Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471273392 ISBN 13: 9780471273394

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities covers the essentialsof designing transit facilities.
* Features innovative transit station designs, including light andheavy rail, airports, and cruise terminals.
* Presents numerous illustratrations with descriptive floor plans,diagrams, and photographs.
* Provides need-to-know information for getting started in thiscomplex area.

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From the Inside Flap:

Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities presents nuts-and-boltsguidelines and inspirational, real-world advice to jump-startsuperlative design projects for a variety of transit facilities.Award-winning architect Kenneth Griffin, AIA, provides guidelines,cautionary advice, and lessons learned from a variety of actualtransit design projects–such as facilities serving heavy- andlight-rail trains (including subways), airports, buses, andships–to steer everyone on a project toward making sounddecisions early in the planning cycle. Descriptive illustrationsand need-to-know information offer valuable coverage on suchessential topics as ridership analysis, station-area development,vertical circulation, and safety and security issues.

This indispensable guide:

• Asks and answers twenty questions that frequently arise in theearly phases of a project commission
• Provides project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections,and details
• Includes design guidelines for a variety of transit facilitiesprojects, including some of the most innovative contemporarydesigns

This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluableguide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get movingquickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building TypeBasics book, it provides authoritative, up-to-date informationinstantly and saves architects and facility planners countlesshours of research. Engineering consultants will also find in thisvolume a wealth of information to help them tackle transit buildingcommissions of every kind and scale.

From the Back Cover:

The fastest way to straighten out the learning curve on specializeddesign projects

"The series is welcome . . . By providing recent buildings asexamples, supported with technical information and charts of designcriteria, these books attempt to bridge the gap between theory andpractice."
–Oculus

Building Type Basics books provide architects, engineers, andfacility planners with the essentials they need to jump-start thedesign of a variety of specialized facilities. In each volume,leading national figures in the field address the key questionsthat shape the early phases of a project commission. The answers tothese questions provide instant information in a convenient,easy-to-follow format. The result is an excellent, hands-onreference that puts critical information at your fingertips.

Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities is a nuts-and-boltsguide to all the design considerations for a diverse variety oftransit facilities–from predesign research to operations andmaintenance. Complete with descriptive illustrations, this usefulresource offers essential information, guidelines, and cautionaryadvice on building projects serving heavy- and light-rail trains(including subways), airports, buses, and ships.