THE SAFETY ASPECT EVALUATION OF THE VERTICAL PARKING BUILDING AT DEPOK TOWN SQUARE, DEPOK CITY, WEST JAVA

Abstract

   Changes in life patterns that occur in the middle of community life as a result of economic growth will also affect the means of transportation. Personal transportation facilities, especially the car becomes a necessity for the community to support the various activities it does. This requires supporting facilities such as the need for parking. Limitations of land become obstacles so far to increase the parking area horizontally, so that the addition of parking space can be done vertically by making a multi-story parking building. But so far the existence of a multi-storey car park does not meet the safety aspect, this is evidenced by the number of accidents that occur. The number of cases of accidents that occur certainly cause concern and discomfort to the users of the parking area, in connection with the existence of the problem, it is necessary to evaluate the safety aspects of the high-rise parking buildings needed to ensure the safety of users of the parking building. Safety that need to be protected related to the parking area is the safety of the inhabitants of human beings both pedestrians and motorists. While the protected assets are building assets in the form of building equipment and parked vehicles. Threats that are meant in designing the parking area are fatal accidents and criminal acts. The purpose of this study was to analyze the safety aspects of multi-storey parking buildings by taking the case of the Depok Town Square building. The research method used was direct observation research and literature study regarding the safety standards of the parking building, using descriptive and comparative analysis methods so that an overall picture of safety in the parking building was obtained, from the research results. From the results of the analysis, the parking building meets safety standards based on vehicle speed restraint, the slope of the ramp and the size of the aisles, but the surface layer of the floor is still too slippery and the drainage system does not meet safety standards because it can cause slip on the vehicle wheels.