Lamont-Doherty Porous Asphalt Parking Lot
Description
The construction of the new Comer Geochemistry Building required the relocation of an existing 85 car parking lot. Stormwater management originally required the construction of a new detention basin and 500 feet of drainpipe excavated through rock and the existing main campus thoroughfare. A porous asphalt infiltration design alternative eliminated the drainpipe and detention basin, resulting in a zero net cost, 25% reduction in runoff, and 100% water quality treatment.
Site Location
- Site name: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
- Address: 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
- County: Rockland
- Watershed: Hudson River
- Land use of site: University/Research; parking lot
- Can this site be visited? Limited Access
- Location on site: 500' NE of Campus Entrance
Practice Details
- Intent of design: 85 Car Replacement Parking Lot
- Size of structure/capacity: 32,470 sf parking lot
- Size of drainage area: 13.65 acres
- Plants or materials used: Indigenous trees & shrubs for landscaping
- Maintenance: Salt only for deicing (no sand), routine snow plowing
- Maintained by: Building & Grounds Department
Design/Installation Information
- Design: Cahill Associates, Westchester, PA, (610) 696-4150
- Installation: Torcon, Inc., Red Bank, NJ, (732) 704-9800
- Date of installation: July 2006
- Zoning change or special permit required: NYSDEC SPEDES Phase II Permit
- Project cost: Approximately $500,000
- Form of payment: Undisclosed
For Additional Site Information:
Contact: Patrick O'Reilly, P.E. Assistant Director for Facilities & Engineering, LDEO
Email: oreilly@ldeo.columbia.edu
Phone: (845) 365-8843
