The Parking Network, Inc.


The Parking Network, Inc. (TPN) is a parking financial audit and review firm, specializing in all financial and operational aspects of parking. TPN’s main focus is using our experienced financial and operations audit staff to increase and protect parking revenue for our clients, while being a solid proponent and catalyst for the implementation of efficient and effective operational procedures and standards.


TPN is an industry pioneer in the quality of its operational and financial reviews and its municipal tax program services. The Company's extensive operational and financial reviews are unparalleled in the industry providing clients with in-depth analysis of their parking operation while educating clients on the industry and offering useful and innovative solutions.


With over 50 years of combined parking industry experience, TPN is able to provide clients in industries including: commercial property owners, self operators, colleges & universities, municipalities, hospitals and medical centers, transportation and airports with standards of excellence and benchmarks appropriate to any type of operation.


Walker Parking Consultants


Duke University Parking Garage IX, Durham, North Carolina


Several new projects in the research zone eliminated surface parking and this necessitated a new facility that will provide parking to students, faculty, visitors, and patients. The architectural context of this garage blends well with the surrounding buildings but also provides for a sustainable green design with the green walls and roof canopies. The mixture of precast spandrel panels at the upper levels and the terra cotta material at the lower levels provides a unique design solution. The garage contains flat floors with an express ramp on the north side, allowing for better visibility and passive security to the patrons. A high level of service lighting design, along with painting of the undersides of the concrete structure, provides a high level of visibility. The cast-in- place post-tensioned structure chosen should provide a long service life and contributes to the “open” feeling of the garage.


TimHaahs Project Honored in 2009 AIA Tampa Bay Design Awards


The American Institute of Architects Tampa Bay Chapter recently announced the recipients of their 2009 Design Awards. The Channelside Parking Garage Expansion in Tampa, designed by HKS Architects, received a Merit Award. The design-build project is a 720 space expansion of the existing Channelside garage and accommodates the adjacent cruise terminal passengers, while providing vehicle and bus staging areas. The proposed solution is a 4- story 90 degree parked garage that cantilevers out over the sidewalks, providing shade and shelter for the pedestrians below. The un-built project is anticipated to be LEED certified. TimHaahs is providing parking consultation, functional design and structural engineering services for the garage expansion. This project support growing demand and traffic at the Port, contributing to the growth of tourism in the city and throughout the region.


Walker Restoration Consultants


200 East Delaware Condominium Parking Structure The owners wanted to extend the service life of the parking structure adjacent to the 200 East Delaware 36 story high-rise building in Chicago built in 1972. Located one block from Lake Shore Drive and Lake Michigan, there was extensive corrosion, poor drainage profile, and substandard lighting. Based on an intensive field study and material testing program, Walker recommended: the removal of the top four inches of concrete; providing new top steel and new concrete; re- profiling and installing more drains; applying waterproofing membrane on the two supported levels; galvanizing anodes to protect patches in the basement slab-on-grade level; installing new lighting; and painting the ceilings and walls. The recommendations were approved and restoration of this parking structure was completed in September 2008.


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