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Automated parking systems

Automated parking systems, engineered and built by one company.

We design the system, fabricate the steel in our own factory, build the UL 508A control panels through our own certified panel shop, write the software, install it with our own crews, and service it for the life of the building. When something needs to be answered, there is one company to call.

  • UL 508A certified panel shop
  • 125,000 sq ft manufacturing facility
  • Installation self-performed
7-high tandem puzzleVerified
42 vehicle spaces in 1,080 sq ft
  • 2–7Levels
  • 7,000lb rated
  • ~50%Space saved
  • 125,000sq ft steel fabrication and assembly facility
  • 2–7levels per puzzle system, plus optional subterranean
  • 7,000lb rated pallet capacity
  • 5offices — LA, Seattle, Miami, Boston, San Francisco
UL 508A certified panel shop UL 508A MTR on staff NFPA 70 IPC J-STD-001

Certifications held by our Director of Engineering. Panels are built by our sister company, Applied Gray Matter.

[CLIENT TO PROVIDE] — two further trust figures

Year founded · total systems or spaces installed · total panels built · the certification logos referenced but unnamed on the Manufacturing page. A “300+ projects” figure appears in one blog headline and, if defensible, belongs here. Four verified figures beat six with two invented — these tiles stay empty until the numbers are confirmed.

What goes wrong

Six things that go wrong on automated parking projects.

The system goes down and nobody knows until a resident calls.

Every semi-automated and fully automated installation we deliver is remotely monitored. We see the error code before the phone rings.

Maintenance & monitoring

Two vendors, one interface, and a scope gap in the middle.

We engineer, manufacture, program, install and service the same system. There is no handoff between the steel and the controls.

Our process

The panel gets red-tagged and the schedule slips.

Our panels are built to UL 508A with SCCR calculations, correct component selection, and documentation the inspector expects.

UL 508A control panels

The AHJ has never seen a system like this.

We prepare permit documentation and work directly with local authorities having jurisdiction. We have been through this in most US regions.

Design & permitting

The existing system is fifteen years old and parts are gone.

We retrofit and modernize existing systems, including controls replacement on equipment we did not originally supply.

Modernization

Commissioning gets compressed into the last week of the job.

We run Factory Acceptance Testing before the system ships and Site Acceptance Testing after installation, so problems surface in our factory instead of your garage.

Commissioning & field services

Systems

Four ways to fit more cars into less structure.

Mechanical Stackers

When you need more spaces on the footprint you already have. Hydraulic two-, three- and four-level stackers. An attendant typically manages retrieval and stowing.

Double · Triple · QuadIndoor / outdoor
See stacker configurations

Semi-Automated Puzzle

When every resident needs to reach their own car, without an attendant. Vehicles move laterally and vertically so each user has independent access.

2–7 levels7,000 lbLevel 2 EV
See puzzle specifications

Fully Automated

When the driver never enters the garage. Battery-operated omni-directional AGVs, or rack and rail, park the vehicle with no driver or attendant in the structure.

Robotic AGVRack & rail
See fully automated systems

Custom Systems

When the site does not fit a catalogue. Turntables, cladding, vertical reciprocating conveyors, scissor lifts, remote monitoring, battery backup and automated bicycle storage.

Designed to site
See custom capabilities
Puzzle system — minimum clear height by configuration. Pit depth 6′-10″ to 8′ where a pit is used, depending on vehicle size.
ConfigurationMinimum clear heightPit required
1–2 High12′ – 14′-6″Optional
3 High18′ – 22′Optional
4 High24′ – 26′Optional
5 High30′ – 33′Optional
6 High36′ – 39′Optional
7 High42′ – 45′Optional

Compare all four systems

Inside the system

What is actually inside an automated parking system.

Most of a parking system is not the steel. Select any point below to see the component, what it does, and why it determines whether the system still works in year twelve.

1 2 3 4 5 6
Fig. 02 — Typical section. Schematic; not to scale.

The vehicle sits on a pallet that moves vertically and laterally. Pallet rating and lift geometry set your clear heights, pit depth and structural loads.

Systems

The enclosure holding power distribution, motor control, safety circuits and communications. Built in our own certified panel shop with SCCR calculations and NEMA/IP-rated enclosure selection matched to the environment.

UL 508A panels

The programmable controller running the motion sequence, and the operator interface residents use. Written and tested by us, so the logic is documented and maintainable by whoever holds the service contract.

PLC, HMI & SCADA

Our flat-pallet design lets the charger travel with the vehicle to its space. Level 2 at 208–240 VAC, SAE J1772 with ISO 15118 capability, RFID authentication, and smart load management so you install more chargers on the same service.

EV charging

The circuits that stop motion when something is where it should not be. Designed into the panel, not added afterward.

Engineering

A secure connection that reports error codes to our team. On semi-automated and fully automated installations we diagnose remotely before dispatching.

Maintenance & monitoring

Vertical integration

Four companies’ worth of work, done by one.

Engineer

In-house engineering, from stacking diagrams and permit documentation through electrical schematics, panel layouts and I/O lists.

Manufacture

Steel fabrication and assembly in our own 125,000 sq ft facility, plus a 25,000 sq ft Las Vegas facility building EV chargers in the United States. We are an OEM. We do not resell someone else’s equipment.

Program

UL 508A control panels and the PLC and HMI software that runs them, built by our own certified panel shop.

Service

Our own crews install and commission. Preventive maintenance plans, 24/7 remote monitoring, and emergency service after handover.

Our process

Seven stages, and what you get at the end of each one.

We review the site, the parking count you need, the structure, and the local code environment.

A feasibility assessment and a system recommendation

Stacking diagrams, structural and electrical requirements, control narrative, single-line diagrams and I/O lists.

A coordinated design package and permit documentation

Steel fabricated and assembled in our factory; UL 508A panels built in our panel shop.

A manufactured system with build documentation

PLC logic and HMI screens written and configured to the control narrative.

Documented, maintainable software

Factory Acceptance Testing before shipment. Problems surface in our building, not yours.

A signed FAT report

Installation by our own crews, Site Acceptance Testing, operator training and handover.

A commissioned system, an as-built set, and trained staff

Preventive maintenance, 24/7 remote monitoring, emergency service, and modernization when the system ages.

A service agreement and a monitored system

View our process in detail

Projects

Systems we’ve installed.

Fifteen installations are verified across residential, hotel, mixed-use and commercial buildings — including a 7-high tandem puzzle in Gardena, a double stacker at Dior on Rodeo Drive, and a combined puzzle and stacker system at 25 Isabella in Boston.

[CLIENT TO PROVIDE] — featured case study

The featured project card is deliberately not built. It requires a space count, the site constraint that made the job hard, professional photography, written permission to name the client, and a measured outcome. If no outcome was measured, the Result field is deleted — not estimated. Until these exist, this section ships as a link to the project index rather than a fabricated feature.

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Who we serve

Find what you need for your role.

Developers and owner’s reps

Cost per space, parking count on your footprint, and what the system does to your pro forma.

Run the TAPculator

Architects

Dimensioned drawings, clear heights, pit depths, structural loads, and Revit content.

Download specifications

General contractors

Scope division, electrical service requirements, lead times, and who runs the FAT.

See our process

Operators and property managers

Maintenance plans, remote monitoring, emergency service, and modernization for aging systems.

See service options

Resources

Tools to size the decision before you call us.

TAPculator

Estimate what an automated system could save on your project, based on location and size.

Run the numbers

Specifications, CAD and Revit

Spec sheets and drawing files by system type and project region. Spec sheets are ungated.

Download specifications

Planning guides

What to resolve at schematic design, what the AHJ will ask, and how the controls scope divides.

Read the guides
[CLIENT TO PROVIDE] — customer proof, intentionally omitted at launch

The audit found no verified testimonial for either company. A single unattributed quote reads as invented even when it is not, so this section stays out until three role-diverse quotes exist — one developer, one architect, one operator — each with a full name, title, company, project, and a signed release. The project grid above carries the proof load until then.

Get started

Planning an automated parking project?

Tell us the site and the parking count you need. An engineer will come back to you with whether it fits and what it would take.

Step 1 of 2 — Start4 fields

Enter your name.

Enter a valid work email address.

Enter the city and state.

Enter an approximate space count.

Step 2 of 2 — Almost done

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