NEW TECHNOLOGY OVERCOMES MAINTENANCE FEARS

The article describes how steel was used in the construction of a 550-car 7-story parking structure in New Jersey. Steel was used to achieve a visually lighter structure. Tnemec paint was specified to achieve a 10 to 15-year maintenance free structure. Another reason for using steel was due to site constraints and the desire for long spans. The garage is 198 ft long and 127 ft wide column-to-column with an elevator structure in front. It was designed with composite beams and girders - all rolled shapes - to reduce height and weight. Non-composite construction would have been about 29% heavier ad much deeper.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Steel Construction

  Wrigley Building, 400 North Michigan Avenue, 8th Floor
  Chicago, IL  United States  60611
• Publication Date: 1990-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 48-49
• Serial:
  • Modern Steel Construction
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Institute of Steel Construction
  • ISSN: 0026-8445

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Composite structures; Corrosion protection; Maintenance; Paint; Parking garages; Steel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00601568
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1990 12:00AM