Brisbane International Airport
Queensland, Australia
Brisbane International Airport is the major tourist and commercial gateway to Queensland – Australia’s sunshine state – with over 4.1 million passengers and 14,000 aircraft movements during 2008. Part of a planned expansion in 2007 included a significant upgrade to the terminal, traffic management and parking systems.
To provide sufficient parking for the number of passengers, a five level, 1500 park Multi Level Car Park (MLCP) was built adjacent to the International Terminal. It boasts “state of the art” facilities including a Siemens CCTV system, Skidata barrier controls and parking ticket systems and departure and arrival monitors on each level. The design is wide and uncluttered and a Car Parking Technologies sign guidance system with floor mounted VDS units and digital aisle and level signs has been installed to assist drivers to find available parks in the shortest possible time.
At the entrance, a digital entrance sign displays the available parks on each level. On each level, directional signs display the number of available parks in each aisle meaning parkers do not have to “hunt” for parks and neither do they hold up other drivers for the same reason. This has significantly reduced the time and stress involved in finding a vacant space in such a busy facility and has sped up vehicle movements around the MLCP making it quicker and easier to enter and leave the car park.
The Brisbane International Airport MLCP was officially opened in early 2008 by the Australian Prime Minister amid nationwide publicity.