One cashier plaza lane will be staffed 24 hours per day. Six entry lanes and eight exit lanes are provided. It contains machine-read tickets, pay-on-foot stations, a credit card in/out option, and an automatic vehicle identification (AVI) payment option called MACPASS Plus. Out-to-out plan dimensions are 300 feet by 604 feet.Ī complete parking revenue control/vehicle count system was provided. The cost of the five level Parkade was approximately $55 million, which does include a complete 15,000-square-foot Customer Service Facility for rental car patrons. Precast concrete was selected to achieve the desired 13-month construction schedule throughout the challenging Canadian winter conditions. This fabric creates an open and safe feeling for patrons. This creative façade of the Parkade combines a layout of attractive buff-colored precast concrete panels, which appear to have a basket-weave look, with a woven stainless steel fabric on the side facing the terminal. This orientation also allows for ease of a future horizontal expansion to the west. The 60-foot structural bays are oriented toward the terminal to provide comfortable parker pedestrian flow and the desired ready/return rental car operations on Level 1. The typical floor-to-floor height is 11 feet 6 inches. The Parkade, a totally precast-concrete structure, incorporates 10-foot-by-60-foot prestressed, pre-topped double tees, prestressed beams, precast columns and precast façade panels. To ensure patron understanding of this major addition to the airport, HIAA staff members and local volunteers served as “Parking Ambassadors” to assist travelers with instructions and directions during the first few months of operation.
All parking stalls are provided on flat floors for wayfinding and convenience.Pedestrian flow to and from the Parkade is through a tunnel, a covered bridge, or an overhead pedway for safety and comfort from various weather conditions.Exiting parkers are separated from entering parkers via an internal express ramp that provides an easy flow to the cashier plaza.Daily parking is available on all four parking levels. Hourly parking areas are on Levels 2 and 3, convenient to the pedway.
The path to “Hourly parking” is separated from the path to “Daily parking” via a unique square helix for upbound vehicle flow.The rental car circulation pattern is isolated from the public parker vehicle flow, even though the first floor of the Parkade is dedicated to rental car operations.All parking traffic and rental car traffic is directed to exit the main roadway prior to the terminal frontage roadway so as to minimize potential conflicts in front of the terminal.Separation Features Improve Patron WayfindingĪirport patron wayfinding, with basic roadway graphics, is always enhanced with separation of vehicles having differing destinations: The study concluded that the on-airport parking demand ratio (PDR) for the Halifax airport was about 4 stalls per 1,000 annual originating enplanements, local area only, and that 400 rental car stalls were required. The basis for the study involved a review of parking system usage and occupancy data, rental car usage data, and passenger growth projections for the coming decade as provided by the airport authority. The initial task for Walker Parking was to prepare a demand study for the public parking and “ready/return” rental car operations. A parking revenue control system with modern payment options.A multilevel parking facility, for public parkers and rental car operations, connected to the terminal with a tunnel and an overhead pedway.A full-service hotel, with 175 rooms, connected to the terminal.An improved roadway system, with patron wayfinding features.
The following project requirements were established during the Program Phase: Architects and Engineers and the Boston office of Walker Parking Consultants to plan and design a major roadway/parking facility/site-work improvement project, valued at about $82 million. HSIA, which processed more than 3.5 million passengers in 2008, has been recognized as the world’s best airport in its class for providing “overall passenger satisfaction” for the past six years, through an Airports Council International survey.Īny landside expansion project would, of course, be expected to complement this wonderful track record in the future.Įarly in 2007, the Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) retained Toronto-based NORR Ltd. The province has a population of just under 1 million, with 50% of its populace living close to the airport. Its Halifax Stanfield International Airport (HSIA) is a gateway to Canada and the U.S. Nova Scotia, adjacent to Prince Edward Island, borders on the Atlantic Ocean.
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