The Peddie School Landscape Master Plan Hightstown, NJ
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Private School Qualifications Land Landscape 3D Modeling Planning Architecture Rendering Firm Background & Benefits Firm Background Stearns Associates LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in land planning, landscape architecture and real estate due diligence. The firm is a general practice firm and is active in the following markets: Higher Education, K-12, Private Schools, Health Care, Multi-family Residential, Single-family Residential, Corporate office, Investment office, Retail and Entertainment, Restaurants, Parks and Recreation. The firm was established in February 2004 by Tom Stearns after a 16 year career at Hillier-Architecture as a Studio Principal and Director of Hillier’s Land Planning Studio. Stearns Associates LLC, a domestic limited liability company, was duly filed in accordance with New Jersey State Law on February 5, 2004 and was assigned identification number 0400048642. The firm is registered as a Category 1 & 4 Small Business Enterprise (SBE) by the NJ Commerce & Economic Growth Commission, Office of Development for Small Business and Women and Minority Businesses. Certification Number: 26337-20 Benefits Tom Stearns’ over 30 years of experience brings to clients: Experience with colleges, universities, and private boarding and day schools. Experience with a diverse range of Education projects, including student housing, athletic, academic, science, and libraries. Experience in collaboration with other professionals, and many notable architects. Knowledge in the development, approvals and building process with emphasis on large, complex and fast-tracked projects. Experience with municipal site plan approval process on numerous projects. Diverse Education experience across a wide variety of project types and locales. A portfolio of significant planning and executed landscape architectural projects. Experience with LEED and sustainable design. A design philosophy that respects the site and it’s history yet is balanced by clear, strong architectural ideas. Expediency, responsiveness and personal service. Adherence to schedule and budget. STEARNS ASSOCIATES, LLC D. Thomas Stearns AICP, PP, ASLA, LEED AP Education Pennsylvania State University, BS Landscape Architecture, 1974 Continuing Education and studies but no degress conferred: Ball State University, Graduate Studies, Business & Architecture New York University, Diploma Program in Real Estate Investment & Analysis Rutgers University, Graduate Studies, Planning Law Princeton University, Studies in History of Architectural Theory Professional Licenses Professional Planner: NJ AICP American Institute of Certified Planners Landscape Architect: NJ, NY, CT, PA, DE, MD, OH, KY, KS, NC, TX LEED Accredited Professional Tom Stearns has over 30 years of experience as a land planner and landscape architect. He was a Studio Principal with Hillier in Princeton, NJ where he worked for 16 years and was Director of Hillier’s Land Planning Studio. He has been with Stearns Associates LLC now for 10 years. Mr. Stearns understands how project planning and design must respond to market conditions, physical and environmental constraints, and financial and operational objectives, while not compromising the design integrity. Tom’s success over the years has been based on listening to his clients, being responsive and meeting their expectations for design, approvals, schedule and budget. His background includes a range of commercial, institutional and residential project types. Commercial projects include corporate, office, research & development, industrial, retail and mixed-use. Institutional projects include health care, higher education,private schools and K-12. He has worked on several NJ SDA projects. Mr. Stearns is a licensed professional planner and landscape architect. Through his extensive experience, he is familiar with federal, state and local land use regulations and knows what it takes to get a project through the governmental approval process. He is especially familiar with the approval process for Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. Tom brings a design philsophy to planning and landscape architecture that explores historical precedent, theory and strong architectural ideas. Tom attended Perkiomen School for 3 years as a boarder and is familiar with the planning and design issues of private schools. Employment History Stearns Associates LLC Hillier, Princeton, NJ CUH2A, Princeton, NJ Mark Morrison Associates, New York, NY Thomas Balsley Associates, New York, NY HOK, Dallas TX Landplus West, Indianapolis, IN STEARNS ASSOCIATES, LLC Sustainable Design Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Stearns Associates LLC is corporate member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). We are also members of the New Jersey Chapter and the Delaware Valley Chapter (DVGBC) of the USGBC. Tom Stearns is a LEED® Accredited Professional (LEED® AP). based on LEED NC Version 2.2. Mr. Stearns has served on the DVGBC Educational Committee, which sponsors educational talks on suistainablility in the greater Phildalphia Area. Mr. Stearns presented at the 2008 NJASLA annual convention on an overview of the USGBC, LEED rating system, becoming a LEED AP and the Sustainable Sites Initiative sponsored by the ASLA, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the US Botanic Garden. Mr. Stearns is a member of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the green roof industry association. Mr. Stearns has taken the two design courses for Green Roofs including: Green Roof Design 101, and Green Roof Infrastructure 201, which focuses on design and installation. Stearns Associates is currently working on some institutional projects that are pursuing LEED Certification, and have worked on integrated design teams to think and work across disciplines on sustainable solutions. Sustainable & LEED Projects Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ - Intensive Green Roof for 100 units of luxery housing. Roof deck covered an acre with half an acre in mixed plantings of perennials, shrubs, groundcovers and trees. Rider University, West Village Student Apartments, LEED Silver Burlington County College, Culinary Arts Center, LEED Silver (anticipated) The Lawrenceville School, Health & Wellness Center, LEED Silver The Lawrenceville School, Carter House – Girls Residence Dorms, LEED Silver (anticipated) Stormwater and Best Management Practices Tom Stearns is familiar with the The New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual (BMP manual) and has recently designed the landscapes for constructed wetlands, bio-retention systems and infiltration basins with Van Note-Harvey Associates PC. Tom Stearns has a 20 year working relationship with Van Note-Harvey Associates. He has worked with them on a number of project types in Mercer County and Central New Jersey. Mr. Stearns has worked on the following BMP projects with Van Note-Harvey Associates: Pine River Village, Lakewood, NJ - Infiltration Basin. Cedarbridge Office , Lakewood, NJ – Infiltration Basin Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ - Bio-retention Sharbell Development, Hamilton, NJ – Constructed Wetlands, & cisterns for roof runoff Rosecliff Independent Living , Lawrenceville, NJ - Constructed Wetlands and rain gardens. RG Office, West Windsor, NJ – Constructed Wetlands STEARNS ASSOCIATES, LLC Services Land Planning Services Site Analysis/Zoning Analysis Feasibility & Conceptual Planning Due Diligence Studies & Reports Sustainable Design Master Planning Design Guidelines Permitting & Approvals Assistance Scheduling & Estimating Expert Testimony C & D Variance Testimony in NJ ADA & Code Review Landscape Architecture Services Planting Sustainable Design Lighting Grading Hardscape (walls, steps, paving, furnishings) Pools & Fountains Details Specifications Cost Estimating Scheduling Project Types Streetscapes & People Places Plazas & Outdoor Dining Green Roofs Motor Courts & Courtyards Daycare Playgrounds Parks & Recreation Campuses Parking Entry Features Site Renovations 3D Modeling Photorealistic Computer Renderings Photomontage STEARNS ASSOCIATES, LLC Educational Clients American Boychoir School Beth Medrash Govoha Brookdale Community College Bloomfield College Burlington County Community College Chapin School Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Eden Institute Fordham University Hartwick College Hood College Howard University Hun School Indiana State University Institute for Advanced Study The Lawrenceville School Lehigh University Mercer County Community College Montclair State University Mt. Holyoke College New Jersey Institute of Technology Ocean County College Peddie School Perkiomen School Philadelphia College of Textiles Princeton Center for Arts & Education Princeton University Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart Princeton Theological Seminary Rider University Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rutgers University United States Military Academy University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Villanova University Warren County Community College Witherspoon Institute Most of the above clients were clients of Tom Stearns and the Land Planning Studio while at Hillier. Some clients were previous to Hillier. Recent Stearns Associates LLC clients are listed in bold. STEARNS ASSOCIATES, LLC Chapin School Classroom Addition Lawrenceville, NJ Architect: Farewell Mills & Gatsch Engineer: Van Note Harvey 10.5 acre day school campus 330 student all girls school Phase 1 of 15,000 sf Classroom Soccer Field & Playground Landscape Architecture The design focused on a 5,000 sf Phase 1 classroom addition