Parking Deck for Graduate Student Housing
Project
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
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With approximately 3,700 graduate students enrolled in 80 academic
disciplines, the University of California San Diego offers something
for nearly everyone pursuing post-graduate study. But until recently,
there was one thing UCSD couldn’t offer graduate students
– a dedicated East Campus housing facility. In the spring
of 2007, graduate students will find accommodations in the new Graduate
Student Housing Project on the East Campus. The new 806-bed student
housing project consists of four four-story buildings and a residential
services building. Concrete plays a primary role in the project’s
cast-in place, six-level parking structure that will provide parking
for 685 cars; additional surface parking will accommodate another
120 cars.
 Serviced
by two stairwells and an elevator, the parking structure measures
120 feet wide by 270 feet long and creates approximately 189,000
square feet. Construction costs for the parking deck’s concrete
total $5.1 million, while the total construction costs for the parking
structure, with all other systems combined, are upwards of $10 million.
Because UCSD is situated along the California coast and the California
Coastal Commission governs construction, the first level of the
post-tensioned parking deck is partially below grade to meet local
building-height requirements.
As the design-build contractor, Sundt Construction Inc.’s
concrete division selected the pre-designed Cunningham System for
the parking structure construction. The Cunningham System is a proprietary
system that features post-tensioned, long span beams and post-tensioned
decks. Sundt, which will self-perform the project’s concrete
work, has extensive experience using the modular forms of the Cunningham
System. With no on-the-job learning curve using the Cunningham System,
Sundt’s workers can efficiently construct the parking deck.
Overall construction schedule time frame for the structure is enhanced
because the system allows for re-use of the formwork from level
to level.
 For
this project, concrete is helping UCSD to achieve some sustainability
goals. Elements of design and construction parallel that of the
LEED Building Rating System, and concrete as a material allows the
contractor to use local materials, as a specified percentage of
the project’s materials costs are required to be from an area
within a 500-mile radius. Great care is being taken with the recycling
of construction materials on the project to achieve the university’s
Environmentally Responsible Actions. This includes carefully coordinating
activities and construction boundaries with an on-site biologist
to ensure the surrounding environment is minimally affected during
the construction phases.
Construction broke ground for the UCSD Graduate Student Housing
Project in October 2005. The parking structure is scheduled for
a December 2006 completion. The entire housing facility is on schedule
and due for completion in April 2007.
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| Owner/Developer:
The Regents of University of California, San Diego
Design-Build Contractor: Sundt Construction
Inc.
Design Architect: Studio E Architects
Architect of Record: MVE Institutional
Inc.
Structural Engineer: Hope Engineering
Civil Engineer: Hirsh & Company
Concrete Supplier: Vulcan Materials
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