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Author Hill, Jim, 1931-

Title Car park designers' handbook / Jim Hill ; with contributions from Glynn Rhodes, Steve Vollar and Chris Whapples
Published London : Thomas Telford, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Introduction -- Design brief -- Design elements -- Dynamic considerations -- Static considerations -- Circulation design -- Circulation layouts -- Stairs and lifts -- Disabled drivers and carers -- Cycles and motorcycles -- Security -- Underground parking -- Lighting -- Signage -- Drainage -- Fire escapes, safety and fire fighting -- Fiscal and barrier control -- Ventilation -- Structure -- Appearance
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Parking lots -- Design and construction
Parking lots -- Design and construction
Form Electronic book
Author Rhodes, Glynn.
Vollar, Steve.
Whapples, Chris.
ISBN 9781680150384
1680150383