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Guide for Structural Maintenance of Parking Structures

2000, 15 pp.

$36.50


This guide is intended to assist parking structure owners, operators, and the consultants who advise them in developing preventive maintenance programs for parking structures. It presents typical maintenance concerns and suggests ways of addressing them.

The guide summarizes information regarding structural, operational, aesthetic, and routine maintenance for parking structures. A structural maintenance checklist of specific recommended tasks and references to other publications with information related to the structural maintenance of parking structures is included.

Contents:
Chapter 1--Introduction


Chapter 2--Developing a maintenance program

2.1--The project maintenance manual

2.2--Periodic inspections

2.3--Preventive maintenance

2.4--Conditional appraisals


Chapter 3--Deterioration problems associated with parking structures

3.1--Concrete-related deterioration

3.1.1--Scaling

3.1.2--Corrosion

3.1.3--Delaminations

3.1.4--Spalling

3.1.5--Cracking

3.1.6--Leaking

3.1.7--Leaching

3.2--Sealants and waterproofing

3.2.1--Contraction and construction jointing sealants

3.2.2--Seals for isolation joints and expansion joints

3.2.3--Concrete sealers

3.2.4--Elastromeric, traffic-bearing membranes

3.3--Structural elements and related items

3.3.1--Concrete deck surface

3.3.2--Beams, columns, and walls

3.3.3--Stair and elevator towers

3.3.4--Exposed metals


Chapter 4--General maintenance considerations

4.1--Housekeeping and cleaning requirements

4.2--Snow removal and ice control

4.3--Other operational maintenance

4.4--Aesthetic-related maintenance

4.5--Precast/prestressed concrete

4.6--Post-tensioned concrete

4.7--Cast-in-place, conventionally reinforced-concrete structures


Chapter 5--Parking facility structural maintenance tasks and frequencies


Chapter 6--References

6.1--Referenced standards and reports

6.2--Cited references


Appendix A--Snow removal

Appendix B--Deicing procedures

Appendix C--Checklist for structural inspection of parking structures

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