GROUND LEVEL PARKING LOTS

The total car park paving market in New Zealand is very large, and although concrete provides an excellent pavement, its market share is relatively small. Concrete paving offers flexibility where landscaping is undertaken. Irregular shapes, curved edges and features can be easily accommodated. The layout of parking areas is discussed with examples given of typical arrangements for cars and vans; angled parking can speed movement but requires more space. Guidelines are given on parking needs and a thickness design chart for car park and loading yard is included. An example is given of the use of the design chart. For any pavement there will be a series of combinations of thicknesses and concrete strength. Potential shrinkage cracking is taken care of by the provision of joint or reinforcement. Load transfer is generally based on aggregate interlock or formed keys, only in heavy industrial parks are dowels likely to be needed. Details are given of the design of joints, kerbs and edges. Recommended construction practice follows that of concrete ground floors and slabs. Concrete will normally compete with asphalt in costs, but a chip seal pavement costs slightly less where traffic is light. (TRRL)

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/05490219
• Corporate Authors:

  Concrete Publications

  Private Bag
  Porirua,   New Zealand 
• Publication Date: 1987-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3-8
• Serial:
  • NEW ZEALAND CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
  • Volume: 31
  • Publisher: CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND
  • ISSN: 0549-0219

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Construction management; Costs; Cracking; Curbs; Guidelines; Joints; Layout; Load transfer; Material reinforcement; Parking lots; Shrinkage; Strength of materials; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete strength; Edges
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint; Shrinkage cracks; Thickness design
• ITRD Terms: 916: Car park; 4755: Concrete; 3666: Construction method; 224: Cost; 2998: Joint (structural); 2917: Kerb; 2885: Layout; 5567: Load; 3055: Pavement design; 4508: Sett (stone); 5544: Strength (mater); 5933: Thickness
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470098
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM