to design and construct a variety of The firm has a long history of providing an array of design building types as part of this capital improvement program. and construction management services for both clients and, in a few recent renovations and new facility projects, has been called upon to perform as both the lead designer and construction manager.

BUILDING A FULL-SERVICE PORTFOLIO AT CUNY Consisting of 24 institutions and some 300 buildings located throughout New York City’s five boroughs, CUNY is the third-largest university system and the largest urban univer- sity in the country.

But beyond the size of its system, in recent years, CUNY officials have also had to consider the age of its infrastructure – the average age of its buildings is more than 50 years old. As a result, since 2011, CUNY has been in the midst of a transformative capital improvement program, investing more than $3.8 billion in new construction and renovation projects. Queens College, a part of CUNY stv | ink 19 Photo © Aislinn Weidele / Ennead Architects Weidele © Aislinn Photo © Chris Cooper Photo

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute STV provided design and construction management services for a new science lab at Queens College. at Hunter College

A highlight of the firm’s current CUNY portfolio includes construction management services for the replacement of the renovation of multiple laboratories in the new Science a 40,000-square-foot wood floor in the school’s Fitzgerald Building at Queens College. STV was contracted to perform Gymnasium. Work is being completed in two phases, design and construction management services for this project, allowing the college to maintain its athletic and community which was procured using the design-build delivery method. activities including NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) sports. A critical challenge for this initiative was that all improvements needed to be completed with minimal disruption to students Additionally, STV is performing architectural and engineering and staff occupying the building. However, by providing both design for the reconstruction of Baskerville Hall at City College design and construction management services, STV’s project of New York – a landmark building originally constructed in team was able to collaborate closely from preliminary through 1906 that for years housed one of the largest original lecture final design to overcome this challenge, while also developing halls on the campus. This $4 million initiative entails renovating time- and money-saving opportunities for the client. the lecture hall, as well as new second floor bathrooms, new multipurpose rooms, and renovating bathrooms. “Working with our own, in-house design team offered us un-paralleled transparency,” said Matthew Nolty, senior Based on STV’s success within the CUNY system, the firm associate and project manager in STV’s Construction has recently been awarded new contracts for engineering Management Division in New York. “As the construction design and construction management services on behalf of the manager, we have almost immediate access to our design City University Construction Fund. team over the duration of the project. It is truly a team effort, where the depth of the STV bench can be quickly called upon “Our recent experience with CUNY has been very rewarding and efficiently used to overcome challenges that may develop as it has allowed us to play a key part in a successful improve- during the construction process.” ment program through both our design and construction management expertise,” said Sandra Benjamin, AIA, LEED® Following on the heels of the Queens College laboratory AP, BD+C, NCARB, senior associate and senior project renovations, the firm was asked to provide design and manager in STV’s Buildings & Facilities Division in New

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Kutztown’s Academic Forum is one of many campus facilities STV has supported over the years. The Sharadin Arts Building at Kutztown University

York. “The client has expressed satisfaction with our perfor- STV’s commitment to collaboration and client services has mance, which is evidenced by repeat awards for new work yielded a number of standout projects at Kutztown. The firm throughout the system.” performed design and construction management services for the $15.7 million Academic Forum.The facility opened to A FIRM THAT LISTENS AT KUTZTOWN rave reviews in 2007 and included smart classrooms, a food After providing a variety of planning, design and construction court and a student lounge. management services for more than 60 projects at Kutztown University, a piece of STV can be found on nearly every bit of Six years later, the firm was honored by a number of industry the school’s Pennsylvania campus. organizations for its role in the renovation and expansion of the $16.8 million Schaeffer Auditorium, Kutztown’s STV is currently providing construction management premiere concert and performance hall. STV received a services for the renovation of the Cub Café in Kutztown’s Project Achievement Award in 2014 from the Construction McFarland Student Union Building. But the firm’s Management Association of America’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter. support of the 325-acre campus dates back to 1998 when STV was tapped to oversee a $1.6 million roof replace- “What did STV do that was so special? In a single word, they ment at Keystone Hall. listened,” wrote Willis Rapp, a professor emeritus and chair of the university’s music department, in a testimonial letter. “We never took anything for granted, but they have “They paid close attention to the important aspects of the been very good to us over the years,” said Jeff Mosser, a project and made sure they were not ignored.” project director and associate in the firm’s Construction Management Division in Douglassville, PA. “I think they By providing such exemplary work, STV has earned recognized that we’ve performed very well as a team. We Kutztown’s trust, Mosser said. “They can assign us a project have a broad range of technical expertise with our planners, and not have to worry about our performance or dedication. engineers, architects and construction managers, and we’ve It provides us all with a sense of pride as we walk around the always been able to use those resources to provide a quality campus and see all the different ways we’ve contributed to the job for this client.” growth of this university.” 

stv | ink 21 A NEW FACILITY FROM DESIGN TO STARTUP All Photos © Alan Blakely Photography STV Flexes Full-Service Muscles for Gas Plant and Gathering System

Thanks to the full-service capabilities of STV’s Energy mentation, controls and programming, Services Division, a project that was initially projected wellhead hoop-up support, contract operations, and pipeline inspections. to be a small natural gas compressor station evolved into one of the largest energy systems initiatives the division “Having a full suite of project services helped set STV apart from ever supported in the Rocky Mountain Region. other energy service firms in the region, allowing us to have this suc- cessful partnership with Flatirons,” Since 2013, STV has provided a privately owned energy company said Duane Compton, PMP, a senior a range of design, procurement, that operates primarily out of North project manager in STV’s Denver start-up and commissioning services Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. office. “Our project team offered a for a 45 million standard cubic feet personal touch for this client, and per day gas plant in North Dakota, The facility became operational supported them every step of the way along with a 55-mile gas gathering last year, and STV continues to during this ambitious initiative.” system pipeline and a 55-mile gas support Flatirons by providing field lift distribution pipeline on behalf services such as on-site engineering, Flatirons was founded in 2013 by a of Flatirons Field Services, LLC, construction management, instru- trio of energy service veterans and

22 stv | ink “Flatirons and its partnering oil company decided that using a processed pipeline-quality gas would be a better option for gas life opera- tions. Based on that philosophy, and several other factors, Flatirons decided to move forward with the development of a large gas plant.” DUANE COMPTON, PMP STV senior project manager

within months of its start-up, STV was with the development of a large something of this size and scope, but helping it develop a small gas gathering gas plant.” we have the proper technical expertise, system pipeline and compressor station especially as it relates to process that would enhance the company’s oil STV performed process engineering; engineering, and piping and electrical/ recovery methods. Asked to provide piping design; electrical, instrumentation instrumentation design to help make procurement services, document control, and controls engineering; and design this initiative a reality for Flatirons.” cost tracking, cost forecasting and and civil/structural engineering and various other services, STV’s responsi- design for the facility. Now, just months Since the plant opened, STV startup bilities continued to grow as Flatirons after the facility opened, Flatirons is staff have been at the site 24 hours a expanded its program. already contemplating doubling its size day working alongside Flatirons staff in order to handle 90 million standard providing operations maintenance. “Flatirons and its partnering oil cubic feet of gas per day. For the gas-gathering pipeline system, company decided that using a the firm performed automation and processed pipeline-quality gas would “This is a program that just keeps calibration services for all of the gas be a better option for gas life opera- growing and growing,” Compton said. metering systems, as well as collected tions,” Compton said. “Based on that “Fortunately, it plays to the strengths data on behalf of the client. philosophy, and several other factors, of our design and engineering teams. Flatirons decided to move forward Prior to this, STV had never designed CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

stv | ink 23 STV’s field services capabilities allow us to augment our design and construction management teams by performing specialized support services. For example, to help keep the opening of the Flatirons plant on schedule, STV provided commissioning services at an earlier point in construction than what’s traditionally done. As a result, all commissioning was completed about a month ahead of schedule.

“There are not a lot of other firms that do what we do,” said Chris Anderson, STV field services manager in the Bismarck, ND, office. “Often, once the project is designed and constructed, the facility is handed off to a third party to provide start-up and commissioning. Offering these services has allowed us to augment our design team while also developing some key relationships of our own.” 

24 stv | ink THE RAILROAD TIES

THAT BIND Lang Alex © J. Photo Long Relationships with Norfolk Southern Built on Deep Understanding of Railroad’s Culture

STV’s relationship with Norfolk Southern (NS) goes To facilitate much of the growth, NS back more than 50 years. So it’s not surprising recently looked to STV to help double the size of its Bellevue Yard sorting that when the railroad took on some of its most and classification facility located ambitious expansion plans over the past decade, about 50 miles outside Toledo, OH, it turned to a trusted partner – STV. and nearly midway between Chicago and New York along the railroad’s busiest freight line. That project, which Serving as construction manager, STV wrapped in 2014, followed the comple- and its predecessor, Ralph Whitehead tion of the Heartland Corridor and a Associates (RWA), have overseen more series of other projects that allowed the than $350 million of work over the past railroad to increase capacity while also 10 years for the nation’s fourth-largest improving efficiency. railroad as the freight hauler positions itself for continued growth throughout CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE its 22-state territory.

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Norfolk Southern’s Bellevue Yard

Situated at the crossroads of five of the between the railroad’s transportation, 380-mile stretch across Virginia, West railroad’s lines, Bellevue Yard needed mechanical, communications, signal Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, allowing to expand to meet growing demand for and maintenance-of-way departments the railroad to run double-stacked freight rail transportation. Bellevue was and the contractor,” said Bobby container cars through the corridor. built in 1967 and serves as NS’s largest Phillips, P.E., STV vice president and hump yard – facilities that feature a lead project manager for the rail division STV was contracted to perform track on a hill, or hump, over which an in Charlotte, NC. construction management and civil engine pushes cars so they can be sorted and structural engineering along with and classified according to destination The project also included a new pedes- rail design and inspection services to – and the second largest classification trian tunnel under the existing tracks, modify 5.7 miles of tunnels and lower facility in North America. a new vehicle access road bridge, along the tracks at three overhead bridges. In with associated drainage, lighting and addition, three sets of overhead wires STV’s $40 million portion of the road improvements. were raised to allow for the taller trains. project entailed providing oversight Consequently, NS shaved 250 miles off for the construction of 38 new tracks, INCREASING EFFICIENCY the mid-Atlantic to Midwest route and which nearly doubled the yard’s capacity The need to upgrade Bellevue became saved about a day’s travel time. from 1,800 to 3,000 cars a day. To more urgent after NS took on one increase efficiency, the three-year project of its largest expansion projects “It was the first public-private part- required 145 miles of new underground along the Heartland Corridor. The nership of its kind and highlighted cable for communication and signal massive $191 million public-private the benefits of public funding for systems to direct train traffic along partnership was considered one of the a more energy-efficient form of 162 new automated switches and 11 most extensive railroad engineering transportation that is also greener upgraded control points. projects in modern times. It increased with fewer carbon emissions,” Phillips the height clearances of 28 tunnels said. “And it keeps trucks off public “It involved a lot of new construction and seven bridges while removing highways, which saves tax dollars as and detailed planning and coordination 24 overhead obstacles along a nearly far as road maintenance is concerned.”

26 stv | ink In its more than 50-year relationship with Norfolk Southern, STV has provided a broad range of services including: >> Bridge Design >> Bridge Inspection >> Emergency Services >> Environmental Engineering >> Track Design >> Track Inspection and Assessment >> Railroad Planning >> Cost Estimating >> Scheduling >> Construction/Program Management >> Third Party Project Management >> Safety Compliance Training

Photo left and above: The Heartland Corridor initiative helped make Norfolk Southern’s mid-Atlantic to Midwest route far more efficient for the railroad by increasing clearances at a number of tunnels and bridges.

“ It’s important in railroading to understand the culture, urgency and value of clear communications between A clear understanding of safety factors and the inherent limitations of design- the client and the project manager.” ing projects on or near active railways BOBBY PHILLIPS, P.E. have also been an important aspect of STV vice president and project manager for rail division in Charlotte, NC doing business with NS.

“It really all comes down to two things: institutional knowledge and safety,” After completing the project four RWA recruited former railroad said David Wyatt, a special projects months ahead of schedule, Jim Carter, engineers who did not relocate after manager in STV’s Atlanta office who NS’s chief engineer of bridges and Southern Railroad centralized its has more than 30 years of experience in structures, praised STV in a letter engineering office in Atlanta. The the freight railroad industry. “STV not of commendation. outcome was a staff with a solid only has a knowledge of the industry understanding of the railroad’s priori- on a superior level, but it is also very “STV/RWA performed its services ties and business practices. committed to safety.” professionally and with high regard to the project objectives,” Carter said. “We “It’s important in railroading to under- Since 1997, the firm has worked at Norfolk Southern are appreciative stand the culture, urgency and value alongside NS and its contractors and of our longstanding relationship with of clear communications between the consultants, conducting railway worker STV/RWA and are proud to recognize client and the project manager,” said protection training to improve safety. its railroad capabilities.” Phillips. “There’s also an understand- ing of how to do things the railroad “STV understands the operation of the CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING way when it comes to design criteria railroad and that train service has to run STV’s close ties with Norfolk for bridges because there’s so much without being delayed or interrupted,” Southern are part of a shared culture more steel and concrete due to the Wyatt said. “The people we have are dating back to the early 1960s when sheer weight of the trains.” CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Photo right and above: The Bellevue Yard is NS’s largest hump yard and the second largest classification facility in North America.

very astute and knowledgeable and really Once the drainage, grading and utility firm’s only role. A number of niche understand how the railroad works.” issues were addressed, the firm oversaw services, such as assisting in construc- the largest roller compacted concrete tion cost estimates and scheduling BUILDING CAPACITY paving project that NS had ever under- assessments on assets and infrastructure In addition to the Heartland taken, producing a facility capable of along NS’s vast network to support Corridor and Bellevue initiatives, holding up to 2,000 intermodal trailers Surface Transportation Board rate NS recently contracted STV to with the capacity to handle more than cases and providing Federal Railroad oversee the construction of the new 250,000 shipping containers annually. Administration safety and compliance 175-acre Rickenbacker Intermodal It was training for consultants and contractors Yard – centrally located along the a major public-private partnership working on the railroad’s right of way. Heartland Corridor in Columbus, and STV’s team oversaw all document OH – to distribute freight to major control to make sure all records and The railroad also uses STV’s expertise markets throughout Ohio, western documents were maintained to support for bridge design and construction Pennsylvania and Indiana without the project. observation services. Often, when disrupting existing freight traffic on there is a third-party proposal to build an active rail line. In recent years, STV has provided a new road, bridge or other structure construction management support that encroaches on railroad right- The Rickenbacker Intermodal facility services for similar new NS regional of-way STV reviews the plans for was built on former farmland and intermodal facilities in Birmingham, AL, compliance with railroad standards STV engineers were faced with diffi- Charlotte, NC, Memphis, TN, Titusville, and then make sure the railroad cult drainage and poor soil conditions FL, and Chicago. is protected while construction is to develop a stormwater management performed by a third-party contractor. design. To stabilize the surface for STAYING ON TRACK additional storage and loading tracks, Overseeing major capital projects for “That’s the meat of what we do for the STV undertook the largest soil lime one of the nation’s largest railroads is railroad right now and it continues to drying project ever conducted in Ohio. a familiar role for STV, but it’s not the grow,” Phillips said. 

28 stv | ink WHAT’S NEW AT STV A TOP DESIGN FIRM

Based on the company’s strong perfor- mance over the past year, Engineering News-Record New York named STV its 2015 Designer of the Year in the New York region.

A nearly 60 percent jump in revenues over the past year helped propel the firm from 7th on the magazine’s list of designers in 2014 to 4th this year. Some of the key initiatives that boosted STV’s ranking included the firm’s support of resiliency efforts at the 75-acre Coney Island Yard complex for MTA New York City Transit (NYC Transit). STV was also contracted by NYC Transit to perform structural repair and com- munications and traction power designs for the 53rd Street tunnel.

Beyond Sandy recovery and resiliency projects, the firm is providing design services as part of the Downtown Design Partnership joint venture for the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Lower Manhattan on behalf of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (see pages 2-9 for more information). In the Bronx, STV was contracted by the New York State Dormitory Authority to perform similar services for the Bronx Psychiatric Center Adult Behavioral Health Center and Campus. That project should be completed later this year.

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AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS For years, STV has played a key role in designing and overseeing the construction of iconic structures and transportation systems that have shaped communities and enhanced the quality of life for users. Here are some recent award-winning initiatives:

1 The I-85/I-485 interchange Design-Build Institute of America’s in Charlotte, NC, dubbed the (DBIA) highest honors; and was named “turbine interchange,” received the the 2015 Best Project in the Highway/ prestigious Grand Conceptor Award Bridge Category by Engineering News- and Honor Award from the American Record’s Southeast magazine. The Lane Council of Engineering Companies Construction Corporation/STV design- (ACEC) of North Carolina’s 2016 build team was contracted by the North Engineering Excellence Awards Carolina Department of Transportation (EEA); the 2015 Excellence in Design to create this iconic interchange, which (Engineering) Award, one of the is a first-of-a-kind structure in the state.

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2 The Anaheim Regional Bus Depot in New York City received STV managed the construction of this Transportation Intermodal a Silver Award in BD+C’s Building station upgrade, which is a part of the Center, better known as ARTIC, was Team Awards program; an ACEC Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line, named Project of the Year in Southern New York 2016 EEA Diamond Award, on behalf of the Chicago Department California by ENR California magazine. qualifying it as a finalist in ACEC EEA’s of Transportation. The LEED® (Leadership in Energy national competition; and was named and Environmental Design) Platinum a 2015 Project of the Year by Energy 5 For its role in the resiliency facility, which brings together 10 Manager Today magazine. STV provided efforts at the Coney Island Yard modes of transportation, also received architectural and engineering design for in Brooklyn, STV was honored with an Honorable Mention from Building the 390,000-square-foot facility, which is an ACEC NY 2016 EEA Platinum Design + Construction (BD+C) owned by MTA NYC Transit. Silverite Award in the Studies, Research and Magazine in its Building Team Construction served as the builder (for Consulting Engineering Services Awards program. STV performed more details, see article on page 15). category. As contracted by MTA NYC program management services for this Transit, STV performed a range of 67,880-square-foot facility. 4 The $43 million Clark-LaSalle/ design services for a flood protection Division Station Rehabilitation feasibility study at one of the largest 3 One of the first LEED® in Chicago received an ACEC Illionis rapid transit maintenance yards in Gold-certified bus facilities in 2016 EEA Special Achievement the world, which had flooded during the country, the Mother Clara Hale Award in the Special Projects Category. Superstorm Sandy in 2012. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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6 The STV/Satterfield & Pontikes and accessibility in eastern York County unites all of New York City’s Police (S&P) joint venture received and around Fort Mill. STV performed Department’s training facilities onto an ACEC NY 2016 EEA Platinum a variety of services for the bypass, one central campus. The New York Award in the Special Projects Category including project management, roadway City Department of Design and for the Delta Air Lines Terminal 4 and bridge design, development of Construction was the client. Redevelopment Phase II at John F. environmental documentation, public Kennedy International Airport in involvement, biological assessments, 9 The newly renovated Shain Library Jamaica. STV/S&P provided construc- natural resource investigations, and at Connecticut College in New tion management services for this traffic analyses. London, CT, was a recipient of an Award transformative program, which added of Merit in the Renovation/Restoration gates and improved access for customers 8 The New York Police Academy category from ENR New England’s 2015 at the terminal. in Queens was honored by ENR Best Projects competition. STV/DPM New York as part of its 2015 Best performed owner’s project management 7 The Fort Mill Southern Bypass Projects in the Public/Government services for this initiative, which opened a project team in York County, SC, Buildings Category and also received few months ahead of schedule. received a Project of the Year Award an ACEC NY 2016 EEA Silver Award from the American Society of Civil in the Building/Technology Systems 10 As part of the design-build Engineers South Carolina Section Category. The Turner Construction team led by Whiting-Turner Board. The bypass is a new, 4.3-mile- Company/STV joint venture provided Contracting Company, STV provided long, four-lane roadway in southeastern construction management services architectural and engineering design Fort Mill that improves connectivity for this massive new complex, which services for the South Bay Bus 32 stv | ink 14 1 I-85/I-485 INTERCHANGE Charlotte, NC 2 ANAHEIM REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INTERMODAL CENTER Anaheim, CA 3 MOTHER CLARA HALE BUS DEPOT New York, NY 4 CLARK-LASALLE/DIVISION STATION REHABILITATION Chicago, IL 5 RESILIENCY EFFORTS AT THE CONEY ISLAND YARD Brooklyn, NY 6 DELTA AIR LINES TERMINAL 4 REDEVELOPMENT PHASE II AT JFK AIRPORT Jamaica, NY 7 FORT MILL SOUTHERN BYPASS BETWEEN I-77 AND SC 160 Photo © Paul Warchol © Paul Photo York County, SC 8 NEW YORK POLICE ACADEMY ENDURING. Queens, NY 9 SHAIN LIBRARY RENOVATION AT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE DRIVEN. New London, CT 10 SOUTH BAY BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITY EXPANSION VISIONARY. Chula Vista, CA 11 34TH STREET SELECT BUS SERVICE New York, NY 12 U.S. COAST GUARD HOUSTON-GALVESTON SECTOR BUILDING Houston, TX 13 THE MOSS ARTS CENTER AT VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY Blacksburg, VA 14 METRO-NORTH RAILROAD WOODBURY VIADUCT Orange County, NY

Maintenance Facility expansion in 12 The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to be LEED® certified, and its fourth Chula Vista, CA, a recipient of the Houston-Galveston Sector LEED® Gold. BD+C presented it ACEC California 2016 Honor Award Building in Texas received a National with a Bronze Award in its Building in the Building/Technology Systems Award of Merit from DBIA in the Team Awards program. STV teamed category. This sustainable maintenance Civic/Assembly Category. STV was as executive architect with Snøhetta complex, which is owned by the San the architect-of-record as a subcon- for this 150,000-square-foot project Diego Association of Governments, sultant to Mortenson Construction and provided project management; includes a highly efficient bus wash and on this design-build effort, which mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other features not typically found in bus included a new, 111,500-square-foot structural engineering; and sustainable maintenance facilities. USCG facility in Houston with design services. offices and training spaces, com- 11 The 34th Street Select Bus manding centers, medical and dental 14 STV performed inspections, Service received an ACEC New facilities, shops, a cafeteria and other designed repairs and conducted York 2016 EEA Gold Award in the support spaces. This facility replaced resident engineering services for the Transportation Category. On behalf a previous USCG sector field office 108-year-old Metro-North Railroad of the New York City Department that was badly damaged by Hurricane Woodbury Viaduct in Orange County, of Transportation, STV was the lead Ike in 2008. NY – a recipient of the ACEC NY 2016 designer and provided construction sup- EEA Silver Award in the Structural port for this bus service improvement 13 Virginia Tech’s Moss Arts Systems category. initiative in one of the busiest corridors Center is the ninth building on in Manhattan. Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus stv | ink 33 STV GIVES BACK From left to right: Bob Keeley, Jen Murphy, A Look at STV and the Communities We Serve Mark Pelletier and Paul Tyrell.

STV/DPM LEADS FIGHT AGAINST MS SECB, vice president and director STV/DPM recently held its 22nd annual of structural engineering in the Buildings Golf Classic to benefit the National & Facilities Division in New York, has Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. The found a way to combine his knowledge sellout tournament, which also included of this subject area with his profound spirit a dinner, took place at the Hopkinton of volunteerism. Country Club in Hopkinton, MA, and raised more than $80,000, bringing the For the past 15 years, Cerino and his total of funds raised in the tournament’s church have made it an annual practice to history to $895,000. seek out communities in need – especially those that have been impacted by natural “We have led this event for 22 years and I disasters like floods and tornadoes. Cerino’s am proud that our new STV/DPM family most recent volunteer effort was in Estes continues to support the MS Society and Park, CO, where he helped support clean- the great work they do,” said Bob Keeley, up efforts in an area that is still reeling STV/DPM senior vice president, and from a historic flood in 2013. member of the Board of Trustees of the MS Society, Greater New England Chapter. “In Estes Park, there are still a number of people out of homes and many roads are “Bob Keeley brings the same leadership in poor shape,” Cerino said. “Going to skills and attention to detail to the these communities that have been so MS Golf Classic that he uses to drive badly damaged by natural disasters is STV|DPM’s success,” said Lori Espino, personally very affecting.” National MS Society, Greater New England Chapter president. “The Society ENGINEER EXHIBITS GIRL POWER is so grateful for people like Bob, because it AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL makes it possible for us to help people with Katie Bordner, P.E., a civil engineer in our MS live their best lives.” Harrisburg office, recently volunteered at a local elementary school so she could STRUCTURAL ENGINEER BRINGS HELP inspire a group of second graders to “be an TO FLOOD-RAVAGED COLORADO engineer like a girl.” Flood mitigation and resiliency are hot topics throughout the design and construc- Bordner read to a group of eager students tion industry, and Chris Cerino, P.E., at Bellaire Elementary School in Carlisle,

34 stv | ink Estes Park, CO, is still reeling from Katie Bordner (right) with Bellaire From left to right: Kenneth Kelley, a historic flood in 2013. Elementary School students. Jenifer Peters and Mike Clark.

PA, as part of the Women’s Transportation invaluable support from Mike Clark, Founded in 1984, Samhati – which means Seminar (WTS) Central Pennsylvania design technician, and Jenifer Peters, “solidarity” in Bangla – works to empower Chapter’s Girl Day 2016 festivities. Girl administrative assistant, in the organiza- Bangladeshi women and children by Day is geared towards encouraging diversity tion and operation of the event, which supporting small projects geared toward in STEM (science, technology, engineering brings together more than 140 design and improving social and economic conditions and math) fields by educating children at a construction professionals every fall from in the country. Based in Washington, young age about careers in these areas. throughout the Jacksonville area. D.C., Samhati is the only organization of its kind in the United States. In addition to reading to the students, The outing is the chapter’s signature event Bordner also introduced them to and supports ASHE’s scholarship endow- Billah, who was born in Bangladesh, cur- engineering by having the second graders ment fund at UNF. Thanks to ASHE’s rently sits on Samhati’s board of directors, design and build towers out of marshmal- contributions, UNF provides two annual and her aunt and cousin have played key lows and spaghetti. $1,000 scholarships for engineering and roles in the group’s growth and evolution construction engineering students. With over the past 30 years. JACKSONVILLE TRIO SINK the endowment fund just surpassing the A HOLE-IN-ONE WITH ANNUAL goal of $100,000, Kelley and the ASHE Since its inception, Samhati has produced GOLF TOURNEY SUPPORT Board recently increased the annual a number of success stories for the poor For a number of STV employees in the scholarships to $2,500 each, while a third and disadvantaged in Bangladesh. For Jacksonville office, the American Society award representing construction manage- many years, the organization supported of Highway Engineers (ASHE) Northeast ment will also be added to the mix at a local nonprofits within the country Florida Chapter’s annual golf outing, future date. to build the first women’s shelter in Bangladesh, and Samhati has continued which benefits engineering and construc- SUPPORTING WOMEN AND tion students at the University of Northern to support the facility over the years CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH Florida (UNF), has become a ritual – an by raising more than $160,000 for the event they all look forward to supporting For Shamarukh center. More recently, Samhati has helped year after year. (Sham) Billah, P.E., organize adult literacy classes and other LEED® AP, BD+C, educational opportunities that have helped Kenneth Kelley, P.E., senior associate an associate and civil transform entire communities. and director for highway bridges in engineering manager Jacksonville, is the current president of in STV’s Buildings Each year, Samhati holds an annual dinner ASHE’s Northeast Florida Chapter, has & Facilities Division and auction at the Embassy of Bangladesh been on the golf tournament committee in Douglassville, involvement in the in Washington, D.C. It functions as the  since 2005, and has served as event nonprofit Samhati is personal on a organization’s primary fundraiser. chairman since 2010. And Kelley receives number of levels.

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Dareen Salama Malory Nguyen Amanda Jones

STV’s top young talent was recently rec- To increase awareness for the construction ognized for their individual achievements management profession, in 2009, Nguyen by some of the design and construction co-created the CMAA Student Chapter at industry’s most prestigious publications. her alma mater, Manhattan College. Already an active member of CMAA, she wanted to PHILIP CREMIN, P.E. Dareen Salama, assistant project controls open doors for students and to teach them manager/BIM manager, and Malory how to grow. She is also the chair for the Nguyen, assistant project manager, both CMAA’s Construction Managers in Training in our Construction Management Division National Committee and serves on CMAA’s STV continues to make key hires that in New York, were selected by Engineering board of directors. enhance the firm’s overall leadership and vision across many industry areas. News-Record New York magazine for its Top 20 Under 40 competition. Salama, In the firm’s Transportation & Infrastructure Philip Cremin, P.E., has joined STV as was also named to Consulting-Specifying Division, Amanda Jones, P.E., associate, vice president and chief civil engineer for Engineer’s 40 Under 40 list. and director of railroad engineering in our the New York metropolitan area. In this Southeast region, was selected by Progressive role, Cremin is responsible for the manage- Salama, who joined STV in 2012, plays Railroading magazine as one of its 20 “Rising ment and oversight of the Transportation a major role in the application of virtual Stars” in the North American railroad industry. design and construction platforms, linking & Infrastructure Division’s civil engineering multiple aspects of project/construction Jones performed design calculations practice in New York, providing leader- management including cost, schedule and quality assurance/control reviews for ship and technical guidance for his team. and facility information using Building bridge designs as part of STV’s various With more than 30 years of experience in Information Management (BIM) tech- general engineering consultant (GEC) task civil engineering design, specializing in nologies. She is currently assigned to the order contracts with CSX Transportation transportation infrastructure, Cremin has STV|Tishman joint venture team for the (CSXT) and other railroads. In 2015, she worked on the design and construction of LaGuardia Airport Redevelopment Program, was promoted to railroad bridge group a number of significant transportation hubs leading the team in the application of BIM, leader in Jacksonville, overseeing a team and systems around the New York City project management information systems that supports freight clients on the East metropolitan area. These include Newark and asset management applications. She is Coast. As a result of her leadership, last year, Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia also an active member of the Construction CSXT renewed STV’s GEC services contract Airport, JFK International Airport, the Management Association of America overseeing track and bridge design and Holland and Lincoln tunnels, the George (CMAA), and sits on the board of its national construction, plan review, construction Emerging Technologies Committee, where management and inspection/rating Washington Bridge, port facilities, and the she teaches educational sessions about services on an on-call basis throughout Port Authority Trans-Hudson rail system. emerging technologies. She was recently the Southeastern U.S. His experience also covers heavy and light honored by the organization for her efforts rail, highways and bridges, airfield design with the “Distinguished Young Professional In addition to her project work, Jones sup- and utility systems. Award” at CMAA’s national conference. ports the freight railroad industry through her involvement in the American Railway James Kramer, P.E., joined STV as a vice Nguyen joined STV in 2007. Since then, Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way president and is a principal project manager she has taken on increasingly larger Association’s Committee 10 – Structures, in the Denver office for the Transportation & projects and additional responsibilities. Maintenance & Construction. This com- Infrastructure Division. He is overseeing and Currently, she is the assistant resident mittee is responsible for the development assisting in the planning and design of major engineer/project manager for a critical and and publication of recommended practices highway and light rail transit projects, along complex portion of the LaGuardia Airport and information relating to railroad bridge with other transportation-related initiatives. Redevelopment project. inspection and maintenance.

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JAMES KRAMER, P.E. DARKO HRELJANOVIC, AIA JOHN KUPRENAS, D.ENG., TODD STORY WILL FLORES P.E., CCM

Kramer has nearly 35 years of experience in Associates and rounded out his experience firm’s Energy Services Division. He will over- civil engineering, having played a leading working on residential and academic build- see the division’s operations in Denver and role in the design and construction of a ings with IBI Group - Gruzen Samton. Bismarck, ND, and will lead the expansion of number of significant highway and transit the STV’s presence in the Rocky Mountain projects throughout the Western United As a new senior vice president and deputy region. With experience leading teams in States. These include the complete recon- director of the Construction Management extremely challenging environments, Story struction of Interstate 25 and the implemen- Division in New York, John Kuprenas, brings to the firm an outstanding record of tation of a new light rail project in Denver D.Eng., P.E., CCM, brings to the firm overseeing the engineering, procurement under a massive initiative dubbed T-REX; as more than 25 years of international experi- and construction of multi-million dollar well as the redevelopment and expansion ence overseeing large-scale projects in projects in support of the oil and gas indus- of Denver International Airport’s terminal both the public and private sectors. He trial process industries. He is a member of and landside operations to incorporate com- provided program management services the American Society of Civil Engineers and muter rail and roadway improvements. for $20 billion of new construction and Engineers Without Borders. modernization for more than 130 schools Renowned architect Darko Hreljanovic, in the Los Angeles Unified School District; An experienced project executive who has AIA, has joined STV’s Buildings & Facilities oversaw the construction of the $1.2 bil- overseen the development of a number Division in New York as a vice president and lion King Khalid Medical City in Dammam, of transportation initiatives in New York, director of design. Hreljanovic brings his Saudi Arabia; and managed a $6 billion Will Flores has joined STV as a vice presi- vision of clean, simple and streamlined mod- airport capital improvement program dent in its Transportation & Infrastructure ern architecture to STV’s portfolio of govern- for Los Angeles World Airports. Prior to Division. Flores’s multi-faceted project ment, institutional, academic and trans- joining STV, Kuprenas served as president management background runs the gamut portation projects. Throughout his nearly of a Sacramento-based construction of infrastructure improvement projects, 40-year career, Hreljanovic has worked management firm which experienced signals and systems design, and resiliency on a number of award-winning projects, unprecedented growth during his tenure. initiatives. He has an established track including Terminal One at JFK International Kuprenas co-authored the book, “101 record in developing detailed design Airport, New York City Transit’s Times Square Things I Learned in Engineering School” as drawings, specifications and procurement Subway Complex, the West Midtown Ferry part of the “101 Things I Learned …” series, packages for stations and facilities, tunnels, Terminal, and Cornell University’s Human and has published several trade articles. yards, systems, viaduct structures and Ecology Building. Hreljanovic began his bridges. Flores also has experience working career with modern architectural pioneers Todd Story, an engineer with more than with key public regulatory agencies, land- Gordon Bunshaft, Michael McCarthy and 20 years of experience in technical manage- mark commissions and community boards. Roy Allen at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. ment, project management, operations and He is a member of the American Council of He went on to specialize in transportation business development, joined STV as vice Engineering Companies’ New York Chapter architecture at William Nicholas Bodouva + president and operations manager in the and the New York Building Congress. PRST. STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 129 Pottstown, PA

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