Now that topping out is completed, the team will focus on interior rough-in, exterior skin, site work and off-site improvements with the most critical being the completion of the Arizona Avenue intersection improvements that will take place over the summer.
“The topping out represents a critical milestone in the project meaning we’ve reached structural completion for all five floors of the garage,” said Brittany Calbert, project manager for McCarthy Building Companies, which is building the project as part of a design-build process that allowed the project team to design, price (GMP) and permit the project in less than five months. “Additionally, McCarthy has been able to utilize our self-perform team for cast-in-place concrete as well as electrical and mechanical work, which has provided added value in the form of cost savings, quality control and schedule acceleration to the City on this project.”
The project will provide an enhanced pedestrian connection between downtown Chandler and the New Square development to the east of the parking structure with the potential for future ground-floor retail within the parking structure. Additionally, this parking garage has more architectural and art elements than any other garage McCarthy has built in the Southwest region. Incorporated features include a concrete form liner along the perimeter walls, as well as three different types of metal panels including mesh fabric along the stairs where color changing LED lighting will be displayed. Due to the City of Chandler’s requirements to include art in every downtown project, the team was able to allocate funds toward functional aspects that include pedestrian benches and louvered canopies designed by coLab Studio and Jeff Zischke.
Construction of the garage and adjacent New Square development took away surface parking that had been available on these parcels. Downtown Chandler patrons and visitors are encouraged to use the four free parking garages located downtown, including the Overstreet parking garage at Buffalo and Oregon streets and the parking garage south of Chandler City Hall. A free shuttle service that takes people from the garages to downtown establishments also is available from 5-9 p.m. Thursday and 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 12th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2019). With approximately 3,700 salaried employees and craft professionals, the firm has offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
