There is nothing more frustrating than driving around in circles in a parking lot searching for a vacant spot. It can be stressful at times, especially when you are in a hurry and the lot is almost full. The “perfect” spot does not matter to some drivers, but being strategic […]
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 […]
In December 2019, Rich & Associates, in association with The Christman Company, was awarded a contract to provide design, engineering and construction related services for two new parking garages for the campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The original project included the 5 level 825 space Lot 23 […]
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 […]
Ford Motor Company recently announced site plans for a Mobility Innovation District around the redevelopment of the historic Michigan Central Station in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. Since parking and mobility go hand in hand, a parking mobility hub is a vital part of the plans. Ford’s leadership challenged our team […]
SOUTHFIELD, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Rich & Associates, the world’s oldest firm dedicated solely to parking, design, planning and management, was Architect of Record for Bedrock’s recently opened Assembly Garage – a 450 space parking structure with infrastructure in place for 8,500 sq. ft. of future ground level retail space. The parking […]
Rich & Associates’ affiliate, MEDPark Management, Inc., has been managing and operating a 1,600 space parking garage at the Jesse Brown VAMC in Chicago since 2003. The 2020 pandemic has changed how our management team operates and has informed our designers on how we look at designing parking. In order […]