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Sydney University Parking Building

Work has commenced on the construction of an underground parking station at Sydney University. The station will accommodate about 2000 cars.

The station, believed to be the first such facility provided by an Australian university, is being built near the medical school there and will be known as the Medical Precinct Parking Station.

The single-storey building will cover an area of 57,000 square feet and is due to be completed in November this year.

The ground above the station will later be converted into a playing area and will form part of a sports oval.

The station will be square, and will have a waterproofed, reinforced concrete roof, supported by reinforced concrete columns and concrete block walls.

The floor of the car park will be paved with bitumen and the whole underground area will be mechanically ventilated and illuminated by fluorescent lighting.—Honi Soit.