Tag: Parking Structure

Building Smarter: How Seismic Codes Shape Parking Structure Design and Construction

By Fernando Sanchez & Darren King Jul 28, 2025 Design and Construction

Updated: Jul 28, 2025

In the rapidly evolving urban landscape, parking buildings are vital components of a wide variety of facilities, and—as their functional importance grows—so does the complexity of designing and building them, especially in earthquake-prone regions. Updates to seismic codes significantly affect how structures are designed, budgeted, and constructed. These regulations, implemented to improve public safety, reshape […]

NFPA Tackles EV Fire Safety for Parking Garages

By Joe Bebon, Editor Dec 27, 2024 Design and Construction

Updated: Jan 14, 2025

Alternative fuel vehicles are designed with larger quantities of combustible materials (e.g., fuels, plastics, synthetic materials, etc.) that present new and unique hazards, particularly in parking garages and vehicle carriers. To help provide informed guidance for the fire safety design of parking garages or other facilities where a large number of vehicles are densely placed, […]

Modern Parking Garage at Night

Parking Structures—Be Smart about Maintenance

By Rachel Margolis Jan 29, 2021 Grounds Management

Updated: Jan 29, 2021

As a facilities manager, are you prepared for the task of managing a parking structure? These multistory facilities are complex. A parking structure is more like a highway bridge than a traditional building with an envelope because a parking structure’s framing system is exposed to environmental conditions that include freezing and thawing cycles, moisture, and […]