Airport parking terminal wins concrete honors.The PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. Transit Awards Competition biennial awards program was instituted in 1999, to honor excellence in the design and construction of public transit facilities. Projects are required to use concrete either as a system-wise feature or as a principal material in a standalone project and had to be substantially complete in 2002 or 2003. The latest transit competition attracted 34 outstanding entries from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . A jury consisting of two prominent professionals selected the winners. The distinguished judges for the award program were Carol Ross Barney, President of the architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. of Ross Barney + Jankowski, Architects, and Michael Goodkind, President of Alfred Benesch & Company. One of the four winners is the Newark Liberty International Airport For the massive interchange outside of Newark Liberty International Airport, see . Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR, FAA LID: EWR), first named Newark Airport and later Newark International Airport Terminal C Parking Garage, a four-story, free-standing precast/prestressed concrete structure which contains 3,400 parking spaces. The structure has a curved shape in plan to conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" the curve in the adjacent airport roadways. For the security of pedestrians, two 40' wide light wells are carved into the floors to allow daylight to penetrate to all floors in the garage. Two glass enclosed stairways descend into each light well. George Hibbs, partner at Clark, Canton and Hintz said "No other building material could match precast pre·cast adj. Relating to or being a structural member, especially of concrete, that has been cast into form before being transported to its site of installation. concrete's functional and economic advantages when it comes to building parking structures." "Durability, low maintenance, aesthetic flexibility, high quality, and swift construction in all weather conditions were benefits which precast concrete precast concrete Concrete cast into structural members under factory conditions and then brought to the building site. A 20th-century development, precasting increases the strength and finish durability of the member and decreases time and construction costs. provided to the project." The judges stated that the project architects found the right elements to fit together for this economic solution including the great use of the light wells. This parking facility is a part of Continental Airline's "Global Gateway" at Newark International Airport. Construction began in June 2000 and was completed in April 2002 at a cost of $83 million. |
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