{"product_id":"9780792372134","title":"Parking Structures: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair","description":"\u003ch1\u003eParking Structures: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eChrest, Anthony P.; Smith, Mary S.; Bhuyan, Sam; Iqbal, Mohammad; Monahan, Donald R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParking Structures\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eParking\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eStructures\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eNew in the third edition\u003c\/em\u003e: This third edition of \u003cem\u003eParking  Structures\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-02-28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792372134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-1577-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 856\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44341179515020,"sku":"9780792372134","price":404.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792372134.jpg?v=1775011656","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792372134","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}