Car Parks

New build and – more often – repair. Few building types age this fast.

What we take on

• Structural design for multi-storey car parks in concrete, precast and composite
• Basement parking under buildings and developments, water-impermeable
• Condition assessment and repair of chloride-damaged elements
• Waterproofing and coating strategies, detailed design

Chlorides are the main issue

De-icing salt, carried in over years, leads to reinforcement corrosion. On existing structures every design starts with investigation: chloride profiles, cover, potential mapping. Only that shows whether coating, concrete replacement or partial demolition is the right answer – and how long it will last.

On new build the protection strategy decides

Trafficked waterproofing, crack-bridging coating, or construction in crack-width-controlled concrete: that decision governs the maintenance cost of the next thirty years more than the concrete volume does. We settle it deliberately with the client rather than in passing.

Usability

Column grid, ramp gradient and clear height decide how many spaces fit on the site and whether they get used in practice. We check the grid against the space count before the analysis starts.