{"id":3596,"date":"2015-03-02T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2015-03-10T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T20:29:20","slug":"the-challenges-of-parking-garage-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/the-challenges-of-parking-garage-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenges of Parking Garage Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3606\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3606\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3606\" src=\"https:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3.jpg\" alt=\"Parking garage operators try at all costs to remain open while undergoing repairs.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3-485x364.jpg 485w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/garage_repairs_3-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parking garage operators try at all costs to remain open while undergoing repairs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Parking garages are a reliable source of revenue for a building, as well as a useful amenity to residents who park their cars there. But parking garages are also exposed to toxic fumes, snow, ice, rain, and cold temperatures, all of which can lead to deterioration.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduling repair work on parking garages can be a challenge. Garage operators, wanting to minimize the effect construction can have on revenue, prefer the work be performed during off-peak hours. Residents, however, want to avoid the noise of construction during evenings and weekends.<\/p>\n<p>In RAND's latest <a href=\"http:\/\/randpc.com\/ask\" target=\"_blank\">Ask the Engineer<\/a>, we discuss the issues involved in garage repair programs, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Pre-construction evaluation and design<\/li>\n<li>Scheduling the repairs in phases<\/li>\n<li>Effect on building residents and garage patrons<\/li>\n<li>The importance of a liquidated damages clause<\/li>\n<li>Special Inspections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more on parking garage repairs, read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/ask\/structural\/garage-repairs\/\" target=\"_blank\">full article<\/a> and send us your questions or comments at <a href=\"mailto:&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x70;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x70;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/a>, or call us at 212-675-8844.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Jason Damiano is a Project Engineer at RAND.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parking garages are a reliable source of revenue for a building, as well as a useful amenity to residents who park their cars there. But parking garages are also exposed to toxic fumes, snow, ice, rain, and cold temperatures, all...<\/p>\n <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/the-challenges-of-parking-garage-repairs\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296,26,7,196],"tags":[225,294,295],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garages","category-leaks","category-categories","category-structural-categories","tag-ask-the-engineer","tag-concrete","tag-parking-garages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}