Type: Higher Education
Project Name: NEIU
City: Chicago
State: Illinois
Client: Northeastern Illinois University

Features: 900-car parking facility on 5-levels with auxiliary services / police office space at grade.

Description: DESMAN Associates is the structural engineer and functional designer for the University?s first parking deck. Since this was the University?s first parking deck, DESMAN was initially retained to provide preplanning & programming services. DESMAN also performed a parking demand study to help identify the parking need. Ultimately, this lead to the design of a deck containing approximately 900 parking spaces within a 4-bay, 5-level structure. The deck will be used to offset the current parking deficit on campus as well as provide surplus parking for future campus growth. The ground level will contain office space for campus police and auxiliary services. The deck has also been designed to accommodate event parking for the School of Performing Arts. Booth Hansen is the Architect of Record.