MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK DESIGN

The authors discuss the factors influencing the design and choice of materials used in the construction of multi-storey car parks. Recommendations are given for the positioning of signs and columns to cause minimum obstruction and inconvenience. Minimum stall widths for unobstructed parking are suggested; clear markings are essential for full use of the static capacity. Floors should be watertight to prevent seepage; perimeter barriers should be capable of providing an effective resistance to a moving car which could be accelerating in bottom gear. Reasons for discarding designs using an uncased steel-formed structure with compositely designed pre-cast concrete floors are given. Cast in-situ concrete has been chosen for the frame and floors based on a two-pinned portal frame structure, constructed in a nominal module of 4.8 M. Floors have reinforcements to control shrinkage and cracking besides the main reinforcement in their ribs. Two types of frame are illustrated, system 1 with external columns and system 2 with inset tapered columns; the relative merits of each type are discussed. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cement and Concrete Association

  52 Grosvenor Gardens
  London SW1W 0AQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Hill, J
  • Cannon, J
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 33-37
• Serial:
  • CONCRETE
  • Volume: 9 N
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: THE CONCRETE SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0010-5317

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Building materials; Cast in place concrete; Cast in place structures; Concrete; Cracking; Design; Floors; Multistory structures; Parking facilities; Parking garages; Reinforced concrete; Shrinkage; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking place
• ITRD Terms: 4781: Cast in situ concrete; 5211: Cracking; 9011: Design (overall design); 4555: Material (constr); 924: Multi storey parking garage; 975: Parking place (one veh only); 4794: Reinforced concrete; 4743: Shrinkage; 6479: Width
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134213
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1976 12:00AM