We’ve all seen them, but where did they originate and who designed them? Let’s go back to where it all began, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the 1920’s and 1930’s. When cars were no longer a transportation mode only for the rich, streets meant for horse and buggy now needed to […]
In late 2019, we reported on the new SoMA (South of Mack Ave.) district in Midtown Detroit. The SoMA district was to be built as a high-end mixed-use development on more than seven acres. There were two existing office buildings included in the renovation plan as part of the project […]
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 […]
It is all about the experience. As parking designers, we strive to make the parking experience positive and a seamless process in the parker’s journey to their destination. To create this positive experience, we use state of the art parking technologies, enhanced lighting, circulation that is intuitive along with clear […]
The pandemic has brought about many changes that will be permanent, particularly when it comes to urban planning and parking planning. This is particularly true of the changes brought by lockdowns that many communities experienced last spring—and in some cases continue to experience—which have accelerated an already active trend of […]
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 […]