All over Europe, multi-storey car parks represent an increasing market for steel construction.
In France, fire safety regulation imposed structural stability requirements, which diminished
dramatically the competitiveness of steel solutions. During the last 5 years, CTICM and other
European partners have demonstrated the remarkable behaviour of composite steel and concrete
structures under natural fire conditions. As a consequence, and with the authorities
approval, a first steel frame open car park has been erected late 2000 near Paris.