Lancaster General Health Medical Office Building and Garage (Lancaster, PA)
Client: Lancaster General Health
Contact: Joseph Puskar, Vice President of Customer Support Services
Professional Services Provided:
- Construction Administration
- Construction Documents
- Erosion & Sedimentation Control
- Highway Occupancy Permitting
- Land Development Plan
- Sanitary Sewer Design
- Signal Permitting
- Stormwater Management
- Traffic Impact Study
- Water Distribution Design
- Zoning
ELA Group was retained by Lancaster General Health (LGH), Lancaster, PA, to consult on an expansion plan. LGH wished to expand its facility with a new four-story medical office building totaling approximately 80,000 SF. A new 10-level parking garage was also constructed between Queen and Christian Streets to replace an existing parking garage. The new parking garage’s façade was designed to complement the surrounding neighborhood’s historical buildings, which required approval by the Lancaster Historic Commission.
A two-tiered, enclosed pedestrian bridge, constructed over Duke Street, connects the parking garage and new medical office building with the Hospital. Extensive landscaping improvements were designed for the medical office entrance and site.
Elevation challenges included interconnecting the existing garage, the new medical office building, the two-level pedestrian bridge (with overhead clearance over Duke Street to meet PennDOT regulations), and the floor elevations of the existing hospital. Also, ELA secured zoning text amendments from the city to allow a 10-story parking garage.
