- October 31, 2023
- In the Media
Parking & Mobility Highlights Kimley-Horn’s Work on ANWH Purple Ramp Project
Parking & Mobility magazine’s October 2023 issue highlighted Kimley-Horn’s work on Allina Health’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital (ANWH) Purple Ramp. ANWH’s Purple Ramp expansion is part of Allina Health’s 10-year Facility Master Plan supporting the hospital campus’s anticipated growth.
“Kimley-Horn was a new design partner selected by Allina Health to lead the design of one of our largest parking structures, the Purple Ramp at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital Campus. Kimley-Horn was selected based on their experience, technical abilities, team approach, city entitlement experience, and financial stewardship. They did not disappoint.”
The Kimley-Horn team for this project included project engineer Karl Gaebler, P.E., SE, P.Eng.; project manager Ben Henderson, P.E., SE; and traffic and mobility engineer, Peter Lemmon, P.E., PTOE. The team provided the following services for the ANWH Purple Ramp project:
- Project management
- Entitlement
- Structural engineering
- Parking consulting
- Civil engineering
- Landscape architecture
- Traffic engineering
The project was a vertical and horizontal expansion of the existing parking ramp with eight parking levels, 2,000 square feet of retail and office space, and storage for 200 bicycles. To adhere to Allina Health’s commitment to sustainability, a community solar garden, a community promenade, and 20 electric vehicle charging stalls, expandable to 200, were also part of the project.
About the Experts
Karl Gaebler, P.E., SE, P.Eng.
Karl is a parking consultant and registered structural engineer and has more than eight years of experience in transportation structures, including parking planning, bridge design, building design, structural assessments, inspections, and repairs. He is registered in the U.S. and Canada and worked on projects all over the country, using his expertise to guide them through all phases of design, from preliminary design studies to construction phase. With his varied experience, Karl brings a unique ability to work closely and efficiently with design professionals from all disciplines.
Ben Henderson, P.E., SE
Ben is a parking consultant and registered structural engineer with more than 18 years of experience in the functional design of parking structures and the design of parking access and revenue control systems. He brings this unique skill set during the concept development and design phase of each project, leading to well-planned parking facilities tailored to clients’ needs. Ben specializes in structural rehabilitation, remediation, and durable structural design that provides clients additional assurance of parking facilities with lower life cycle costs and longer service lives.
Peter Lemmon, P.E., PTOE
Peter has more than 25 years of experience managing and conducting numerous multimodal transportation engineering, mobility planning, parking analysis, access and circulation, and subarea planning studies. He works with numerous hospitals and healthcare organizations to address a range of existing transportation and parking challenges and assists in planning for both new facilities and expansions. Peter has demonstrated understanding of fundamental issues to help balance a wide range of considerations across hospital population groups and all modes of transportation.