As the equipment roared to life, construction began on the first pile foundation of the eup Shaft Smart Garage new-build project on Plot 08-18 in the Youyi Community of Baoshan District, invested and built by China Railway 15th Bureau Group. This marks the project's entry into the formal construction phase and lays a solid foundation for the subsequent construction of the main structure. It is also the deepest-excavated shaft smart garage in China and the second of its kind in Shanghai.

       The Baoshan District Youyi eup Shaft Smart Garage project now under construction is adjacent to the Shanghai Baoshan District Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. It is invested in by China Railway Construction (Shanghai) Smart Transportation Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway 15th Bureau Group and one of the first batch of pilot enterprises launched by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. The project adopts a BOO (build-own-operate) model for investment, construction and operation, and will build two shaft smart garages beneath 2,036 square meters of urban public green space, providing 200 underground parking spaces. With an excavation depth of 70 meters, the garage sets a new domestic record and is expected to be put into use in 2027. The project innovatively adopts vertical excavation technology; after optimization, the average vehicle storage and retrieval time has been shortened to 75 seconds, and it can accommodate more than 95% of vehicle models on the market.

       The "Future" shaft boring machine adopted by the project is the first domestically produced composite caisson-type shaft boring machine. The project's pile foundation works have a pile length of 73 meters and a pile diameter of 1 meter, with a total of 22 piles. The pile foundation works help resist the axial tension of the shaft, prevent the shaft from uplifting, and ensure the stability of the subsequent main structure works.

       Once completed, the garage will significantly enhance the convenience and environmental quality of the surrounding area. It will effectively alleviate parking difficulties, provide ample parking spaces for nearby residents and businesses, reduce vehicles parked on the street, and improve traffic order. Through rational planning of entrances and traffic flow design, it will reduce vehicle detour distances, improve traffic efficiency, and cut exhaust emissions and noise pollution caused by drivers searching for parking spaces. In addition, the garage's supporting intelligent management system and monitoring facilities will enhance parking safety, and some areas of the garage will incorporate green landscaping or public amenities, further beautifying the community environment and creating a more livable living space for residents. At the same time, the smart garage optimizes the layout of urban functions and promotes sustainable regional development, serving as another practice of the "above-ground land leasing + underground transfer" model for solving urban parking difficulties.

*Source: Official WeChat Account of Shanghai Baoshan