User:Jgrasse2/WalkerParking

Largest parking consulting and design firm in the United States

 * 13 offices
 * Over 300 employees
 * Over 8,000 completed parking projects

Walker Parking Consultants was founded in 1965 Carl Walker sold the firm in 1982
 * Carl Walker & Associates, Inc.
 * Four original founders
 * Walker Parking Consultants/Engineers, Inc.

Experience
 * master planning
 * operations and management
 * financial analysis
 * functional design
 * engineering/architecture
 * facility restoration and maintenance

Company Culture
Invests in self-improvement and continuing education Provides autonomy and responsibility Makes decisions through consensus Offers flexible work hours and environments Socializes within and outside the office Promotes from within Is an employee-owned firm Has a leadership and ownership transfer program Leads the industry in research and development Demands excellence, competency, and continuous improvement Has staff turnover below industry average

Sustainable Design
creating high quality cost-conscious environmentally sound parking structures
 * less maintenance
 * more durable
 * use less future materials and resources

Worked with ACI and ASTM use of recycled materials concrete additives. lighting experts have assisted in developing industry standards Green Roofs LEED

Awards
2008 WOLFE & SOPHIA STREET GARAGE Fredericksburg, Virginia 2008 Award of Merit in Parking Facilities from the International Parking Institute 2007 CITY CENTER PARKING FACILITY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2007 Best Total Precast Concrete Building from the Precast Concrete Institute

HARVARD UNIVERSITY BLACKSTONE STATION ADAPTIVE REUSE Cambridge, Massachusetts 2007 Honor Award for Renovations/Restoration from the Boston Society of Architects

NASHVILLE PUBLIC SQUARE UNDERGROUND GARAGE Nashville, Tennessee 2007 Awards of Excellence in Green Roof Awards for Intensive Institutional from the Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Minneapolis, Minnesota

RAM’S HEAD PARKING DECK, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2007 Award of Excellence in Parking Facilities from the International Parking Institute

PENNINGTON STREET PARKING GARAGE Tucson, Arizona 2007 Award of Merit in Parking Facilities and Honorable Mention in Architectural Achievement from the International Parking Institute

RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT PARKING STRUCTURE #4 Raleigh, North Carolina 2007 Award of Merit in Parking Facilities from the International Parking Institute

HISTORIC DISTRICT DOWNTOWN PARKING St. Augustine, Florida 2007 Honorable Mention in Parking Facilities from the International Parking Institute

JACKSON-EVERS AIRPORT PARKING RESTORATION Jackson, Mississippi 2007 Honorable Mention in Parking Operations/Programs from the International Parking Institute

PORT OF PORTLAND PARCS PROGRAM Portland, Oregon 2007 Honorable Mention in Parking Operations/Programs from the International Parking Institute

Gina Holstien, Director of Business Development Carl Schneeman, PE, Project Engineer Mark Lukasick, Parking Consultant Rio Lupisan, Consultant Sunil Puri, Project Engineer

http://walkerparking.com/