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Why in the world

posted by [personal profile] janetmiles at 02:37pm on 05/06/2012
does a "typical" parking garage cost $15,000-$16,000 PER SPACE to construct?
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posted by [identity profile] dornbeast.livejournal.com at 06:46pm on 05/06/2012
Since I have no idea how much a car weighs, or what it takes to support it, or the engineering skills necessary to design something which can support twenty to forty of them per floor on four to six floors, while providing room to maneuver them around...

...I have no idea. But that looks like a lot of skill, equipment, and materials to me. And I'm assuming that this is just the construction, and I don't have to factor in buying land.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 06:48pm on 05/06/2012
Okay, yeah, that's all reasonable. Thanks; I needed a calming influence.
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posted by [identity profile] cymrullewes.livejournal.com at 08:05pm on 05/06/2012
The engineering has mostly been done but the sitework to make sure the ground itself can support that much weight upon it is something that has to be studied for each new garage and then actually done.

It's a LOT of steel and a lot of concrete.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 08:19pm on 05/06/2012
That also makes sense. Thank you.
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posted by [identity profile] drewkitty.livejournal.com at 12:14am on 06/06/2012
Back when I was in student government, it was $10K per space as a ballpark figure.

The biggest issue is concrete and steel and land and design -- and security design for a parking garage is not trivial, as they are inherently high-crime areas. Smart design would be nice (all that wasted space that could be used for solar panels *cries*) but I'm not holding my breath. Also, ventilation for both people and cars.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 11:38am on 06/06/2012
More good points. Thank you.

I was just utterly incensed at "UT is building a new parking garage, and while an 'ordinary' garage could be constructed for $15,000 to $16,000 per space, we're looking at more like $30,000 per space so that it will look good across from the stadium." This is on property UT already owns (an existing surface lot, half of which is being taken for a new building).
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posted by [identity profile] fatcook.livejournal.com at 02:33pm on 06/06/2012
Taxes, filing fees, bonds, surveying costs, site inspection, drainage, impact inspection and fees, eco-studies and salvage costs. All of these must be done, (and paid for) before you can even start to do ground prep.
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posted by [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com at 02:58pm on 06/06/2012
More things I hadn't thought of. Thank you.
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