CASE STUDY Southampton General Hospital Multi Storey Car Park Topping Southampton, Hampshire, UK As part of ongoing improvements and expansion of the Southampton General Hospital site, a new multi storey car park was commissioned to alleviate the onsite parking shortage for staff and research personnel. The car park was constructed from precast concrete units that required a structural concrete topping, overlain with a flexible bituminous wearing course on the top level. Challenge The 100mm topping overlaying structural precast concrete planks, requires reinforcement to control cracking to ensure service life is maintained in this type of application. Conventionally, a single layer of welded steel mesh is used to provide this reinforcement. Due to the restricted work

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