Project purpose: This project was created by the hypothetical idea that the University of Waterloo proposes to build a parking lot in the space currently along North Campus and Columbia Lake.

PROJECT NAME:  Proposed Parking Lot Design

DESIGN TEAM:     Imaan Mirza, Sofiya Khan

DATE: Tuesday, December 6, 2022

• This parking lot design was meant to aim to develop the space efficiently in order to include things like trails along the space which serves as both a walking and biking trail.
• The parking lot itself was designed to be able to provide access for vehicles to park in order to make use of this trail system.
• The project was done on Civil 3D and the final submission was two drawings done on this software attached at the bottom of this page

Considerations:

• The lot includes the necessary amount of parking stalls, taking into consideration standards for accessibility in addition to two electric vehicle parking spaces as well as a bike rack.

• This design also took into consideration important standards to do with the City of Waterloo

• These standards include accessibility standards for inclusion purposes, in order for measurements to comply with city standards, as well as guidance for the vegetation recommended.

  • Coming from an environmental engineering background, the project relies heavily on the importance of taking into consideration environmental impacts including LID practices such as bioretention cells, runoff water, or infiltration of water, to manage the storm-water which will  generate at this proposed parking lot.
  • An example of this incorporated in our design is the bioretention cell

  Initial Sketch/ Draft

  • All of the above specifications were taken into account and a rough sketch **** was drawn in accordance to them:

  

  Client Meeting Conducted with TA’s for project requirements

  • Meetings were held with Teacher’s Assistants to discuss requirements for the parking lot.

  • Reference List:

Data Collection:

• This space was characterized by surveying the area in order to come up with the appropriate data to understand the space and identify important features of the site. This was done using tools such as GPS instrumentation.
• This data was then used to create the design on the software ‘Civil 3D’ for the proposed project.

Storm-water Management/Treatment:

• Storm-water management was controlled using the use of various site features which took into account the existing surface and remodeled it to a fully functioning parking lot.

• Water treatment takes place once the water has been directed to one main point- this point is in the form of a bioretention cell.

Site Description:

• The project site is located on University of Waterloo north campus along Columbia Lake. This is an environmental reserve which means it has been used so far to preserve all natural features of the area as well as make sure to prevent any development that can negatively impact it (i.e. flooding, etc.).

Calculations

• The image below shows the calculation process to find the necessary values for this parking lot to control its water and storm-water correctly. After the bioretention cell is created it actually only takes form 24 to 48 hours for the ponding to completely infiltrate!

Final Drawings:

The final drawings attached below were submitted and done on Civil-3D software:

Drawing T-1: Site Plan:

20994176_21032227_Drawing_T1.pdf

Drawing T-2: Grading Plan:

20994176_21032227_Drawing_T2.pdf

Report

Please reach out for access to the report or for more in-depth details