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PARKING STRUCTURES

Project: Bel Air Parking Garage
Overview:

This 6-story parking garage provides parking spaces for 1042 vehicles for the Town of Bel Air. Founded on concrete caissons, this brick veneer, precast concrete structure is the largest in the Town of Bel Air. Built on a 1.4 acre site, the structure encompasses 290,182 square feet. Forty million pounds of concrete were used to construct the garage - the equivalent of more than 40 miles of four-foot wide sidewalks. The brick facade reflects the Town's Old Court House and other buildings in the area. The structure provides public parking through either short term metered spaces or long term leased space. Internally, the garage features a "double helix" ramp design that prevents cars from going in opposite directions on the same ramp.

When the town of Bel Air, Maryland recognized that structured parking was an absolute necessity to keep in-town businesses viable, they hired Schafer. For this project, Schafer provided complete design-build services as well as coordinated the sale of bonds for funding. In the words of the Town's Director of Planning, they chose Schafer because of their design's "overall attractiveness and sensitivity to the architectural context of the area." The Director went on to say that Schafer "was able to provide a financial package adapted to the unique requirements of a Town/County joint venture project…which the Schafer team provided with the expertise necessary to guide us through the process." The 1042 space parking garage was completed ahead of schedule and within the town's budget.

Location: Bel Air, MD
Owner: Town of Bel Air
39 Hickory Avenue, Bel Air, MD 21014
Architect: Mr. Robert Melhorn, AIA of J. Vinton Schafer & Sons, Inc.
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