Canada is building differently today. With modular construction (where entire levels of towers can be constructed off-site in a plant, delivered to a project location and assembled over a few days) the timeframes for completing multi-story projects are being reduced significantly; from years to months. This increased pace presents an immediate challenge to developers/property owners who will need to develop their on-site parking management system prior to the first resident moving into the building.
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The Problem: Construction Speed Is Outpacing Parking Readiness
Modular construction has become one of the biggest advancements in the housing industry. UBC researcher Dr. Tony Yang is at the forefront of this development. Instead of constructing all aspects of a house (from roof to foundation) on a construction site while exposed to weather, labor shortages and delivery issues; modular building manufactures parts of an entire floor/building (including plumbing, electric) indoors, in a controlled factory setting. Then those modules are transported to the building site and assembled, similar to putting together a large jigsaw puzzle.
The way Dr. Yang describes it is simple: making one custom car from scratch is very costly and time consuming. However, when a factory builds 100,000 cars of the same model using the exact same process over and over again, costs decrease dramatically. It appears the same logic will now apply to multi unit residential buildings. As a result, new high-rise condominiums can be finished in months as opposed to years.
Modular Construction causes another issue that many developers have not anticipated. If residents do not see functional organized parking systems on their first day of occupancy, they are behind. Residents want to park their vehicle upon arrival in a well-organized manner and not wait six months while the management system catches up.
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Key Benefits of Modular Construction
Fewer weather delays – the factory is not affected by rain, snow or extreme temperatures.
Quality is more consistent – in a factory, the parts are made with much tighter tolerance (more precise) than when they are built on-site.
Less material waste – since materials used in factories have fewer “off-cuts” during the manufacturing process, it results in less of an environmental impact.
Lower cost per unit – with factory production that is done using standard processes as opposed to traditional building techniques, the costs per unit will always be lower.
Faster parking structures – the same concepts of being able to build quick, pre-fab parking decks and ramps can be completed quickly since they can be manufactured in a factory and installed quickly.
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Why This Matters for Parking
Traditional construction times gave you enough room to install your parking solutions in phases. With modular construction you can’t do that. Since a module-based building will take months instead of years to build you need to have your parking system up, running, tested and ready to go as soon as the first residents walk through the door. If you fail to install an effective parking system upon opening it has potential issues with un-authorized vehicle use, conflict among the residents, excessive management overhead and a very poor initial impression that is hard to recover from.
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The Royal Parking Solution: Operational on Day One
Royal Parking is set up to be the parking services partner for these next generation of buildings. Our team works at a construction speed – not behind it.
Planning stage partnership – we work with them at the earliest stages of the development (design) phase to get the best possible car park system integrated into the project; instead of adding it once handover has taken place.
Park appWay pre-launch – The system can be completely configured and “live” before the first resident takes possession of their unit, therefore ensuring that parking will operate on day one.
Scalable from 50 to 500 plus stalls – All of our parking systems have been designed to scale with the building – there is no need to restructure as occupancy increases.
First digital signage – As the tenants’ needs change, the parking rules and assignments will also change digitally. No painting, printing, or down time required.
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Ready Before the Keys Are Handed Over?
The best opportunity for developers or owners of high-rise properties to involve themselves with a parking management company occurs at the beginning of their development process, not when construction has completed. Contact us today.
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Yang, Tony. Modular Construction Research. University of British Columbia, Spring 2026.
“Made-in-Canada Construction Can Cut Emissions at No Extra Cost.” Clean Energy Canada, Apr. 2025, theenergymix.com/canadian-made-materials-can-cut-building-emissions-at-no-extra-cost.
Abbott, Neal T., and Alexander Y. Bigazzi. “Utilizing Shared Parking to Mitigate Imbalanced Supply in a Dense Urban Neighborhood.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, no. 2651, 2017, pp. 92–100, doi.org/10.3141/2651-10.
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