Hill Cannon in Print
Car Park Designer's Handbook - J D Hill
with contributions from the current Partners
The purpose of this handbook is to provide advice and guidance on those aspects of planning and design that will enable car parks to perform their function efficiently, economically and at the same time be user friendly.
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, a balancing act between motorist's spatial desires and the practical need to achieve economy of construction and effective use of the site area.
Stall dimensions, aisle, ramp and access-way widths, ramp slopes, headroom and circulation layouts in relation to the motorist are all looked at and discussed. Guidance is given on fire escape requirements, security, disabled driver parking, signage, drainage, barrier control and other items that are necessary to create an efficient and user friendly car park.