Eduardo Castro was project manager for the structural design of the helix ramp of the lot E parking garage at Newark Liberty Airport.
Vertical transportation is a convenient addition to a crowded garage. As the levels rise higher, it becomes tedious to follow drivers searching for a parking spot. Once they find one, it’s on to the next person in line and so on. One way to add vertical transportation is integrating a double-threaded helix ramp with 360-degree rotation traversing two parking levels. This allows drivers to skip parking levels to an empty level faster.
The helix ramp at lot E is located outside the footprint of the garage to alleviate traffic in the parking areas. The structural system consists of steel composite beams and reinforced concrete slabs.
