Parking Structure & Industry Insights

Continue reading our blog to discover the benefits of different types of parking garage materials and what StructureCare uses to ensure your parking structure remains healthy and strong.

Continue reading this guide to discover the benefits of different parking structure construction types.

New York City’s Local Law 126 of 2021 amends Article 323 of Chapter 3 of Title 28 of the New York City Administrative Code, and Section 103-13 to Subchapter C of the Rules of the City of New York. Both mandate assessment and reporting requirements that every parking structure owner in New York City needs to follow to stay compliant. 

Continue reading to learn about the benefits of regular assessments and how the multiple types of parking garage inspections StructureCare offers to help maintain the health of your structure.

As of August 29, 2018, Section 1203.3(j) of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) mandates assessment and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner in New York State needs to follow to stay compliant. 

On ongoing regulation, Section 27-17.B of the Syracuse, New York Code of Ordinances, mandates assessment and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, Section 18-21.g.4 of the Kansas City, Missouri Code of Ordinances, mandates inspection and reporting requirements that every parking structure owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

As of December 14, 2021, Section 307-22.2 of the Buffalo, New York Code of Ordinances, mandates assessment and reporting requirements that every parking structure owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, Chapter 108 of the Minneapolis, Minnesota Code of Ordinances, mandates annual inspection and reporting requirements that every parking ramp owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, Subdivision XI of Chapter 8 of the St. Louis Park, Minnesota City Code, mandates annual inspection and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, Article XIII of the Edina, Minnesota Code of Ordinances, mandates annual inspection and reporting requirements that every parking ramp owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, Chapter 417 of the Saint Paul, Minnesota Code of Ordinances, mandates annual inspection and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, Section 100-15.G.2 of Chapter 100, Article III of the Code of the City of Hackensack, New Jersey, has introduced mandatory inspection and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

An ongoing regulation, the Duluth, MN Parking Structure Annual Report & Review Program, mandates annual inspection and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

As of November 7, 2022, a new amendment to Section 1375.07.c of the city of Beachwood, Ohio code of ordinances, has introduced mandatory inspection and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant.

Even though today’s parking structures are designed to last 75 years or more, many components of a structure have a shorter service life. They will need to be replaced or substantially rehabilitated multiple times during the life span of the structure.

A new regulation, Section 3143.04 of the city of Cleveland, Ohio code of ordinances, has introduced mandatory inspection and reporting requirements that every parking garage owner needs to follow to stay compliant. 

As part of our winter maintenance training program, which we offer to clients throughout the Northeast and Midwest, we provide guidance on best practices to mitigate deterioration to
your structure

We do whatever it takes to solve our clients' problems with trust, accountability, and integrity. The health of a parking structure is a valuable asset for a healthcare system and StructureCare is here to help ensure that is an easy process for you, so you can focus on your patients and we can focus on your structure. 

In case you missed it, New York City has changed the way parking structures are being managed with revisions to New York City Department of Building laws (Construction Codes §28-323 and Rules of City of New York (RCNY) §103-13).  

New laws are being enacted that focus on enforcing parking structure inspections and condition assessments by qualified engineering professionals. These new laws are intended to provide an “ounce of prevention” and offer parking structure owners, occupiers, investors, and the local community a “pound of cure” to reduce potential garage collapses.

To achieve compliance, New York City parking structure owners and/or owners’ reps must hire a New York City Qualified Parking Inspector, or QPSI, to perform a condition assessment report with the New York City Department of Buildings every six years.

Launched on January 1, 2022, owners of parking structures must now hire a New York State licensed and registered professional engineer (Qualified Parking Structure Inspector)

In the second of two posts in this series, we get to know Steven more personally in a more casual Q&A type post.