Parking Spotlight
The Harman Group, now IMEG
SORA West Parking Garage
This 12-level, 460,762 SF open, long span, precast parking garage for 1,479 vehicles was part of an over one million square foot transit-oriented mixed-use development arranged around a new landscaped central plaza. The project is situated on a steeply sloping site in downtown Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, just a short distance uphill from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) Conshohocken Station along the Manayunk/Norristown line. The Harman Group, now IMEG, provided parking consulting, structural engineering, and full architectural documentation for this parking garage.
“We were excited to contribute our parking planning and design knowledge and expertise to support this transformative development on this steeply sloping site. Whether you are parking to access SORA West’s office complex and the AmerisourceBergen headquarters, the Hotel West + Main, or another spot in Conshohocken, it gives you a great look at the new courtyard town square. We are honored to take part in Keystone’s vision to transform Conshohocken.”
Project challenges included the steeply sloping site as well as the limited land available for the garage footprint and other development buildings. In addition, the mostly rectangular garage floor plan has a significant chamfered corner resulting from the existing street layout. The precast parking garage’s functional design is a three-bay, side-by-side helix configuration with one-way traffic and angled stalls on the two outside bays and two-way traffic with 90-degree stalls in the middle bay. The three lowest levels of the garage are available for public parking to serve the nearby businesses and restaurants and for commuters using the SEPTA station.
The main elevator and stair tower for the garage is highly architectural, since it anchors one end of the plaza space and green space between the buildings on the site. A stage at the base of the elevator/stair tower is used for a variety of events and concerts.
FIRM: The Harman Group, now IMEG
Structural Engineer and Parking Planner
Location: Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Owner: Keystone Property Group
Project Team Members:
- Architect: Gensler
- Construction Manager: Intech Construction
Staff:
- William Kavanagh, AIA, Associate Principal, Parking Design Lead
- Malcolm Bland, PE, Principal, Project Executive—Operations Manager
- Brian Sherman, PE, Project Engineer
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