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Thomas Jefferson University Parking Facility Restoration - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania TimHaahs was originally retained in the Fall of 1998 by Wills Eye Hospital, since then renamed, Jefferson Hospital & Neuroscience to perform a restoration analysis review of repair survey prepared by others and make recommendations on the parking garage located at Ninth & Locust Streets. In the Summer of 1999, after Thomas Jefferson University assumed ownership of the hospital, TimHaahs was retained to provide full-scale restoration design services for the garage.  Due to funding requirements and the necessity to minimally disrupt the facility’s operation, the restoration work was prioritized over a five-phase repair program that included estimated costs for each phase. The parking facility consists of six levels with approximately 400 spaces. The structural system is a precast concrete Filigree slab with cast-in-place topping supported by steel beams and column frame. The traffic flow is single helix, two-way, 90 degree parking. The entire ground floor is occupied space serving hospital functions.  The repairs consisted of full and shallow depth removal, routing and sealing of joints, ceiling repairs, addition of supplemental drains, and surface treatment with penetrating sealer. Phase I repairs were completed in December 1999; Phase II was completed in February 2002; Phase III was completed in November 2004. Phase IV thru V repairs are expected to be completed in each spring of the years 2006 and 2007. |