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Parking Structures

Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
  2. Introduction

    • Anthony P. Chrest
    Pages 1-5
  3. Planning for Structured Parking

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 7-36
  4. Functional Design

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 37-102
  5. Access Design

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 103-152
  6. Building Codes

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 153-246
  7. Security

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 247-265
  8. Safety

    • Donald R. Monahan
    Pages 267-280
  9. Mechanical Access Parking Structures

    • Donald R. Monahan
    Pages 281-298
  10. Lighting

    • Donald R. Monahan
    Pages 299-332
  11. Signage

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 333-357
  12. Accessible Parking Design

    • Mary S. Smith
    Pages 359-416
  13. Structure

    • Anthony P. Chrest
    Pages 417-480
  14. Plaza Deck Systems

    • Sam Bhuyan
    Pages 481-510
  15. Seismic Design

    • Mohammad Iqbal
    Pages 511-545
  16. Designing for Durability

    • Anthony P. Chrest
    Pages 547-572
  17. Specifications

    • Anthony P. Chrest
    Pages 573-584
  18. Construction

    • Anthony P. Chrest
    Pages 585-610
  19. Maintenance

    • Sam Bhuyan
    Pages 611-649
  20. Repair Investigation

    • Sam Bhuyan
    Pages 651-759

About this book

Parking Structures provides a single-source reference for parking structure designers, builders, and owners. This third edition is still the only such book. It addresses how to select the best functional and structural designs for a given situation, ensure long-term durability, design for easy maintenance, decide on the number and placement of entrances and exits, design an easily understood wayfinding system, design for ADA compliance, plan for internal auto and pedestrian traffic circulation, select the most effective and energy efficient lighting system, avoid the most common design and construction pitfalls, provide for adequate patron safety and security, carry out needed repairs, and extend the parking structure life. Parking Structures addresses all the major issues related to parking garages. It is an essential reference for parking structure owners, structural engineers, architects, contractors, and other professionals.
New in the third edition: This third edition of Parking Structures includes new material on metric dimensions and recommendations for functional design globally, new research on flow capacity and queuing at parking entry/exits, an entirely new chapter on planning for a new parking structure, including cost issues and alternatives to structure construction, pedestrian considerations, safety in parking facilities, plazas above parking structures, an expanded chapter on seismic design, seismic retrofit, life cycle cost analysis, and upgrades to existing structures.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Parking Structures

  • Book Subtitle: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair

  • Authors: Anthony P. Chrest, Mary S. Smith, Sam Bhuyan, Mohammad Iqbal, Donald R. Monahan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1577-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7213-4Published: 28 February 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5623-3Published: 12 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1577-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 856

  • Topics: Civil Engineering

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eBook USD 349.00
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Softcover Book USD 449.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 449.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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