Through CMAR services, Gibbs joined the 618 Magazine Street Parking Garage team where we provided value engineering options, conducted constructability reviews, and assembled multiple estimates through each phase of design.
During the constructability review, our team studied concrete installation options and supplied the architect with a solution to arduous zoning requirements. Originally slated for precast concrete, the parking garage would not have met the required number of parking spaces due to site constraints. By suggesting the idea to utilize a post-tension, cast-in-place design, the new slab depth allowed our CMAR team to conquer this challenge.
This 280-space, six-story, one-way, double helix structure houses 117,000 square feet of parking and 5,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The complex’s façade mimics the surrounding architectural styles, disguising its utilitarian purpose by blending into its adjacent properties. The uncommon, enclosed parking garage design and wedged placement between two existing buildings dictated the garage’s beefed-up fire suppression and ventilation systems. Aside from intensifying these systems, this property became the second project in New Orleans to drill Dewaal piles. This rotational pile strategy eliminates driving nuisances related to hammer noise and vibration, material lead times, excessive material waste, and the need for large staging areas while providing higher load-bearing capacity and improved quality control.
With Gibbs’ extensive experience building in tight urban constraints, deliveries were strategically scheduled through city-permitted street closures. Site restrictions mandated the use of a 165-foot tower crane to efficiently relocate concrete rebar and building material in and out of the job site. Nighttime concrete pours were instrumental in navigating the challenges of downtown daytime vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
This parking garage fulfills the need for off-street parking to service the new bustling beacon of nightlife located near the historic corner of Girod and Magazine Street. Gibbs has since had the opportunity to further develop this thriving neighborhood which included the construction of the new Kalorama Condominiums and the historically renovated 640 Magazine Street apartments.
Project Facts
Type
Concrete
Budget
$9.2M
Size
121,300 sf
Owner
618 Magazine Street, LLC
Architect
Rozas-Ward Architects
Completion
2018
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