Long Beach Cruise Terminal Parking Structure - Long Beach, CA

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The parking facility for the Long Beach Cruise Terminal serves departing and arriving passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines’ Miracle, Inspiration and Imagination, and the Queen Mary Tours & Attractions. The structure includes parking for vacationing guests; baggage scanning, check-in and storage; a baggage tram area; twelve slots for buses; queuing space for numerous taxis; plus a dedicated driveway for passenger pick-up and drop-off. Colorful mesh banners depicting various ports of call such as Catalina, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas are hung on four sides of the structure, complementing the colorful bus canopies and elevator tower.

IPD was asked to provide an alternative design for the parking structure with the hope of saving money for the owner. IPD designed a cast-in-place, post-tensioned concrete system with seismic-resisting moment frames in lieu of the original precast double-tee system with internal and external shear walls. The new design saved approximately $1 million, with much of the savings being attributed to a significantly reduced number of piles, since the redesigned structure is much lighter and has no shear-wall foundations to support.

IPD also redesigned the parking layout and traffic flow system to gain efficiency, thereby eliminating one complete bay at the roof level. Redesign of the accessible parking areas contributed additional savings in the floor area.

Size: 5 Levels, 1,430 Spaces
Cost: $12 Million
Role: Architect of Record, Structural Engineer of Record