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Market of Choice Loading Dock Canopy Expansion, Eugene
- Location: Eugene, Oregon
- Client/Owner: Market of Choice
- Partners: Gibson Steel Fabricating (steel fabricator, deferred shop drawing submittal); City of Eugene (permitting)
- Year: 2019–2020; completed February 2020
- Size/scale: Steel-framed canopy addition joined to the existing loading dock canopy, on new footings
- JBE services: Site visits and records research, structural design and calculations, permit drawings, deferred submittal coordination, site visits during footing construction
- Sector: Commercial & Retail
The challenge
Behind the store on West 29th Avenue, the loading dock was only partly covered by a steel-framed canopy. Market of Choice wanted to extend the cover over more of the loading area, including the recycling area.
The new canopy had to match the existing one and be joined to it, which meant understanding how the existing structure was built and detailing the connection between old and new. Snow drifting where the two roofs meet had to be accounted for, and the new footings had to go into an active, paved loading area next to the building.
Project photos
What we did
We visited the site, pulled the City’s records for the original store and canopy, and designed the addition as a steel moment frame on hollow steel columns, with a galvanized steel deck to match the existing canopy. We designed for snow including drift, checked seismic forces against wind and sized the new footings for the allowable soil bearing pressure. Our drawings showed the steel framing, the connections to the existing canopy and the footings.
The steel shop drawings were submitted and approved as a deferred submittal. We were on site as the new footings were cut into the existing paving, reinforced and anchored.
The result
The City of Eugene issued the permit in October 2019, and all inspections were approved by the end of February 2020. The store’s loading and recycling area is now under one continuous canopy that matches the original structure.
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