Over the past 18 months the parking industry has experienced a dramatic change, perhaps more than at any other time…at least since Model T’s started rolling off the assembly line. There’s no crystal ball that enables parking owners to see the future and recognize whether these changes are permanent, or […]
Earlier this year we provided an update on the recently completed design of the Ford Motor Company’s new Bagley Parking Hub. Rich & Associates designed the structure and is providing ongoing parking engineering consultation through the construction process. Construction on the Bagley Parking Hub has officially begun and the structure is on […]
We are all aware of the pandemic’s impact on businesses. To remain viable many businesses were forced to rethink their business models and the spaces they operate in to accommodate new safety regulations. One way that restaurants adapted to new regulations was by use of parking spaces. By taking it […]
Over the last two years, California-based global capital equipment company KLA, has been actively growing its second U.S. headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI. Currently, KLA is operating out of a 58,000 square foot temporary office space. The new 230,000 square foot KLA headquarters and parking structure, both of which are […]
Rich & Associates, the world’s oldest firm dedicated solely to parking design, planning, and management, announced today that it led the multi-discipline team that designed Ford Motor Company’s new Bagley Parking Hub. Rich & Associates designed the structure and is providing ongoing parking engineering consultation through the construction process. With […]
Our founder Richard C. Rich was featured in the most recent issue of Parking Today. Read the article below. Dick Rich is a parking industry legend, and one of the last remaining pioneers from the industry’s early days. He got his start in parking in the early 1950s, and in […]
One Christmas, a Boston mother flung her two young children, and then herself, off the roof of a parking garage. It was the third suicide at this garage in less than a year. The sad fact is that parking garages are common locations for suicide by jumping, second only to […]
The parking industry began discussing sustainable parking nearly two decades ago. At first the entire concept seemed counterintuitive. How could builders design structures to maximize performance while minimizing waste and actually improve the environment? The idea now no longer seems so foreign and through creative design we can create garages that minimize […]