PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Marais is part of a team of designers tasked with bringing a long-desired school sports stadium from concept to reality. The proposed facility will include an artificial turf football field, a grandstand seating 3,000 - 5,000 spectators, a pressbox, scoreboard, restrooms, concessions and ticketing, parking, and site amenities. While the facility will serve as the anchor home for George Washington Carver High School, it will be open for use to all public high schools and middle schools, with special emphasis on serving the eastern part of the city. The new facility will be under the governance of New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS).
Marais’s scope of work consists of civil and structural design for the complete construction of the stadium facility. Site Improvements include stadium lighting, access drives and parking, entry plaza and ticket booth, and perimeter fencing. The design focuses on incorporating green infrastructure and a storm water retention system in the site design through pervious concrete, stormwater detention/native planting areas, pervious pavers, and stormwater bioswales. The site’s infrastructure will include electric vehicle charging stations, bicycle parking, dark sky compliant LED lighting, water-efficient plumbing, and recycled field turf. As part of the civil design, Marais is conducting stormwater modeling using PCSWMM.