STEEL-FRAMED PARKING STRUCTURES: TIPS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR EFFICIENCY

When the need arises for a multistory parking building, municipal parking authorities find that interest is focusing increasingly on the steel-framed, open-deck parking structure. Generally, steel-framed parking facilities are economical to construct, although cost is always dependent upon varying market and local factors. This economy takes on added importance when considering that the frame, foundation, and floor slabs normally constitute 60 percent of the costs of these buildings. The three major code organizations--Building Officials and Code Administrators, the Southern Building Code Congress, and the International Conference of Building Officials--all approve exposed steel framing. From now on, design and costruction of any parking garage should anticipate its use by a rising percentage of smaller cars.

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  Public Works Journal Corporation

  P.O. Box 688
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 78-79
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building codes; Compact automobiles; Construction; Costs; Design; Framed structures; Multistory structures; Parking garages; Steel structures
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking decks; Small car
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390010
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM