Parking Structure Design, Construction and Maintenance Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Planning for Structured Parking
How many spaces are needed
Shared parking concepts
Site selection
Functional Design
Introduction
Types of parking structures
The level of service approach
Parking geometrics
Circulation systems
Building Codes
Life safety issues
Means of egress
Guards and vehicle barriers
Accessible Parking Design
Introduction to ADA
Parking design under ADA
Other considerations
Passive Security, Lighting and Other Design Elements
Open Q & A and Case Studies/Examples
Structural Systems
Cast-in-place, post-tensioned
Precast, prestressed
Structural design overview
Designing for Durability
Concrete admixtures
Expansion joint systems
Joint sealants
Traffic coatings
Life cycle cost
Maintenance, Restoration, and Repair
The deterioration curve
Benefits and challenges for various types of parking structures
Condition assessments
Establishing a restoration program
Repair documents
Routine repair and maintenance
Proactive repair and maintenance
Structural repairs
Design for Adaptive Use
What is adaptive use
Adaptive reuse concepts and basic costs
Open Q & A and Case Studies/Examples
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW CEUs/CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to engineers in all states and 6.5 HSW CEUs/continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Missouri.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity for mandatory continuing education credit.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Bradly F. Navarro P.E.
Vice President and the Managing Principal of Walker Consultants (Chicago)
Mr. Navarro has 22 years of experience in parking planning, design, and consulting, and is the Managing Principal of Walker’s Chicago offices. He has consulted on hundreds of parking-related projects, lending his expertise to site selection, engineering, building code analysis, durability design, and facility maintenance and restoration. In addition, he is recognized as a leading parking functional designer in the industry and services as engineer-of-record on select Walker Projects. Mr. Navarro received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa; and is a recipient of the National Parking Association’s 40 Under 40 Award.
Diego F. Romero PE. SE. PhD
Principal and the Director of Building Envelope, Forensics & Restoration of Walker Consultants (Chicago)
Mr. Romero specializes in concrete durability and structural engineering, more specifically in the investigation, analysis, and repair of distressed structures, including parking structures and building envelopes. He has worked on a wide variety of structures, from evaluation wooden roof trusses of 19th century churches to assessing the condition of 460-foot tall concrete power plant cooling towers. Mr. Romero also leads the development and implementation of the firm’s photogrammetry 3D modeling and unmanned aerial vehicle services for restoration projects and is a member of ACI 364 (Rehabilitation), ACI 440 (Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement), and ACI 564 (Repair of Concrete). He received his Doctorate degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Miami, and he is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and a licensed professional engineer in Illinois and Texas.
David Ryan
Walker ConsultantsVice President and the Managing Director of the Central Region for Walker Consultants
Mr. Ryan oversees Walker’s Chicago, Michigan, and Minneapolis offices and is responsible for overall project planning, budgeting, scheduling, quality assurance and the overall delivery process meeting client needs. He has experience in all aspects of Walker services including new design, restoration, parking consulting, studies, master planning and car park management systems. Mr. Ryan has over 20 years of experience in the industry working with clients including developers, municipalities, universities, hospitals, casinos and private corporations.