I recommend that Engineers should get involved in car park layout design and it should not be left solely to Architects
I got the impression that Architects concentrated on the buildings and car park layouts were more for presentations to show shrubbery areas etc
Engineers would look at practicalities such as:
- Space size. I always recommended that parking space sizes should be bigger than the UK standard (2.4m x4.8m) say nearer to or longer than the USA standard (2.7m x 5.5m)
- Car park design should clearly show pedestrian ways and if they are located between facing car spaces then allow for the overhang of cars from their wheels
- The travelling and turning of cars should be modelled especially for tight entrances
- The location of drains and probably oil interception
