Project Overview
LCC is in the heart of Lansing’s downtown area and has faced parking shortages and aging parking infrastructure for their students and staff for many years. To remedy this, LCC proposed to tear down an existing two-story, approximate 1,000-space parking garage and replace it with a 5-story, 1,777-space garage. While LCC originally proposed to replace a surface parking lot with an additional parking structure, changing student needs as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic along with community push back, altered their plans to a single, larger garage to replace the existing Gannon Parking Ramp. Site work required also included new driveways, updated site lighting and landscaping, access gate controls, watermain connection upgrades, and stormwater management/ treatment upgrades to comply with the City of Lansing Ordinances. NTH teamed with Rich & Associates and The Christman Company to provide a smooth design/build process, allowing LCC to quickly solve and implement an ongoing parking issue.
Project Scope
NTH provided civil design, construction drawings, technical specifications and permitting assistance for the project with specific design constraints specified by the owner and set of challenges from existing utilities, old infrastructure and foundations, and unique permitting requirements. The new Gannon Parking Garage is located on a parcel with over 20 feet of elevation relief over the site and the proposed garage had an expanded footprint, requiring significant regrading and utility relocation/abandonment for the project. NTH designed SESC measures, stormwater treatment and conveyance, sanitary sewer and domestic water connections, along with pavement design and markings, and traffic control signage. NTH also completed a Phase 2 design for the service drive into the second floor of the garage to better accommodate traffic flow and pending change to two-way traffic of the surrounding streets by the City of Lansing. As the service drive connects to an MDOT road, NTH worked with MDOT to design and permit a driveway and turning lane approach design that met their requirements, accommodating existing complete streets design concepts on Saginaw Ave. In addition, the proposed garage footprint is located within the Grand River’s 100-year floodplain, requiring a USACE/EGLE Joint Permit for construction within a floodplain. The portion of the site located in the 100-year floodplain required minimal fill, despite the expanded garage footprint, requiring creative engineering to meet the requirements of the joint permit.
NTH completed the necessary engineering design, drawings, and cut/fill calculations, permit application, and communication with EGLE to receive approval for the permit ahead of schedule. NTH also completed additional permitting for the project including special land use, site plan review, SESC and building permits from the City of Lansing to complete the project.
Client Benefit
NTH designed SESC measures, stormwater treatment and conveyance, sanitary sewer and domestic water connections, along with pavement design and markings, and traffic control signage, and applied for a USACE/EGLE Joint Permit. NTH also completed additional permitting including special land use, site plan review, SESC and building permits.
We consistently produced design documentation to meet procurement and permitting schedules without additional comments and reviews from multiple agencies. The USACE/EGLE Joint Permit was received ahead of schedule.
