Troy Jamail and Matt Strickland join forces with Haynes Whaley Associates to form HWA Parking

Troy Jamail, Principal

Matt Strickland, Principal

Troy Jamail and Matt Strickland, formerly with Parking Planners, entered into a new venture with structural engineering firm Haynes Whaley Associates. The new firm’s name is HWA Parking and they are incorporated by the state of Texas.  The new firm will provide analysis, planning, design and operational assessments for new and renovated garages and parking lots.

Under the new alliance, Haynes Whaley Associates and HWA Parking will offer their clients both structural engineering services and parking planning services under a single contract. Or, each firm will provide their respective services independently as needed by their clients.

Jamail and Strickland have a combined 25 years of planning and design experience and have completed more than 200 parking projects. Haynes Whaley Associates is ranked #11 on the Houston Business Journal’s 2009 list of top area Civil and Structural Engineering firms, the highest ranking by a firm solely offering structural engineering services. Haynes Whaley Associates also has offices in Austin, Texas and Reston, Virginia. The affiliation of these two firms will bring to their clients a new approach to parking planning backed by the stability of a well established firm. 

“Despite the economy, we think now is the perfect time for this partnership with Haynes Whaley. We are giving clients a full menu of services and the flexibility to choose what is best for their project. We offer the value of a one-stop shop plus the ‘buy only what you need’ option. We know clients are more concerned about value than ever, and this partnership provides it.” HWA Parking co-founder Matt Strickland said.

HWA Parking provides services to facility owners, developers, architects, and contractors on parking facilities for corporate, retail, hospitality, academic and residential projects. Jamail and Strickland’s project experience spans the globe and includes the Baylor Clinic and Hospital in the Houston Medical Center with HOK Architects; Brackenridge Park in San Antonio with Lake|Flato Architects; and Hines’ MainPlace development in downtown Houston.

Haynes Whaley Associates President and CEO, Larry Whaley, sees the alliance with HWA Parking as a very efficient way to design superior parking facilities.

“Haynes Whaley has always been proactive and creative in the design process to efficiently integrate structural systems with the function of buildings. Our close affiliation with HWA Parking will certainly work to enhance our ability to deliver the most efficient parking facilities to our clients,” Whaley said.

Whaley adds, “I have worked with Troy and Matt for five years and am completely confident in their skills and abilities. Our respective areas of expertise complement each other well. And, very importantly, their ethics and business philosophy are very compatible with ours. Our common goal is to better serve our clients by combining our efforts whenever possible, or working independently when a client chooses.”  

This flexibility is a key differentiator for HWA Parking. Every client, regardless of type, will be able to select only those services necessary for each project’s specific requirements.

“In the world of building, parking structures are somewhat unique in that, in order to be successful, the technical aspects of vehicles and their movement and ’storage’ largely dictate many of the design decisions and so drive much of the overall architecture of the facility,” Kim Monroe, AIA, a partner at Lake|Flato Architects, said. “In the past, we have encountered garage consultants who are relatively inflexible and rigid in their approach to design. Working with Troy on the Brackenridge Garage, however, was a very positive experience in that he is not only very knowledgeable about the technical ‘peculiarities’ of parking facilities (including project costs), but couples that well with a strong and sensitive feeling for good architectural design.”

The HWA Parking focus on end users maximizes owner value by creating functionally efficient parking solutions.

“We have worked with Matt on difficult projects, large and small, and have always benefitted from his outstanding client service,” Matt Mooney, Managing Principal for Corgan Associates, said. “Matt is a terrific team player and truly at the top of his game; his analytical skills and considerable depth of experience routinely helps us provide our clients with superior parking concepts that work brilliantly. I would recommend Matt without hesitation. He is a true professional and it is an absolute pleasure to work with him.”

Jamail and Strickland are both active members of the International Parking Institute, the National Parking Association, and the Texas Parking Association.
HWA Parking has offices in Houston and Austin.

About HWA Parking
HWA Parking works with facility owners, developers, architects, and contractors on parking facilities for corporate, retail, hospitality, academic and residential projects. Our custom parking solutions are rooted in functionality, cost-effectiveness and user preferences. HWA Parking is based in Texas with a portfolio of national and international projects. For more information, please contact Troy Jamail in Austin at troy.jamail@hwaparking or 512-306-8722. Contact Matt Strickland in Houston at matt.strickland@hwaparking.com or 713-458-7730.