About the author  ⁄ Gary Cudney, P.E.

Gary Cudney, P.E., is President and CEO of Carl Walker, Inc., a national parking consulting firm. He is a Past Chairman of the National Parking Association’s (NPA) Parking Consultants Council (PCC), member of the PCC structural committee, and a contributing author of the committee’s article High Bumpers Prompt Change in IBC Code in 2009.

Design Considerations

Cast-in-Place Concrete Edge Barrier Walls in Parking Structures

The April 2014 issue of STRUCTURE magazine featured an article in the Structural Failures column, titled Design Deficiencies in Edge Barrier Walls in Parking Structures, by Mohammad Iqbal, D.Sc., P.E., S.E., Esq. The article brought up important points related to the adequacy of upturned cast-in-place (CIP) concrete barrier walls supported on slab edges to withstand code-prescribed vehicle barrier loads in parking structures. …

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Apr, 2016 By In Articles, Guest Column Comments 0
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