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Car park designers' handbook / Jim Hill ; with contributions from Glynn Rhodes, Steve Vollar and Chris Whapples.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, Jim, 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parking lots--Design and construction.
- Parking lots.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Thomas Telford, 2005.
- Summary:
- 'Car Park Designers' Handbook' looks at multi-storey car parks as being utilitarian constructions. The authors do not see their design as being a finite art but as a compromise between the motorist's spatial desires and the practical need to achieve economy of construction.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Design brief
- 3. Design elements
- 4. Dynamic considerations
- 5. Static considerations
- 6. Circulation design
- 7. Circulation layouts
- 8. Stairs and lifts
- 9. Disabled drivers and carers
- 10. Cycles and motorcycles
- 11. Security
- 12. Underground parking
- 13. Lighting
- 14. Signage
- 15. Drainage
- 16. Fire escapes, safety and fire fighting
- 17. Fiscal and barrier control
- 18. Ventilation
- 19. Structure
- 20. Appearance
- Appendix A
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68015-038-3
- 0-7277-3726-0
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