Site/civil engineering for new 2-story police station house. Challenging site for stormwater control, use of vegetative swales. Goal of LEED Silver. 53,000 sf.

Weidlinger Associates is the site/civil engineer for a new two-story precinct station house at 970 Richmond Avenue. The building contains administrative spaces, interrogation rooms, prisoner detention areas, and a muster room, as well as dormitories, shower facilities, and locker rooms. It also has an 85-car parking lot and rear yard.

Weidlinger designed and provided the LEED credit documentation for a stormwater conveyance system integrated with vegetative swales that controls erosion and sedimentation. A shallow groundwater table prohibited the use of infiltration basins. Weidlinger's novel system treats stormwater runoff before discharging it to the sewer. The vegetative swales are excellent sediment removers and effectively reduce release rate to prevent sewer-system flooding.

Completion Date: 2011
Location: Staten Island, New York
Owner or Client: NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Prime Consultant(s): Rafael Vinoly