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Taking the Next Step Toward Improving Gender Equity in Transit

If you’ve ever taken public transportation, you’ve likely seen someone maneuvering a stroller down subway stairs, pushing a cart filled with groceries onto the bus, or making sure their children sit down before them. Often, they are women, whose travel ...
radio frequency

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The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Communications Engineering

Whether you’re waiting on a subway station platform, or watching an action movie, we’ve all seen those folks using walkie-talkies – the police officers, firefighters, and transit employees – to talk to personnel underground. From day-to-day communications to emergency dispatch, ...
3D model of the perfluorobutanoic acid molecular structure

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A Full Suite of Expertise for PFAS Treatment Needs

A recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal that would heavily regulate several Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, better known as PFAS, in water systems throughout the country has quickly emerged as one of the most pressing issues for many of our ...
Smart jails

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Leveraging Technology to Improve User Experience in Smart Jails

Photo Courtesy of Tephra by The Lava Group Technology has been used to enhance the efficiency of architectural design for many years. In Smart Homes, residents can control doorbells, locks, thermostats, lights, outlets, voice assistants, and other devices through automated ...
The new STV logo

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A New Way to See STV

STV is a company with a deep history. We deliver iconic projects on the macro level as well as community-focused projects on the micro level. These projects all have a generational impact on the communities we serve. We recognize that ...
SEPTA Train

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Creating a Modern Traction Power Converter Facility for SEPTA

Throughout the passenger rail market sector, the need to modernize our traction power infrastructure has emerged as a major priority for transit agencies in terms of making service more reliable for users. In many cases, some of the largest agencies ...
Mitchellville Iowa Correctional Institution for Women

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A Humane Approach to Detention Center Design

When cities consider investments in public health, the local jail isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind. Yet, having a safe, humane detention center is key to enhancing a community by building a better system of care, and ...
Betsy Ross Interchange

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Building a Better Mousetrap: The Country’s First Steel Curved Tubular Flange Girder

STV’s design for the third phase of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Betsy Ross Interchange (BRI) Reconstruction project included a three-level interchange appointed with several ramps. During the design phase, the ramps challenged our team by providing significant site ...
Climate and resilience in balance

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Finding Ways to Measure Equity and Climate Resilience for Clients

While transportation agencies are rapidly working towards establishing more targeted equity and climate resilience goals to better protect public infrastructure against the effects of global climate change, the approach to track progress against these goals and targets is still in ...
MTA New York City Rendering

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Preserving History While Providing Accessibility to Historic Rail Transportation

The history of mass transportation – extraordinary feats of engineering that were constructed by workers who labored in tunnels – drastically transformed communities across the nation more than 100 years ago. However, amidst ever-evolving technological, design, and infrastructure policy changes, ...

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Answering the Bell for Our Academic Clients

Now that the 2022-23 academic school year is in full swing across New England, STV’s move management team can look back at the past few months with a sense of accomplishment following another successful “summer slammer” season. For years, STV ...
A woman sits in the garden at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women

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Using Trauma-Informed Design for the Most Vulnerable Populations

Architects are acutely aware that our surroundings have a profound impact on our mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. A design informed by empathy and compassion -- especially in spaces meant for vulnerable populations – is essential for individuals living with ...
Surveillance Camera

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Lessons from the Field: New Methods for Designing Effective Video Surveillance

One of the most challenging aspects of designing video surveillance systems is outfitting our clients with comprehensive coverage. Over the past 10 years, as I’ve managed major airport, rail, multimodal transit, and tunnel security system project in various metropolitan areas, ...
Davis Barracks Walkway

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Designing for People, Modernization and Readiness

As we prepare for the 2022 Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Joint Engineer Training Conference, we once again find ourselves in the midst of a significant shift in the national security landscape for the United States and our allies. ...
CATS LYNX Blue Line Extension Light Rail Project

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Effective Community Outreach for Equitable Outcomes

A key question I ask myself and my team at the onset of every new project is, “how can we make transportation more affordable, accessible, and equitable? How can we ensure through our community outreach that we have heard all ...
CLT Terminal Rendering

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A 360- degree View: Accessibility and Inclusivity with 3-D Mapping

When video games first came out, a misguided concern was that they would rot kids’ brains. For me, they did the complete opposite. Today’s games feature realistic renderings of entire universes and can be played with someone halfway across the ...
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Woman on public transportation

Taking the Next Step Toward Improving Gender Equity in Transit

If you’ve ever taken public transportation, you’ve likely seen someone maneuvering a stroller down subway stairs,…

Read More

radio frequency

The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Communications Engineering

Whether you’re waiting on a subway station platform, or watching an action movie, we’ve all seen…

Read More

3D model of the perfluorobutanoic acid molecular structure

A Full Suite of Expertise for PFAS Treatment Needs

A recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal that would heavily regulate several Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances,…

Read More

Smart jails

Leveraging Technology to Improve User Experience in Smart Jails

Technology has been used to enhance the efficiency of architectural design for many years. In Smart…

Read More

The new STV logo
,

A New Way to See STV

STV is a company with a deep history. We deliver iconic projects on the macro level…

Read More

SEPTA Train

Creating a Modern Traction Power Converter Facility for SEPTA

Throughout the passenger rail market sector, the need to modernize our traction power infrastructure has emerged…

Read More

Mitchellville Iowa Correctional Institution for Women

A Humane Approach to Detention Center Design

When cities consider investments in public health, the local jail isn’t always the first thing that…

Read More

Betsy Ross Interchange
,

Building a Better Mousetrap: The Country’s First Steel Curved Tubular Flange Girder

STV’s design for the third phase of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Betsy Ross Interchange…

Read More

Climate and resilience in balance

Finding Ways to Measure Equity and Climate Resilience for Clients

While transportation agencies are rapidly working towards establishing more targeted equity and climate resilience goals to…

Read More

MTA New York City Rendering

Preserving History While Providing Accessibility to Historic Rail Transportation

The history of mass transportation – extraordinary feats of engineering that were constructed by workers who…

Read More

Answering the Bell for Our Academic Clients

Now that the 2022-23 academic school year is in full swing across New England, STV’s move…

Read More

A woman sits in the garden at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women

Using Trauma-Informed Design for the Most Vulnerable Populations

Architects are acutely aware that our surroundings have a profound impact on our mental, emotional, and…

Read More

Surveillance Camera

Lessons from the Field: New Methods for Designing Effective Video Surveillance

One of the most challenging aspects of designing video surveillance systems is outfitting our clients with…

Read More

Davis Barracks Walkway

Designing for People, Modernization and Readiness

As we prepare for the 2022 Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Joint Engineer Training Conference,…

Read More

CATS LYNX Blue Line Extension Light Rail Project

Effective Community Outreach for Equitable Outcomes

A key question I ask myself and my team at the onset of every new project…

Read More

CLT Terminal Rendering

A 360- degree View: Accessibility and Inclusivity with 3-D Mapping

When video games first came out, a misguided concern was that they would rot kids’ brains….

Read More

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