Upper Macungie Township Community Lifestyle Center
Project Information
Our Project Story
The new Upper Macungie Township Community Lifestyle Center transforms Grange Park into a year-round destination for recreation, wellness, learning, and community activities. Opened in June 2026, the $48.5 million, approximately 188,000-square-foot facility includes four interconnected buildings featuring a full-length covered turf field, indoor walking track, multipurpose courts, classrooms, and flexible gathering areas for events and emergency shelter use.
A defining feature of the facility is its massive exposed timber-frame structure, spanning 280 feet across. The mass-timber system provides a renewable, lower-carbon alternative to conventional steel, complemented by energy-efficient building systems. The facility’s scale, interconnected structures, and diverse uses required close coordination of structural foundations, complex building systems, site conditions, and construction requirements.
Working through separate contracts with the Township, architect, and construction manager, Isett provided a broad range of engineering, consulting, and testing services, including structural foundation design; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering; subsurface investigation; geophysics and seismic study; construction stakeout; and special inspections and construction materials testing during construction. This involvement extended from subsurface investigation and design through construction, providing technical continuity across multiple disciplines and phases of the project.
