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    Structural steel is presented as the preferred material for building parking structures. It offers lower costs than alternatives due to faster construction, simpler design, reduced foundations needs, and lower long-term maintenance costs. Steel structures are also durable, easy to maintain, and perform well in seismic events. For more information on the benefits of steel framing solutions for parking garages, contact AISC Marketing.

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    Structural Steel Framing Solutions For Parking Structures

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    Structural steel is presented as the preferred material for building parking structures. It offers lower costs than alternatives due to faster construction, simpler design, reduced foundations needs, and lower long-term maintenance costs. Steel structures are also durable, easy to maintain, and perform well in seismic events. For more information on the benefits of steel framing solutions for parking garages, contact AISC Marketing.

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    Structural steel is presented as the preferred material for building parking structures. It offers lower costs than alternatives due to faster construction, simpler design, reduced foundations needs, and lower long-term maintenance costs. Steel structures are also durable, easy to maintain, and perform well in seismic events. For more information on the benefits of steel framing solutions for parking garages, contact AISC Marketing.

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    Structural steel is presented as the preferred material for building parking structures. It offers lower costs than alternatives due to faster construction, simpler design, reduced foundations needs, and lower long-term maintenance costs. Steel structures are also durable, easy to maintain, and perform well in seismic events. For more information on the benefits of steel framing solutions for parking garages, contact AISC Marketing.

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    MAKING STRUCTURAL STEEL

    THEMATERIAL OF CHOICE

    For more information or help


    exploring a steel solution for your
    next parking garage, contact:

    AISC Marketing LLC


    One East Wacker
    Suite 3100
    Chicago, Illinois 60601-2001
    312.670.5433
    [email protected]

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    AISC MARKETING

    STRUCTURAL STEEL
    BUILDING TOMORROW'S
    PARKING STRUCTURES TODAY

    SteelSmart
    The selection of structural materials for your
    new parking garage is serious business.

    THE STEEL ADVANTAGE LOWER COST DURABILITY


    Economic advantages of steel framed Steel is a durable framing material that
    Lower Cost parking structures include: lasts centuries with only minor preventa-
    • lower structure costs tive maintenance. The garages pictured
    Durability
    • faster construction speed on these pages have stood the test of time.
    Ease of Maintenance • simpler design
    • reduced foundation costs EASE OF MAINTENANCE
    Ease of Construction • construction in virtually any weather Today’s modern protective coatings pro-
    condition tect steel-framed parking structures for
    Seismic Performance 30 to 50 years. The open and readily
    • lower maintenance costs
    • efficient use of space accessible steel frame simplifies surface
    Appearance
    • ease of future expansion inspection and maintenance.
    Personal Security

    AISC MARKETING
    AISC Marketing will help you take a serious
    look at the structural framing system of
    your next parking garage. Regional
    Engineers are avialable throughout the
    United States to provide preliminary
    design assistance, comparative cost
    estimates and to review the benefits of
    using steel on your next project.

    AISC Marketing is a division of the


    American Institute of Steel Construction,
    a not-for-profit technical institute and
    trade association. Established in 1921
    to service the structural steel design
    community and construction industry.
    AISC’s mission is to make structural
    steel the material of choice. AISC is the
    leader in technical assistance, education,
    certification and marketing development
    for the structural steel industry.
    ▲

    front cover
    Portland International Airport
    2,300 spaces added
    Architect: Zimmer Gunsel Frasca
    Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting
    Engineers
    EASE OF CONSTRUCTION
    Structural steel framing systems are
    erected and stabilized quickly even in
    restricted sites, allowing immediate load-
    ing and enabling work crews to proceed
    without delay.

    ▲ Tufts Health Plan facility SEISMIC PERFORMANCE


    Watertown, MA The ductility and light weight of steel
    1400 parking spaces
    framing provides resiliency and reserve
    Parking Design: Hybrid Parking
    strength even under extreme loads. Steel
    Solutions, LLC.
    has withstood the test of time in providing
    superior seismic performance.
    ▼ Harvard Square Parking Garage
    Cambridge, MA APPEARANCE
    215 spaces Steel framed parking structures can be
    Owner: Kennedy and Elliot Realty Trust constructed with a variety of exterior
    Architect: Maguire Group architectural cladding systems.
    Designers can achieve virtually any
    desired effect.

    The broad range of available treatments


    gives steel framed parking structures the
    ability to fit into almost any architectural
    setting. ▲▲ Burlington International Airport
    Burlington, Vermont
    Functional and aesthetic color schemes 1140 spaces
    provide a cleaner, brighter, friendlier Parking Designer: Hybrid Parking Solutions, LLC
    appearance inside and out. Floor color
    ▲ Passaic County Parking Garage
    schemes are easy to execute with steel
    550 spaces
    coatings and graffiti removal is greatly Architect: Associated Architects, Paterson,
    simplified. New Jersey

    PERSONAL SECURITY
    Unlike concrete parking structures, which ▼ Cologne/Bonn Airport
    have massive columns and solid wall ele- 5,850 spaces
    ments that can conceal criminal activi- Architect: Murphy/Jahn Inc.,Chicago, Illinois

    H.G. Esch
    ties, the smaller framing members in
    steel-framed parking structures provide
    visually secure, open, illuminated spaces.
    (c)UDOHESSE/COURTESY MURPHY/JAHN

    Helmut Jahn
    “Steel was the most cost effective building
    material and simultaneously fufilled all
    aesthetic expectations, signaling a bright
    future for its use in similar applications.”
    Helmut Jahn
    Principal, Murphy/Jahn Inc.
    Chicago, Illinois

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