Carnegie Equipment, Blair County
This project included the construction of a new16,000 SF showroom and office facility, and conversion of an existing building to a warehouse space.
The site contained approximately 300’ of paved frontage which had to be revised to create two distinct driveway entrances to comply with PennDOT’s standards.
Because the finished floor elevation is below the base flood elevation, the existing building was located inside a floodplain: therefore, the new addition could not be structurally connected to the existing building. The new building was designed to float along the face of the existing building.
Stormwater discharge was originally proposed to cross Sixth Avenue and discharge to a stream culvert; however, a 36” diameter bore pipe under the road would have been needed. During the design process, the basin discharge pipe was re-routed through the neighboring Penelec substation property, which required an easement through the First Energy corporate office. A General Permit-4 was needed for direct pipe discharge to the stream.
We have worked with Keller Engineers for structural and civil engineering support on six projects over the past five years and have been very pleased with the results. Our projects tend to be complicated phased renovation/ addition projects calling for creativity in planning and construction. I have been particularity pleased with their responsiveness to issues that arise during construction which is of particular importance to us and our clients. Vern L. McKissick, III, AIA, LEED AP, Owner/Architect McKissick Associates