Sands Casino Parking Garage
- 200,000 square ft. retail space
- 450,000 square ft. casino and entertainment complex
- Master Engineer for redevelopment
Sands Casino Bethlehem Pa Parking Garage
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Sands Casino Parking Garage
There are no signs posted in the Sands Casino parking garage alerting parents not to leave their kids in the car, but security checks are done regularly, according to casino officials. The casino said it is not sure if security guards or a guest noticed the Garcia children early Monday morning, but once the discovery was made, it alerted. There's been such a surge of cases that a Nevada hospital is treating patients in its parking garage. Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp is exploring a sale of its two flagship hotel-casinos.
FPA was retained by Venetian Las Vegas Sands Corporation to provide professional engineering services for the redevelopment of a 124 acre parcel of the 1100 acre Steelworks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. At the time, The Steelworks was considered the nation’s largest Brownfield project. The $750 Million Sands project consisted of a 450,000 square foot casino, a seven level parking garage, a 300 room hotel, a 200,000 square foot retail mall and a 50,000 square foot meeting, convention or special events facility along with related site and off-site improvements. FPA provided site, geotechnical, highway, and bridge engineering along with survey and construction phase services in support of the project. Through the use of deep dynamic compaction to improve subsurface conditions, a shallow foundation system was used which resulted in reduced construction time and foundation cost savings of over $10 Million. Offsite improvements included the widening of Route 412 to two lanes and the adding of an additional lane to the southern end of the Minsi Trail Bridge to facilitate traffic flow into the casino. Widening of Route 412 along the northern side included construction of retaining walls to accommodate the steep slopes and 30 foot change in grade along the side. PENNDOT approvals were obtained for the improvements. The project was successfully completed in 2010, with the casino opening a month ahead of schedule.