Project Name:
Mercury Insurance Parking Structure 2

Location:
551 W. Imperial Hwy., Brea, CA

Owner:
Mercury Insurance Group

Architect or Engineer:
Parkitects, Irvine, CA

Description of Project:
After completing a 458-car parking structure in 2007, this Design/Build four-level, 480-car parking structure marks Klorman Construction’s second project for Mercury Insurance, the leading independent broker and agency writer of automobile insurance in California. This structure is designed to accommodate Mercury Insurance’s additional parking required for the company’s expansion of its existing administrative office building. Unlike the first parking structure, this project offers some unique challenges, given that the parking deck features flat plate post-tensioned concrete decks over a post-tensioned concrete mat slab foundation. This special design was necessitated by potentially unstable soil conditions at the site, a result of its location adjacent to a drainage channel.

Project Name:
Empire Center Office Tower Parking Structure

Location:
2310 Empire Center, Burbank, CA

Owner:
Higgins Development Partners

Architect or Engineer:
Parkitects

Design/Build Contractor:
Klorman Construction

Description of Project:
The 6-level, 1,234-stall, 403,000-square-foot, post-tensioned, moment-frame parking structure services the 364,000-square-foot, 7-story office building that is the last piece of the Empire Center, a 105-acre master planned retail, hotel and office project near Bob Hope Airport. The parking structure is built over a 10-foot deep soil cap designed to isolate contaminants left over from Lockheed Aircraft Co.’s long time manufacturing at the site. Due to its proximity to Burbank Airport, the parking structure had to accommodate the Federal Aviation Administration’s imposed 75 height restriction. The tiered design, with the upper three levels stepping back one bay, minimizes any shadow that may be cast on residents across from the adjacent railroad.

Project Name:
The Vue

Location:
255 W. 5th Street, San Pedro, CA

Owner:
Galaxy Commercial Holdings, Beverly Hills, CA

Architect or Engineer:
Parkitects, Irvine, CA

Description of Project:
Klorman Construction is the Design/Build contractor of the 716-car, 196,000-square-foot parking structure for The Vue, a $175 million high-rise residential waterfront community in San Pedro, Ca. The five-level, concrete post-tensioned parking structure features bridges at each parking level connected to the lower floor of The Vue’s 15-story condominium tower. The project offered some unique challenges, including the need for the parking structure?s foundation to overlay an existing matt slab foundation from a previous office building. Additionally, in an effort to merge The Vue’s distinct architectural style with Old Town San Pedro, Klorman Construction integrated an art wall into the part of the structure facing an adjacent city park adding a feature to be enjoyed by the park patrons.

Project Name:
Opus Center Irvine III Park Parking Structure

Location:
Irvine, CA

Owner:
Opus West Corporation

Architect or Engineer:
Parkitects, Irvine, CA

Description of Project:
This seven-level, post-tensioned concrete parking structure at the Irvine Center office complex accommodates the new 314,074-square-foot, 13-story, Class A high-rise office building built by Opus West Corporation.

The design/build parking structure by Klorman adds 810 parking stalls to the complex and established itself as a premier example of how the unique designs and flow of parking structures can merge with an established business center. During construction a new pile installation method was utilized that avoided the vibration and noise associated with conventional driven pile foundations. The new process contributed to minimizing disturbances of nearby occupied office buildings. The Irvine Center office complex is one of the most dynamic economic centers in Orange County, boasting major companies such as Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Morgan Stanley, New York Life and Miller Brewing Company.

Project Name:
Emerald Point Design/Build Parking Structure

Location:
5130 Central Drive, Dublin, CA

Owner:
Opus Corporation

Architect or Engineer:
International Parking Design (IPD)

Description of Project:
A Design/Build 800-car parking structure. W.M. Klorman Construction Corporation was the Design/Build Contractor and self performed the concrete portion of the project. The Parking structure was a unique, ductile moment frame design (no shear walls). The building was in excess of 700 lineal feet long and had one seismic joint at approximately the midpoint. We designed the building to blend into the surroundings with undulating spandrels, feature strips and mature landscaping. We also designed and installed a unique trellis and planter feature on the roof on the parking structure. The entire project was built on a fast-track schedule in approx. 6 months.

Project Name:
Opus Center Sierra Park Parking Structure

Location:
4000 Marina Boulevard, Brisbane, CA

Owner:
Opus Corporation

Architect or Engineer:
International Parking Design (IPD)

Description of Project:
A Design/Build 600-car parking structure. W.M. Klorman Construction Corporation was the Design/Build Contractor and self-performed the concrete portion of the project. The Parking structure was a unique, ductile moment frame design (no shear walls) and was designed with the anticipation of a 4-foot vertical settlement in the soil. The building was built using a catholically protected H-pile foundation system that extended approximately 200 feet downward into the bay mud and activated by a Post-tensioned mat foundation slab. The building was built over an area of reclaimed land that was once the San Francisco Bay and converted into a municipal land fill ultimately capped with clay soil which created complex challenges that Klorman Construction successfully and creatively overcame.

Project Name:
The Lot

Location:
1041 N. Formosa Ave., West Hollywood, CA

Owner:
B. A. Studios LLC

Architect or Engineer:
Perkins Will Architects, HNA/Pacific Parking Consultants

Description of Project:
This 236,430-square-foot parking structure is located at the former Warner Hollywood site in West Hollywood, now known as The Lot. The seven-level post-tensioned, long-span structure for 700 vehicles features unique18-foot heights on the basement and ground floors to accommodate studio sound and lighting trucks and commercial vehicles that need to access the basement below the sound stage and adjacent to the parking structure. The design provides unobstructed thru-view for reasons of light and security by incorporating a sophisticated ductile moment frame and a foundation design consisting of large grade beams to eliminate the need to drive piles near an operating studio.