IDE president John Woodward adds name to the campaign for car park inspections.
John Woodward, the current president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers, has added his weight to the growing campaign for regular car park inspections. Woodward’s renewed call – on his website – comes as the Concrete Repair Association (CRA) and the British Parking Association have joined forces to call for the same regime.
According to the CRA, car parks are expected to last like bridges and yet are built to a less rigorous design code.
Judging by our news archives, car park collapses are not a purely UK issue. In the past year, we have reported on collapses in Fort Lauderdale, Singapore, as well as Southampton and Southend in the UK, while Woodward also cites another incident in Ontario.
“From our own experience of structures of this type we can only agree with the car park operators that regular inspection, testing, and maintenance is needed to ensure that our ageing car parks remain safe, and all suspect car parks are demolished safely and quickly to remove any chance of a premature collapse,” Woodward says.
