VOLUME 12 ISSUE 1 2015

IN THIS ISSUE 1 6 14 Proactive Prevention Storm Crossing Prepared for “The Big One” A history of preparing our STV helps transportation New airport transportation center clients against future disasters systems weather future floods serves as command center for emergency operations

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EDITORIAL BOARD Dominick M. Servedio, P.E. As a firm that values itself for emphasizing client Executive Chairman responsiveness, STV and its predecessors have a long-

Milo E. Riverso, Ph.D., P.E., CCM established track record for quickly, decisively and effectively President & 14 18 28 Chief Executive Officer providing a full range of planning, design, construction management and environmental services for a host of Linda Rosenberg Senior Vice President 1 14 project types that have been impacted, or may be potentially Marketing & Communications Proactive Prevention Prepared for “The Big One” affected, by both natural and manmade disasters. A history of preparing our clients against New airport transportation facility serves as Richard M. Amodei future disasters command center for emergency operations Senior Vice President MANAGING EDITORS 6 18 In the days following Superstorm ing solutions in New York and New Debra Trace Sandy, which ravaged the East Coast Jersey designed to protect and prevent Jill Bonamusa Storm Crossing New Coast Guard Facility STV helps transportation systems weather Meets Enhanced Safety & of the United States in 2012, STV’s catastrophic damage in the likely event EDITOR-IN-CHIEF future floods Structural Standards multidisciplinary team provided emer- of a future emergency. And beyond the Mark Ginocchio Helping the USCG rebuild in the Gulf gency services to our clients hit hardest tri-state area, STV is providing design Coast Region in New York and New Jersey. Despite and construction management services CONTRIBUTORS 10 the fact that much of STV’s own for clients who are proactively strategiz- Rachel Spevack Homecoming for Housing Complexes STV provides design and construction 22 resources were limited by the storm’s ing against all kinds of natural disasters. GRAPHIC DESIGN management services for vital housing What’s New at STV impact in the tri-state region, the quick Whitney Plant developments More information about STV’s award- thinking of the firm’s employees aided The breadth of services being provided winning projects, exciting new hires and the expedited rehabilitation and reopen- is just the latest chapter in the firm’s philanthropic initiatives 12 ing of buildings and infrastructure that more than 100-year history of striving Flood Mitigation Solutions Studied function as the lifeblood of the com- to be client focused and quality driven For Illinois Village 28 munity: schools, health care facilities, at every level of the organization. Over STV collaborates with multiple stakeholders A More Diversified Approach to housing and transportation systems. the years, STV and its predecessors have for storm resiliency project Construction Management successfully revitalized buildings and New acquisition augments STV’s Construction Now, as a result of STV’s response to transportation infrastructure throughout Management Division 13 Sandy’s immediate aftermath, the firm North America, addressing the impacts Supporting Schools is developing various forward think- of storms, floods, fires and earthquakes. STV provides a range of services for New York City schools CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

2 stv | ink stv | ink 1 “ Our performance at North Station demonstrated our ability to get the job done very quickly and efficiently on a fast-track basis, which helped us move on to other major projects in the Boston area and throughout the rest of the United States.” MARK PELLETIER, P.E. STV vice president & Boston office manager Boston North Station trestle

HISTORICALLY BUILDING A FOUNDATION ON DISASTER RESPONSE After the Northridge Earthquake, Just five years after STV’s earliest fore- saturated the land and several river was well positioned to respond quickly STV assisted in the restoration of basis, which helped us move on to other and then expanding the system to meet runner, Elwyn E. Seelye & Co., opened valleys. As part of the state’s massive and efficiently when disaster struck Metrolink service by designing major projects in the Boston area and the needs of commuters by providing new temporary stations to meet its doors, the up-and-coming engineer- flood recovery program, SSV&K North Station. commuter needs. throughout the rest of the United States.” design and construction management ing firm provided emergency structural provided design services for more than services for two new rail stations. design services for one of New York 40 different bridges throughout the In January 1984, a six-alarm fire About a decade after the North Station City’s most iconic structures. In 1917, state. SSV&K’s flood response design destroyed a critical wooden trestle incident, STV played a critical role “We put together a team that was out at two major fires partially destroyed New work helped lay a cornerstone for what bridge, cutting off commuter rail service in restoring commuter rail service in 4 a.m. the morning after the earthquake York City Hall, a National Historic would become STV’s longest-tenured into the station for more than 13,000 Southern California in the aftermath of inspecting any existing track that could Landmark that first opened more than branch office in Milford, CT. daily riders. On the night of the inci- the Northridge Earthquake, one of the be used for rail service,” said Brewerton 100 years earlier in 1810. Grosvenor dent, SSV&K’s engineers arrived at the deadliest and costliest natural disasters Clarke, STV senior vice president. “Our Atterbury, a prominent architect and GETTING MAJOR RAIL TRANSPORTATION scene and immediately began providing in U.S. history. people went out into the field and urban planner in the 19th and 20th SYSTEMS UP AND RUNNING fast-track services for the design and designed and oversaw the construction centuries, performed design services Today, STV is a renowned leader in construction of a new bridge. Northridge had one of the highest of those two new stations in two weeks.” that restored the structure’s dome and providing planning, design and con- ground accelerations and ground velocity tower, while Seelye was contracted to struction management services for major Out of the ashes of this disaster came rates ever recorded in North America. ASSISTING THE REBUILDING OF provide structural engineering. It was passenger and freight rail initiatives a new and improved structure that was Additionally, the quake caused more THE SOUTHEAST the first of many landmark structures across North America, but this practice completed within 15 months. To help than $20 billion in property damage, Over the past decade, the Gulf Coast Seelye and its successor, Seelye was built, in part, on the firm’s expedient safeguard the bridge against future fires, including the destruction of vital roads and Southeastern U.S. have been bat- Stevenson Value & Knecht (SSV&K) response to a pair of disasters affecting it was constructed almost entirely of and bridges which pushed motorists to tered by catastrophic storms, including supported via engineering design. two major transportation systems. precast concrete with a ballasted deck. Metrolink, the commuter rail service Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike and that had only launched two years earlier. Irene. These storms have shuttered Years later, some of SSV&K’s earliest STV’s role in reshaping Boston’s mas- “The design was selected with resiliency major cities and decimated vital highway/bridge design initiatives came sive North Station into a multimodal and fire prevention in mind,” said STV was instrumental in bringing infrastructure, necessitating a massive in response to the Connecticut Flood hub for rapid transit, trolley and com- Mark Pelletier, P.E., STV vice president Metrolink to the region, serving as the rebuilding and future storm resiliency of 1955. Considered one of the worst muter rail systems, was one of the and Boston office manager. “Our perfor- general engineering consultant in joint effort across hundreds of communities floods in state history, Connecticut suf- firm’s first commissions in Beantown mance at North Station demonstrated venture. Hours after Northridge hit, throughout the region. fered more than $200 million (in 1955 in the early 1980s. And because of the our ability to get the job done very STV was tasked with getting Metrolink CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE figures) of damages after two hurricanes firm’s familiarity with the hub, STV quickly and efficiently on a fast-track up and running as quickly as possible

2 stv | ink stv | ink 3 STV’s strong engineering presence in design was finished in 10 days. The entire Inlet Bridge. STV/RWA was contracted the Southeast has enabled the firm to 10,000-foot-long structure was open to by the North Carolina Department of “ The prevailing wisdom is that it’s simply not support a broad range of clients located rail traffic again in February 2006. Transportation to design a substructure enough to only repair what’s been damaged, but within these active storm and flood system to support a new 664-foot, to develop solutions that either prevent or lessen zones, earning accolades along the way “It was an extraordinary effort, but we five-span bridge. for its quickness and decisiveness. rose to the challenge and were able to the extent of future damage.” meet the client’s needs,” said Bill White, Due to the critical nature of this project, KENT TURNER, AIA, NCARB As Hurricane Katrina made its final P.E., a project manager and senior engi- the team worked extended shifts STV senior vice president landfall at Bay St. Louis, MS, in August neer who worked on the initiative for throughout the Labor Day holiday 2005, the firm’s team of engineers STV/RWA. “Once the bridge reopened, weekend so plans could be produced arrived immediately at the scene to a vital rail link used to transport essential expeditiously. The new bridge was wake of Sandy is the region’s prioritiza- few specific physical features. After inspect and replace the Bay St. Louis goods and materials to communities reopened 44 days after the storm. tion of resiliency and preparedness. Sandy, there was a real understanding CSX Transportation (CSXT) bridge. impacted by Katrina was restored.” Numerous studies and task forces have throughout our industry that stopgaps While Katrina’s destruction of New After its reopening, then-North been launched by state, city and local just weren’t going to cut it anymore.” Orleans is well-noted, the epicenter of STV/RWA would be later praised Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue publicly governments to determine ways to the storm actually ransacked the small for its “can we do this faster” attitude praised the project team. “That mindset enhance existing infrastructure so it can For the bulk of the firm’s Sandy-response Mississippi riverboat and resort town. In following its efforts to restore a major helped us get the job done quickly and better weather the effects of the next work, STV is closely studying and a herculean effort to restore services to roadway in North Carolina, which was you should be commended for all you Sandy – an event that many scientists developing a whole gamut of solutions the community and its client, STV/Ralph badly damaged by Hurricane Irene in did to make it happen,” she said. believe is inevitable. In New York City, for clients such as flood walls and water- Whitehead Associates (STV/RWA) 2011. During the storm, parts of NC former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s tight windows to keep flood waters out; worked tirelessly to design a replacement 12, the only highway providing access to PRIORITIZING RESILIENCY AFTER SANDY office released two reports before he raising a building’s elevation so flood

STV is providing a range of bridge plus five additional CSXT struc- the Outer Banks, a popular tourist spot, The physical and financial impacts left office: one calling for major water can pass underneath; and com- environmental design and tures. The inspection was completed in had washed out, including a 180-foot Superstorm Sandy had on the tri-state changes in the city’s building code and partmentalized building interiors that remediation services for the New York City subway system two weeks and the main bridge span breach six miles south of the Oregon region are still reverberating more than another laying out a $20 billion plan protect vital equipment like boilers and following Superstorm Sandy. two years after the fact. The extensive to protect the region from the effects mechanical systems from a widespread damage the storm caused, coupled with of climate change. shutdown. Additionally, STV is working rising sea levels brought about by global with clients so that these preventive climate change, have created numerous “The prevailing wisdom is that it’s simply measures can be proactively applied to challenges that the design and construc- not enough to only repair what’s been facilities that managed to escape Sandy’s tion industry need to overcome in order damaged, but to develop solutions that storm surge relatively unscathed. to keep the East Coast’s economic either prevent or lessen the extent of engine running in the event of another future damage,” said Kent Turner, AIA, “It’s not a one-size-fits-all approach, catastrophic storm and flood event. NCARB, STV senior vice president. so we really have to work closely with “We need to take things to the next our clients and listen to them to help For most of STV’s clients, a critical level and we’re doing that by addressing determine the best way to proceed to part of the rebuilding effort in the the overall project rather than just a find the best solution,” Turner said. 

Superstorm Sandy flooded transportation tunnels and damaged critical equipment.

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A number of public officials have identified Superstorm Sandy as one of the most devastating mass transit disasters in the nation’s history. The storm’s tidal surge decimated miles of rail track, flooded tunnels, closed stations and other vital transportation hubs, and knocked rail cars, buses and other vehicles out of service. Four out of 10 of the nation’s transit riders had their commutes disrupted by the storm.

Sandy’s impacts were so far-reaching that “The mass transit network of commuter many of the tri-state region’s largest mass rail, rapid transit, intercity rail and transportation operators are still recover- busses is a vital component of the New ing and rebuilding more than two years York metropolitan region’s economic later. As such, many of these operators engine,” said Richard Amodei, STV are calling on STV to help make the senior vice president and Northeast region’s shops, yards, tunnels, stations and Region manager in the Transportation other infrastructure more resilient against & Infrastructure Division. “Superstorm future storms and flood events. Sandy was a true wake-up call for the area, causing many of our clients The firm has also been called upon to to be more proactive about how our help its transportation clients develop transportation infrastructure is rebuilt

STV has been contracted by New York City grant applications for federal funding to and modernized.” Transit to perform a feasibility study to identify make emergency repairs. We have been flood mitigation measures at the Coney Island maintenance complex in Brooklyn, NY, one of very successful in this approach, sup- the largest shops/yards in the world. porting clients throughout this process. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Switches and other critical equipment were damaged New York City Transit employees pump water out of the by Superstorm Sandy’s tidal surge in 2011. 53rd Street Tunnel in the days after Superstorm Sandy.

PROVIDING FLOOD MITIGATION FOR A RESILIENCY FOR A CRITICAL MASSIVE MAINTENANCE COMPLEX SUBWAY TUNNEL Built on a former swampland in elevations were flooded by the storm, Complex’s expansion in the 1970s when After Sandy made landfall, nine As part of a task order with NYCT, STV is and analysis of tube walls, the tun- Brooklyn, NY, in 1926, the Coney temporarily knocking out some of the we designed rehabilitations for the site’s New York City subway tunnels were designing communications, traction power nel’s cabling, and a ceiling-mounted Island complex is the largest rail main- yard’s storage capacity for days. paint shop. We’re now trying to help flooded and taken out of service, and structural repairs for the 53rd Street messenger system. The team assessed tenance shop and yard in the world. shape it for the future.” crippling the rapid transit system for Tunnel, which carries the E and M lines a number of issues, namely problems The 75-acre site encompasses three rail In the months after Sandy, STV was days. In less than a week, 80 percent connecting the Lexington/53rd Street with cable integrity, cable terminations storage yards used by New York City contracted by NYCT to perform a STV proposed a number of flood of all subway service was restored, but Station in Manhattan and the Court and the tube shell drain. STV’s team Transit (NYCT) and is used to perform feasibility study to identify the most mitigation measures for the complex, the Metropolitan Transportation Square-23rd Street Station in Queens, NY. of engineers also examined the tunnel’s regular maintenance for a fleet of nearly effective flood mitigation measures to which will need approval from the Authority and NYCT are seeking ways emergency communications, circuit 800 cars, as well as heavy maintenance protect the site from future flooding Federal Transit Administration (FTA) make one of the world’s busiest and To best determine potential resiliency breaker houses, traction power and other and overhaul for approximately 6,000 associated with tidal surges from high before proceeding. Environmental and most complex tunnel systems more efforts, the STV and NYCT project electrical infrastructure. As an add-on cars in the NYCT subway system. impact storms. The firm also performed community outreach planning will be resilient against future storms. team conducted a collaborative review task, the NYCT requested that STV a comprehensive condition assessment, an important part of implementing and its team of subconsultants perform a STV also has a unique history with developed the conceptual design for these measures and is in progress. topographic laser scan to determine the the complex. In the 1970s, Seelye long-term flood mitigation measures, “ STV has come full circle with this project, ... tunnel’s structural integrity. Stevenson Value & Knecht, a predeces- completed construction documents for “We’ve assessed the constructability, sor firm, performed design for the near-term initiatives that are currently maintenance, economics and schedule We supported the Coney Island Complex’s Currently, the project team is collabo- rehabilitation of the complex’s paint under construction, and is currently to implement of all of these compo- expansion in the 1970s when we designed rating with NYCT to replace the shop and car wash – one of the earliest designing the long-term permanent nents,” said Karen Robison, an STV system cabling, devices, conduit and commissions the firm received in the flood control measures. civil designer assigned to the project. rehabilitations for the site’s paint shop. We’re associated components, while develop- passenger rail market. “Now as decisions are being made, ing hardening strategies that include “STV has come full circle with this we’re looking to move forward into now trying to help shape it for the future.” sealing cable penetrations into circuit Superstorm Sandy’s flood surges project,” said Michael Tumulty, P.E., the design phase so that this vital MICHAEL TUMULTY, P.E. breaker houses and relocating electrical destroyed hundreds of motorized STV vice president and lead environ- resource in the NYCT system will be STV vice president and lead equipment to places that are less switches in the rail yard and damaged mental engineer in the Buildings & better protected against future flooding environmental engineer in the susceptible to water damage.  other critical components. Additionally, Facilities Division’s Eastern Region. and weather events.” Buildings & Facilities other areas of the complex at lower “We supported the Coney Island Division’s Eastern Region

8 stv | ink stv | ink 9 engaged in multiple initiatives that sand infiltration. The firm’s project team contracted by NYCHA. The firm stand to make some of New York prepared an organizational structure also developed NYCHA’s Program City’s largest public and private for Sandy-related improvements that Management Plan for hurricane housing complex’s more resilient. seamlessly integrated into the agency’s recovery. This plan documented The firm was recently retained by the broader capital improvement plan. NYCHA’s progress in the first year New York Governor’s Office of Storm after the storm and provided details

Photo courtesy of the New York City Housing Authority York courtesyPhoto of the New Recovery (GOSR) of the Housing Trust “The group is composed of STV’s most for all future recovery work. HOMECOMING Fund Corporation to provide construc- experienced disaster recovery specialists tion management and program manage- who lead the effort and coordination All of the NYCHA properties FOR HOUSING ment support services across a broad with local, state and federal agencies, under this contract are in Brooklyn, range of Community Development insurance companies, and elected Queens and Manhattan. At one site, Block Grant-Disaster Recovery and officials to make sure that all required the Hammel Community Center in COMPLEXES Social Services Block Grant-funded repairs and mitigated measures are Rockaway Beach, Queens, NYCHA programs managed by GOSR. properly scoped, budgeted and funded,” received special assistance from the STV Provides said Matthew Nolty, STV program New York/New Jersey Snowflake Design/Construction A BROAD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT manager. “We are currently developing Youth Foundation and the National PLAN FOR NYCHA Federal Emergency Management Football League, which every year Management More than 400 buildings owned by the Agency project worksheets and esti- donates $1 million toward Super Services to Vital New York City Housing Authority mates and preparing design scopes that Bowl legacy grant programs that Housing Development (NYCHA) suffered both short- and are needed to make NYCHA properties benefit the communities surrounding Damaged by Sandy long-term damage as a result of more resilient in the future.” the host city (Super Bowl XLVIII In October 2012, Superstorm Sandy’s properties, mostly in the Far Rockaway Superstorm Sandy. STV, which has was held at MetLife Stadium in tidal surge flooded public and private section of Queens, NY, and in Lower been supporting public housing in New In an effort to protect the client’s New Jersey in 2014).  housing throughout New York and New Manhattan. Evaluations consisted of York City through design and construc- interest, STV is overseeing 12 construc- Jersey coastal areas, damaging thousands a physical assessment of the buildings’ tion management expertise for nearly tion management firms that have been of homes and apartment buildings, and orientation, foundation, roofs and stairs 80 years, has been contracted by STV is providing construction management in some cases, leaving residents tempo- to determine the current safety level NYCHA to perform program manage- services at a host of housing complexes rarily displaced. It became clear that a of the structures. ment services for the recovery of 35 throughout New York City that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. major storm recovery effort would have residential developments and one to be mounted to perform immediate Around the same time, the firm also emergency maintenance facility. repairs as well as develop revisions to provided construction management existing building and infrastructure that services as a subconsultant as part of Prior to Superstorm Sandy, NYCHA’s would be critical in preventing similar New York City’s Rapid Repair Program, Capital Projects Division’s role within occurrences in the future. overseeing emergency repairs in some the authority was to manage the $2.16 of the hardest hit neighborhoods in billion capital plan for infrastructure STV’s design and construction manage- Queens: Breezy Point, Rockaway Park, improvements and other modernizations ment experts have been contracted Rockaway Beach, Neponsit and Belle and upgrades throughout New York by a range of clients to provide both Harbor. STV project managers and City’s five boroughs. That changed after short- and long-term solutions geared superintendents organized a team that Sandy. In addition to the extensive capital toward rehabilitating these apartment included electricians, plumbers and program, NYCHA now had to develop complexes and better protecting them laborers to implement repairs. The firm $1.5 billion of estimated storm repair against future storms and floods. was also responsible for developing and resiliency projects. The agency turned and managing schedules for these to STV to help streamline and imple- In the days immediately following emergency repairs. ment this multi-billion dollar Sandy Sandy, STV performed structural recovery effort, which includes repairs assessments on behalf of the New York Now, more than two years after for mechanical and electrical systems, City Department of Buildings for a Sandy hit, STV’s architects, engineers roofs and building facades damaged by variety of residential and commercial and construction managers are the storm’s floodwaters and saltwater and

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SOLUTIONS STUDIED STV’s long-term collaboration with the after Sandy made landfall. With there New York City School Construction being a major push from the New York FOR ILLINOIS VILLAGE Authority (SCA) – which manages the City Department of Education to reopen design, construction and renovation of these schools the week after Sandy, we SUPPORTING one of the largest school systems in the supported our client every way we could.” In July 2011, a 100-year storm hit the County Department of Transportation “The success of this project can be world – extends to hundreds of facilities Village of Palatine, IL, dropping seven and Highways. The team developed a directly attributed to the willingness of throughout the five boroughs and covers From there, STV was retained by SCA inches of rain during a 24-hour period series of alternatives with cost estimates several governmental entities to come SCHOOLS nearly every element of design and to provide a full range of environmental and causing unprecedented flooding for alleviating flooding, presenting it to together as a team, develop a compre- STV Provides a Range construction management. As such, consulting and hazardous material man- – some areas, in excess of three-feet – both agencies for review and approval. hensive solution to a regional problem of Services for in since Superstorm Sandy struck the agement services at more than 200 project throughout the village. An intergovernmental agreement and identify funding to make the project NYC Public Schools tri-state region more than two years ago, sites on an as-needed basis. (IGA) was drafted and approved, which a reality,” said John Clark, P.E., LEED® STV has been called upon by the SCA While the village had experienced flooding outlined shared cost participation AP, BD+C, chief civil engineer in STV’s to perform a wide range of design and As part of a separate contract, STV was in the past, residents had never witnessed between the village and Cook County. Chicago office. “With the budgetary environmental services that have helped a also selected by the SCA to provide something of this severity before. About a Once the IGA was in place and fund- shortfalls many agencies face today, number of these facilities quickly reopen multidisciplinary inspection services at month after the storm, STV was con- ing was identified for construction, cooperation between agencies is critical and become more resilient against future a number of school facilities throughout tracted by the village to perform a study of STV was brought on to prepare plans, to the success of addressing regional storms and floods. New York City. The STV project team the 200-plus acre watershed to determine specifications and estimates for a new problems. This project capitalized on prepared reports detailing all observed the cause of the flooding. storm-relief sewer. these cooperative efforts, resulting in During Sandy’s immediate aftermath, architectural, structural, mechanical, elec- the best solution and most effective STV’s environmental remediation group trical and plumbing damages, along with The project team found that the existing In late 2014, the project was selected by use of taxpayer revenue. STV is proud was tasked by the SCA to visit sites in comprehensive recommendations for sewer system was significantly under- the Suburban Branch of the Chicago to present this project as a role model Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, repair and replacement. To better protect sized, and did not have the capacity to Metro Chapter of the American Public for future collaborative efforts between to evaluate conditions and to determine schools against future natural disasters, handle a two-year storm. Undersized Works Association as a Project of the agencies in the region.”  where environmental design services STV’s recommendations included flood sewer sections fell under the jurisdic- Year in the ”Environment - Less Than may be needed. shield installations at entrance doors tion of both the village and the Cook $5 Million” category. and windows and the relocation of “Some of these services included envi- critical program space and equipment to ronmental site assessments, underground minimize future flood damage. storage tank investigations and remedia- tion, indoor and outdoor air quality At one location, STV inspected a boiler assessments, and remedial design for room that had been submerged under petroleum impacts,” said Michael more than 60 inches of flood water, Tumulty, P.E., STV vice president and while the first floor had been inundated lead environmental engineer in the to a depth of about six inches. The Building & Facilities Division’s Eastern project team observed damage to the Region. “We quickly assembled our team boilers, water heaters, pumps, electrical so they could be at these sites in the days services and distribution panel, fire alarms and emergency lighting, and the vinyl composite tile flooring.

“In all of our reports, we outlined at least $50-60 million in repairs for these facilities,” said Samir Eid, P.E., STV vice president and director of capital improvements and construction admin- istration. “We looked at these buildings, identified the flood elevations and

STV developed flood mitgation determined what solutions could be solutions for the Village of Palatine, IL. implemented that would protect them from 100-year flood levels.”  12 stv | ink stv | ink 13 The RITC is located across the street from major passenger rail services. PREPARED FOR “THE BIG ONE” New Airport Transportation Center Serves as Command Center for Emergency Operations A unique new transporta- tion center at a California airport was designed to be fully operational after a major earthquake, and will have the capacity to serve as a command center for emergency operations after a major seismic event.

The new $120 million Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC) at Burbank Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA, is a three-level structure housing a consolidated rental car facility, a rental car customer service building and a ground-level bus station. Located across the street from the Metrolink/Amtrak Airport train station, the RITC is connected to the airport terminal building via a 19-foot-high, 900-foot-long, covered, elevated walk- way with automated moving walkways.

STV, in joint venture with gkkworks, provided program management and construction management services for the development of the RITC and a new 1,043-space, five-level valet parking The RITC at Burbank Bob Hope Airport will be able to function as a command center for Photo © Luke Gibson Photography emergency operations after a seismic event. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Photo © Luke Gibson Photography in the event of a major catastrophic seismic event, simultaneously as a rental car facility and as an emergency command center for Homeland Security and FEMA operations.”

RANDALL DUNCAN, LEED® AP STV vice president, national program management in the firm’s Construction Management Division Western Territory

Earthquakes in California are common The 520,000-square-foot consolidated Department, the Los Angeles Fire occurrences since it is located on the rental car facility is the largest Department and Los Angeles County San Andreas Fault. The state has more component of the project in terms of Fire Department have all toured the than 100 active faults, the most active of square footage. It provides easy access airport and the RITC and know its which is the San Jacinto Fault Zone in ready/return spaces, quick turn-around significance in the event of an emer- Southern California. maintenance bays, and fueling and car gency, according to Edward B. Skvarna, wash facilities on each level. The rental chief of police and director of public The RITC was designed primarily car facility houses 11 car companies and safety for Burbank Bob Hope Airport. with function in mind. Knowing that has enough space for 1,000 vehicles.

The RITC helps facilitate connections it would serve as a command center for The consolidation of the rental car “This transportation center has the to vital services such as mass emergency operations, the design speci- companies on one site eliminates the ability to transform San Fernando transportation and rental car facilities in and around the airport. fied the rental car facility’s floor-to-floor inefficiencies of multiple bus fleets Valley transit, linking travelers of car, height as 19 feet, compared to 14 feet required to carry customers to separate rail, bus, bike and plane,” said U.S. Rep. for a conventional rental car facility. The rental car sites. Brad Sherman, D-CA, in a statement increased height will allow emergency following the RITC’s opening.  structure. The client was the Burbank- customer service building and elevated agencies to drive their vehicles into the Representatives from FEMA, California Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, walkway were designed and constructed facility. In case the electrical connection Governor’s Office of Emergency owners of Burbank Bob Hope Airport. to meet Maximum Credible Earthquake to the facility is disrupted, there’s an Services, Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s seismic standards and be operational after emergency generator which can be “The RITC facility will serve a dual such a seismic event. All components refueled as needed to maintain power. purpose in the event of a major cata- of the facility sit on base isolators, strophic seismic event, simultaneously as allowing about two feet of movement The elevated covered walkway between a rental car facility and as an emergency in any direction during a major seismic the airport passenger terminals and the command center for Homeland Security event. More than one hundred triple- RITC is comprised of three discrete and Federal Emergency Management pendulum-bearing isolators were installed structures. Guardrails and cover Agency (FEMA) operations,” said project on the columns midway between the plates connecting these three parts manager Randall Duncan, LEED® AP, ground floor slab and the second floor will allow people to safely walk

Photos © Luke Gibson Photography STV vice president, national program post-tensioned concrete deck. The between them when the building is management in the firm’s Construction seismic base isolators were a critical stationary, while allowing movement Management Division Western Territory. component to the overall success of the during a seismic event. RITC project. The state-of-the-art base The RITC was designed and constructed to meet The RITC’s structural design sets it apart isolation system goes beyond meeting Maximum Credible Earthquake seismic standards. from other transportation centers in the code minimums, according to structural region. The consolidated rental car facility, engineer Miyamoto International.

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As one of the most significant Atlantic storm events In the aftermath of the storm, U.S. STV provided complete engineering, to ever strike North America, Hurricane Ike left a path Congress approved more than $100 architectural and landscape design million in funding to help rebuild a services for the building, which is of destruction in September 2008, stretching from number of damaged USCG facilities in designed and constructed to achieve the Florida Panhandle to the Texas coast. Among the order to meet today’s U.S. Department LEED® (Leadership in Energy of Defense (DoD) standards in Anti- and Environmental Design) Silver casualties of the storm was the Sector Field Office of Terrorism/Force Protection, and to be Certification. In addition to the main the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in Galveston, TX, which resistant to high-impact hurricanes. facility, the project scope also included a STV was selected as the designer-of- rainwater harvesting tank that provides sustained substantial structural damage. record as a subconsultant to Mortenson grey water for flushing toilets and the Construction for a design-build construction of a 200-foot freestanding contract to relocate a new USCG communication tower. This new build- STV provided architectural Sector Field Office on a 20-acre site ing has replaced the functions of three and engineering design in Houston. This $42 million facility existing buildings at a current facility services for a new U.S. Coast Guard Sector Field Office in would serve a vital role in port safety located near Galena Park, TX. Galveston, TX. by housing the Vessel Traffic Service, which guides ships and billions of dol- A second phase involved moving lars of freight into Houston, Galveston personnel from Galena Park to the and Texas City. new Sector Building, followed by the

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18 stv | ink stv | ink 19 “ The building’s programmatic requirements, translated into floor layouts that envelop the occupant as they journey through the space, providing a relationship between function and form, as well as a memorable experience.”

TED RUPERT, LEED® AP, BD+C STV project manager

transformation of the Galena Park comfortable, functional environment, of support. Further, steel frames along site into a recreational area. This while keeping in accordance with the building perimeter were designed entailed demolishing three existing USCG requirements and being appro- to bridge over a column in the event of sector buildings at Galena Park, and priate to the building type.” loss of support. then the construction of a new basket- ball court, volleyball court, softball field, The functional and internal design Collaboration between the design-build parking lots, sidewalks and landscaping. of this unique building effectively team members, including the USCG, supports the broad range of mission Mortenson Construction, STV, spe- “The building’s programmatic require- activities of USCG and the Vessel cialty subcontractors and key subcon- ments translated into floor layouts that Traffic Service, providing a compre- sultants, was a critical factor in meeting envelop the occupant as they journey hensive range of services and space and exceeding construction quality through the space, providing a relation- programs that contribute to, and expand expectations. The design-build team ship between function and form, as well the operational efficiency and produc- facilitated this collaboration early on as a memorable experience,” said Ted tivity of those groups. The building during preconstruction and maintained Rupert, LEED® AP, BD+C, STV houses a complete working and living it throughout construction. This early project manager. “The colors, textures environment and is designed to support involvement, as well as the flexibility and patterns of the sophisticated mission activities in all conditions, even inherent in the design-build project interior palette were carefully selected for extended periods of time during delivery method, enabled the team to to provide an aesthetically pleasing, severe weather without outside power, successfully accommodate end-user enabling their services to continue changes throughout construction.

Photo © G. Russ Images, Courtesy © G. Russ Images, of MortensonPhoto Construction throughout emergency conditions. In a March 2014 article in the The new Sector Field Office To effectively and economically meet Bay Area The Citizen newspaper replaces a facility that was progressive collapse requirements, a in Houston, Rear Admiral Kevin damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008. superstructure system consisting of Cook, who serves as Commander steel moment frames with rigid joints of the Eighth Coast Guard District and concrete-on-composite metal deck headquarters in New Orleans, described floors was used. To satisfy the tie-force the facility as “not your father’s method requirements, concrete floor Houston-Galveston … The building slabs were designed to act as catenaries represents real physical change, but the so they would be able to span across any areas of southeast Texas and southwest one interior column in the event of loss Louisiana are no strangers to change.”  Photo © G. Russ Images, Courtesy © G. Russ Images, of MortensonPhoto Construction Courtesy © G. Russ Images, of MortensonPhoto Construction Courtesy © G. Russ Images, of MortensonPhoto Construction

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EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN PRESIDES OVER Dominick M. Servedio, P.E., STV construction and engineering leader- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF executive chairman, was recently elected ship.” During the 2014 calendar year, CONSTRUCTION president of the National Academy of Servedio served as first vice president Construction (NAC), an elite group on the NAC executive committee. He of design and construction industry also served as chairman of the NAC’s officials that are named to the organiza- membership committee and was a tion by a peer vote. member of the awards and communica- tions committees. The NAC provides established con- struction industry leaders with recogni- In addition to his NAC appointment, tion for their years of service through Servedio also recently presented at election to the academy. Through its the Los Angeles Business Council’s membership, the group functions as Annual Sustainability Summit in a network system that links past and April. He and Michael Garz, AIA, present construction leaders, with select NCARB, STV senior vice president, new members being elected every year. discussed the firm’s work in support of the redevelopment of the World Trade Servedio has been a member of Center site in lower Manhattan

the NAC since 2008, when he was and meeting the challenges of this © Aerophoto Photo selected for his “long-term, innovative highly-visible project.

PRESIDENT/CEO NETS STV’s strong track record of leadership and design and venture team. Together, the project team MULTIPLE HONORS Over the past few months, Milo outstanding career achievements and construction excellence was once again on display when the designed and built two new 3,000-foot- Riverso, Ph.D, P.E., CCM, STV made major contributions to the design firm received a number of prestigious construction and industry long bridges over the Yadkin River – a president and chief executive officer, has and construction industry. He was long-stated need for the I-85 corridor received three separate honors from the honored by Purdue’s Lyles School of awards and honors at the national and regional levels. between Charlotte and Greensboro, NC. design and construction industry. Civil Engineering in April. The initiative also involved a massive coordination effort with the owner, He was selected to become a member of Lastly, Riverso was selected to be the 1 I-85 over the Yadkin River Bridge the North Carolina Department of the prestigious National Academy of recipient of the 2015 Michael Mazzucca in Rowan County, NC, was Transportation, and other state agencies, Construction (see above for NAC Lifetime Achievement Award from the honored by the Design-Build Institute railroads and utility companies. description). Additionally, Riverso Subcontractors Trade Association of America (DBIA) with a National received the 2015 Civil Engineering (STA). This award is given annually by Award of Merit, and was also ranked 2 The Washington Metropolitan Alumnus Achievement Award from the STA to an individual in the New No. 10 by Roads and Bridges magazine in Area Transit Authority Rosslyn Purdue University. Riverso earned his York City construction industry with an its 2014 “Top 10 Bridges” list. STV was Station Access Improvement Project in master of civil engineering, construction outstanding body of accomplishments the lead designer for this $136 million Arlington, VA, received a 2014 Project engineering and management and his in union construction and a record of design-build effort, as a consultant to Achievement Award in the Ph.D in construction engineering and giving back to local communities where the Flatiron Construction Corp. and The “Infrastructure - Construction Value management from Purdue. The award these projects take place. The award will Lane Construction Corporation joint Less Than $50 Million” category

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22 stv | ink stv | ink 23 2 3 4 4 The Moss Arts Center at 6 In ENR’s Texas-Louisiana Virginia Tech University received region, the U.S. Coast Guard an Award of Merit in the “Higher (USCG) Houston-Galveston Sector Education Research” category from Building received an Award of Merit ENR Mid-Atlantic. STV served as the in the “Government/Public Buildings” executive architect for the design of this category. STV was the architect-of- initiative, which included the adaptive record as a subconsultant to Mortenson reuse of the 44,800-square-foot Shultz Construction, as part of this design- Hall from a multi-use dining hall and build effort, which included a new, academic building into a new visual arts 111,500-square-foot USCG facility in gallery and cyber studio, with additional Houston with offices and training spaces, classrooms and support spaces. There command centers, medical and dental Photo © RVOIIIPhoto Photography © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo were also two additions to Shultz Hall, facilities, shops, a cafeteria, and other including a 1,260-person performance support spaces. This new facility replaced 5 6 1 I-85 OVER THE YADKIN RIVER hall and a collaborative performance lab. a previous USCG sector field office that BRIDGE was badly damaged by Hurricane Ike in Rowan County, NC Additionally, the Moss Arts Center 2008 (see full story on page 18). 2 WMATA ROSSLYN METRORAIL received a Grand Award from the STATION ACCESS IMPROVEMENT American Council of Engineering PROJECT Arlington, VA Companies (ACEC) Virginia Chapter, STV RISING STARS which qualified the project for consider- HONORED BY ENR 3 BOEING CENTER SOUTH CHINOOK H-47 FOCUS FACTORY ation in ACEC’s National Engineering CONVERSION PROGRAM Excellence Awards. Two STV employees were recently James Perise, P.E., Joseph Hole, P.E. Ridley Park, PA named to separate Engineering LEED® AP, BD+C 4 THE MOSS ARTS CENTER AT 5 On the West Coast, the Bob Hope News-Record’s (ENR) “Top 20 Under 40” Photo © Luke Gibson Photography © Luke Photo VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY Airport Regional Intermodal Blacksburg, VA regional lists – James Perise, P.E., LEED® care and related services targeted to Transportation Center (RITC) won AP, BD+C, STV vice president and New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and 5 BOB HOPE AIRPORT REGIONAL an Award of Merit in the Airports/ INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION chief plumbing engineer, who placed transgender communities. CENTER from the national Construction 3 Boeing Center South Chinook Transit category from ENR California. on ENR New York’s list, and Joseph Burbank, CA Management Association of America H-47 Focus Factory Conversion STV, in joint venture with gkkworks, Hole, P.E., instrument and controls Hole, 34, has assumed a leadership role (CMAA). STV served as the construc- Program in Ridley Park, PA, was provided program management and 6 U.S. COAST GUARD HOUSTON- engineer, who was selected by ENR’s on some of the firm’s largest energy GALVESTON SECTOR BUILDING tion manager for this complex project, named a “Best of the Best” in the construction management services for Mid-Atlantic Region. and pipeline projects while also Houston, TX which included the construction and Manufacturing category by Engineering- the development of the RITC. With the installation of three high-speed, News Record (ENR). The project had recent opening of the center at Burbank improving the division’s work processes high-capacity elevators that can serve earlier been awarded a “Best Project” in Bob Hope Airport, airport passengers Perise, 39, is one of STV’s youngest as well as mentoring and training new an additional 2,000 passengers every the Manufacturing category in ENR’s can now connect seamlessly to rental vice presidents. He has been the employees. He is a member of the hour, while making it easier and safer Mid-Atlantic region. STV provided cars, buses and trains. The three-level lead plumbing and fire protection International Society of Automation. for those with disabilities and riders construction management services for structure houses a consolidated rental engineer for a number of high-profile Outside of work he enjoys coaching with strollers or luggage. The Rosslyn infrastructure renovations at this vital car facility, a rental car customer service initiatives in the Buildings & Facilities his son’s and daughter’s Little League Metrorail Station is a critical transit facility, which is used for the production building and a ground-level bus station Division, is active in numerous industry and T-ball teams in Exeter Township, hub for Northern Virginia and the of the CH-47 Chinook, a twin-engine and is connected to the airport terminal groups, and has volunteered his time Reading, PA, and volunteers for his Washington metropolitan region. With heavy lift helicopter that has been building via a covered, elevated walkway. in support of such non-profits as son’s Cub Scout pack, which gives him one of the highest daily Metrorail used extensively by the U.S. military in The RITC was designed to be fully the Callen Lorde Community Health an opportunity to introduce kids to ridership numbers in Virginia and operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The operational after a major earthquake Center, a New York City medical facility math and science while leading outside of the District of Columbia, the renovated Focused Factory has allowed and will have the capacity to serve as a that provides sensitive, quality health community service projects. station has experienced a nearly 23 Boeing to meet the growing demand for command center for emergency opera- percent increase in daily ridership in its aircraft in the ever-changing theater tions in Southern California (see full

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24 stv | ink stv | ink 25 STV GIVES BACK GETTING HANDS DIRTY FOR UNITED firm’s Buildings & Facilities Division. (like STV) in the market or industry STV is a prominent participant in Explorer Program, however, is “a more A Look at STV and the WAY AND HABITAT Last summer, Santini provided pro bono of their choice. After meeting with the other programs geared toward engaging topic-of-discussion-style program Communities We Serve Every October, employees in a number design services for the renovation of participating firm, the student can then high school students in the design providing a step-in-the-door approach of STV offices organize fundraising Habitat for Humanity’s Berks County make an informed choice about pursuing and construction industry, such as for interested students,” Meloni added. and awareness events to benefit local ReStore. After successfully assisting in a particular career. the ACE (architecture, construction, “This program attracts a very broad chapters of the United Way, one of the ReStore’s reopening, Santini coor- engineering) Mentor Program. The spectrum of students.”  the nation’s most esteemed non-profit dinated with the Habitat chapter about “We invite these students into our organizations. This year, members of participating in an event during STV’s office a few times a year so they can the firm’s Douglassville, PA, office annual United Way fundraiser. learn about our industry and we can banded together in support of both answer any questions they might have United Way and Habitat for Humanity. STV HELPS AMERICA’S YOUTH EXPLORE about design and construction,” said The office sent 16 volunteers, who NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN DESIGN AND Michael Meloni, E.I.T., LEED® were dressed up in hazmat suits and CONSTRUCTION Green Associate, a plumbing and masks in order to assist a larger Habitat For a number of years, STV has been fire protection designer in the initiative in converting apartments in an avid supporter and participant in Buildings & Facilities Division in Reading, PA, into single family homes. the nationally renowned Explorer New York, who is currently serving The team was responsible for cleaning Program, organized by Learning for Life, as STV’s post director and point of up construction debris in these a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America. contact for the Explorer Program. apartments, as well as cleaning out the buildings’ basements. The Explorer Program is geared towards In addition to design and construction, young men and women between the ages the Explorer Program also works with Efforts were spearheaded by Jessie of 14 and 21 and provides interested firms in the aviation, law enforcement, Santini, IIDA, AIA Assoc., LEED® students with educational face time law and fire services industries. As part of its annual support of United Way, STV’s employees in Pennsylvania volunteered to clean out a AP, ID+C, an interior designer in the with participating agencies and firms number of apartment buildings under construction in Reading, PA.

NEW STV BRINGS IN NEW BUILDINGS & Michael S. Shapiro, P.E., was recently I-595 in Davie, FL, which was of one of the he was a member of the national board of PERSONNEL FACILITIES EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT brought aboard by STV as a vice president largest P3 urban highway managed-lane directors and executive committee, and past Jon Miller, AIA, LEED® AP, has joined and design-build manager for the firm’s projects in the country. president of the New York-New Jersey chapter. STV as executive vice president and head of Transportation & Infrastructure Division. In He previously served on the Stamford Zoning Raoul D. Ilaw, P.E., has joined STV as a vice the firm’s Buildings & Facilities Division. In this this role, Shapiro is responsible for identify- Board of Appeals. president and senior program manager in the role, Miller is responsible for the performance ing business opportunities, managing firm’s Construction Management Division. Ilaw and operations of one of the firm’s core relationships within the project team, STV has hired Tibor Menyhert as vice presi- brings 30 years of experience to STV. Prior to national divisions. managing pursuit schedules and budgets, dent and chief information officer. Menyhert monitoring legislation and funding alloca- joining, Ilaw was with a firm that performed brings more than 20 years of experience With more than 30 years of design and tions impacting alternate delivery capital engineering, construction, technical and pro- and leadership to the firm’s information management experience in the architectural programs, overseeing the implementation fessional services work in a variety of markets. technology (IT) group. He is an expert in IT Jon Miller, AIA, Michael S. Shapiro, P.E. and engineering industry, Miller is a proven of design-build projects, and promoting He served as the program manager on numer- governance and planning, and has extensive LEED® AP manager with a strong track record in strategic and establishing innovation in proposals ous projects for public and private clients experience in global information technology. planning, change management and project and project execution. Shapiro has 37 years throughout the U.S., including the United Prior to joining STV, Menyhert was the vice delivery. His diverse portfolio ranges from of experience, with more than $20 billion States Postal Service, the Federal Aviation president and chief information officer for the federal and defense work to transportation, worth of work in design-build and public- Administration, and Edison charter schools. power group division of a multibillion-dollar education and health care assignments. Such private-partnerships (P3). Prior to joining STV, Most recently, he served as the owner’s engineering, construction contracting and notable assignments include renovations Shapiro was a vice president, design director, representative for Marriott International for power equipment company. There, he was to the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory in capture manager and manager specializing the construction of a senior life care facility in responsible for the management of the IT Washington, D.C., the Dwight D. Eisenhower in alternative delivery projects, including P3s Stamford, CT. He is a member of the American group, aligning its strategy to meet the firm’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.; a new Social and design-build transportation, at a support Society of Civil Engineers, the National Society worldwide business requirements. He also Security Administration Headquarters in services firm in the transportation sector. of Professional Engineers, the United States directed the planning, acquisition, develop- Baltimore; and the North Terminal at Ronald One of his most notable assignments was Green Building Council, and the Construction ment and operation of the firm’s computer, Reagan Washington National Airport. serving as the design project manager for Management Association of America, where telecommunication and information systems.

Raoul D. Ilaw, P.E. Tibor Menyhert 26 stv | ink stv | ink 27 president and chief executive officer. “It and life sciences, municipal, non-profit, Regional Intermodal Transportation is consistent with STV’s strategic plan to retail and hospitality, and technology Center, and the John F. Kennedy become a national provider of construc- solutions. Recently, DPM supported the International Airport Delta Terminal tion and project management services.” office and laboratory relocation of Vertex Redevelopment Program. Pharmaceuticals from a 700,000-square- STV opened its first office in the Boston foot space across 11 buildings in “This union makes a lot of sense for region in 1978 and has established a Cambridge to a 1.1 million-square-foot, our staff and our clients,” said Robert legacy of supporting some of the most two building complex in South Boston’s Keeley, DPM founder and president. enduring design and construction Innovation District; the construction “We were a regional independent projects in the New England area, and occupancy of Boston Medical company that’s known for its integrity including the Massachusetts Bay Center’s 250,000-square-foot Shapiro and transparency, and STV presented Transportation Authority (MBTA) Ambulatory Center; and managed us with a similar philosophy coupled North Station Renovation, a complex the design and construction of a new with a national reach and a full array section of the Central Artery/Tunnel, $40 million, 400-bed residence hall at of services that extend beyond what the MBTA Silver Line Courthouse Westfield State University. It is currently we were able to offer on our own. A MORE DIVERSIFIED Station and the Longfellow Bridge representing the Town of Newtown, CT, This new collaboration will create historic rehabilitation. for the construction of the new Sandy some great synergy opportunities both APPROACH TO Hook Elementary School. locally and nationally.”  Over the past 25 years, DPM has grown CONSTRUCTION to be one of the largest OPM firms As part of STV, DPM has joined a firm in New England, opening offices in that boasts such landmark construction MANAGEMENT strategic locations to best serve a diverse management and owner’s representative mix of clients. Key market sectors the assignments as One World Trade New Acquisition Augments firm serves include academic, corporate, Center and the National September 11 STV’s Construction Management Division healthcare, high-tech/research and Memorial & Museum, the New York development, industrial, laboratory City Police Academy, the Anaheim

STV’s construction and program management presence in New England has just received a boost with the acquisition of Diversified Project Management (now known as STV|DPM). Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Headquartered just outside of Boston focus on client service. Both firms have Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA in Newton, MA, with an additional outstanding reputations in their respec- office in Hartford, CT, DPM has tive marketplaces.” Westfield State University, Westfield, MA a long history of providing client- focused construction and owner’s Incorporated in 1989, DPM has 65 project management (OPM) services full-time employees. The firm provides a while also offering a range of skills wide range of OPM services including that further complement STV’s strategic development advisory, owner’s nationally-renowned Construction representation, construction manage- Management Division. ment, facilities management, and move management services. “We are very excited about the opportunities that this will bring to “The union advances STV’s strategic all of us,” said Dominick M. Servedio, goal to deepen its 35-year presence in P.E., executive chairman of STV. the New England marketplace while “This transaction brings together two enhancing existing service lines,” said culturally aligned firms, with a strong Milo Riverso, Ph.D., P.E., CCM, STV

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