SWISS DIG DEEP FOR HIDDEN CAR PARKS

The garage at Geneva's Cointrin airport in Switzerland houses 410 cars in five floors, built within a diaphragm wall. The effective volume of the underground structure totals 25,000 cu m, of which 21,600 cu m is filled by the system and 3,400 cu m by the body of the central core.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Control Journals, Limited

  Dorset House, Stanford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 76-79
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: INTERTEC PUBLISHING

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport parking facilities; Diaphragm walls; Parking facilities; Underground structures
• Identifier Terms: Geneva Cointrin International Airport
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Bridges and other structures; Finance; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163528
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM