Eppley Airfield – Parking Garage

Quick Facts:

• Project located in Omaha, NE
• 1,038,018 sf parking facility
• 6-story parking structure
• 3,000 parking stalls
• Connects to an elevated customer service building and skywalk

Services:

• Environmental Consulting
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Materials Testing and Special Inspections
• Instrumentation
• Geophysical Engineering

This six-story parking facility and elevated customer service building provides an additional 3,000 parking stalls and bridged connections to the existing South Parking Garage at Eppley Airfield. Additionally, this project provides a new ticket booth facility and storm sewer serving the North Long-Term Parking Lot. Prior to construction of the facility, Thiele Geotech, Inc. conducted a geotechnical investigation by performing five deep borings around the perimeter of the previously existing two-story garage. Recommendations were provided for deep pile foundations, floor slabs, and pavements. Thiele Geotech, Inc. continued to provide geotechnical consultation during the detailed design phase. During the two-year construction phase, Thiele Geotech, Inc. observed driven, closed end pipe pile installation, structural steel placement, reinforced concrete placement, post-tensioning, structural masonry, and welded and bolted connections. Materials testing was performed on soils, concrete, and grout throughout the project. Ground penetrating radar was used to locate the structural steel and post tensioning reinforcement after concrete placement for various structural elements.