Carl Walker has been in the parking consulting and parking structure design field for over 40 years and has been involved in over 5,000 parking projects.  He is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Engineering with a BSE in Civil Engineering in 1958 and a MSE in Structural Engineering in 1959.  He has also attended the Harvard Business School and many engineering and parking design short courses.  Currently, he is active with the University of Michigan Civil Engineering Alumni Advisory Council.

After the U. S. Army Ordnance Corp.; Precast Industries, Inc.; Miller-Davis Co., a general contractor; and T. Y. Lin & Associates, he founded a number of parking related firms including Walker Parking Consultants, Inc.; Carl Walker, Inc.; and Carl Walker Construction Group.  He currently heads CWConsulting, LLC, parking consultants.

Carl Walker has introduced numerous parking design concepts including the use of mercury vapor, sodium vapor, and then metal halide high intensity lighting, glass backed elevators, PVC drainage Systems, the "archistructure concept" of structural concrete design, and durability design of extended service life.  He has received numerous parking industry awards and is active in the National Parking Association's Parking Consultants Council, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute, and the Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute.

A multiengine and instrument rated aircraft pilot, he and his wife Dorothy reside in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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