Statistics: 340,000 sf. Suspended Slab 437 ea Columns & Pilasters 17,275 lf. Spandrel and Parapet 143,000 sf. of Walls Overall Height 50 feet (3 levels)
Project Description:
This 340,000 square foot parking structure was built in conjunction with a large resort hotel. The structure is recessed into the hillside to help obscure the garage from public view.
The project consisted of one level on grade and 3 suspended levels, each level is approximately 85,000 square feet in size. The suspended slabs and beams were formed using ganged wood beams and I-Joist deck tables fabricated on-site by MCC.
Vertical elements are predominately 18” x 24” and 24” x 24” columns and 143,000 csf. of wall. A majority of the walls are at the perimeter serving as structural retaining, and building separation walls. This had considerable impact on the ability to move forming materials around the project site. Perimeter walls were formed using a typical stud and waler form system fabricated by MCC. This forming system was chosen to facilitate, manage and control the perimeter fall hazards that were inherent by the inability to erect perimeter soffits with handrails. By leaving the wall system in place the perimeter fall protection needed for the suspended slab forming operation would already be in place prior to the setting of the shoring system.