PCC Research preview

This page is a working demonstration for NPA and Council leadership. Enter the preview phrase to continue.

That is not the phrase. Try again.
A publication of the National Parking Association -- Parking Consultants Council
NPA's 75th Year · 1951–2026  ·  How this connects to WeAreParking.org →
Parkonomics PCC Research
PCC Research / The PCC Book of Parking / Part IV
THE PCC BOOK OF PARKING · PART IV · 8 MODULES · BUILT IN FULL

Making It Stand

Code, structure, and construction. The classification decision that drives every system after it, the fire-protection triggers, the structural choice that is really a 50-year maintenance commitment, the durability stack, the dated cost par, and the delivery method that decides where the risk sleeps. Eight modules from the code official's first question to the notice to proceed.

Source chapters: Chs 10-11 (Monahan) · Ch 13 (Cochran, Purinton, Racey) · Ch 5 (McConnell) · Ch 14 (Lozano, Cochran)
Mechanisms on display here: the openness calculator (Module 29, live), a blocking-verification hold (Module 30's table waits for its NFPA citation), and two more canonical drawings (31, 34).
MODULE 29

Open vs. Enclosed: The Code Classification That Drives Everything

The classification that drives everything: two tests, and the facade that fails them by accident.

Read the module →
MODULE 30

Underground, Mixed-Use, and Mechanical-Access: The Harder Code Cases

Underground, mixed-use, mechanical access: the cases that surrender the open-garage economics.

Read the module →
MODULE 31

Fire Protection: IBC, NFPA, and What Triggers Sprinklers

IBC, NFPA 88A, and what actually triggers sprinklers -- decided in schematic, not at permit.

Read the module →
MODULE 32

Structural Systems: Precast vs. Post-Tensioned, and How Owners Should Choose

Precast vs. post-tensioned: a maintenance commitment wearing a construction method.

Read the module →
MODULE 33

Long-Span vs. Short-Span: The Column Decision

The column decision: 60 to 64 feet clear, and what the premium buys for the building's life.

Read the module →
MODULE 34

Durability by Design: Cover, Coatings, and Joints

Durability as a stack: water first, skins next, then cover, chemistry, and honest joints.

Read the module →
MODULE 35 · FREE

Construction Budgeting: Sequence, Components, and Contingency

The $29,000 space, decomposed and date-stamped -- the par the estimate must move from.

Read the module →
MODULE 36

Project Delivery: Design-Bid-Build, CM, Design-Build, and IPD Compared

DBB, CM at risk, design-build, P3: pick where the risk sits, then pick the method.

Read the module →
← Part III · Making It FitPart V · Making It Usable →Start at Module 29 →