We have a stadium project that will be retrofitted (major renovation) and will be certified under the LEED NC rating system. The stadium will be used for the 2014 World Cup and has developed a master plan for the surroundings, including parking spaces and hospitality areas. Although the parking areas and hospitality spaces will help the operation of the stadium, they are from different owners and will be used temporarily for the World Cup.
The question is: There are 5 parking areas that will be used to support the operation of the stadium during the World Cup. Only one of them will be new and constructed for this purpose. The other ones are existent parking areas from nearby buildings (one university, one school, one park and one train station). What should we consider in SSc4.4?
1) No new parking, because they are outside the scope of work of our client and we can´t guarantee the number of parking spaces that will be constructed in the new parking area
2) All the parking spaces provided in the 5 areas, although they are temporary, not from the same owner and not constructed for the project
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Ellen Mitchell
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February 21, 2011 - 5:53 pm
I can only address question #1 - I have an arena project that is in a similar situation. There is an adjacent mixed use garage/retail project going up around the same time which will serve to accomidate my arena as well as other functions. I tried to earn this credit using the 'No new parking' option, arguing that the garage is a separate project that is seeking its own LEED Certification and thus the arena project itself includes no additional parking. This approach was denied citing a CIR dating 5/23/08 which states, "if there will be additional parking built as a result of the construction of the project, even if this parking is off site, then the No New Parking option cannot be used. Based on this, I believe you must include the new garage in your calculations. The existing parking areas, I'm not as sure of - you may need to write a CIR to get a definite answer