High Concrete Group Produces Precast Parking Garage for Jersey City’s 18 Park Development

High Concrete Group LLC is producing a precast concrete parking garage for the new 200,000-square-foot 18 Park apartment development in Jersey City, N.J. Scheduled for completion in 2013, the 81,000-square-foot garage will serve residents as well as visitors to the Boys and Girls Club, which will occupy a custom-designed facility on the premises.

High Concrete Group was awarded the $2.9 million contract by Leonardo, N.J.-based AJD Construction, the general contractor for the project. A total of 314 pieces will be erected starting in November. The project was designed by Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners of Lambertville, N.J.; Tim Haahs & Associates of Blue Bell, Pa. consulted on the design of the parking structure.

The building site is located between Marina and Light rail station in Liberty Harbor North in New Jersey with views of the Manhattan skyline. The parking structure will feature a roof garden and swimming pool on the top level. The precast concrete components will be produced at High Concrete Group’s Denver, Pa. plant.

About High Concrete Group

Headquartered in Denver, Pa., and employing more than 400 co-workers, High Concrete Group has provided precast components for more than 5,000 projects since 1957, and is found on Engineering News Record’s list of the Top 600 Specialty Contractors. High Concrete Group has production facilities in Denver, Pa., Buena, N.J., Springboro, Ohio, and Paxton, Ill. The company also operates High Concrete Accessories, a Denver, Pa.-based national precasting embedment supplier.