Car Parking Solutions

Insights on the growing demand in every real estate segment be it residential, commercial, infrastructure or retail

by Rajashree Shetty

Every person who owns a vehicle needs a space for parking. As the number of vehicles grows, need of space for parking increases. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, India, in 2018 there was whopping growth in motor vehicle population of nearly 400% from 55 million in 2001 to 210 million in 2015 in India. The growth rate of motor vehicles is even higher for densely populated urban cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc.

Today, we are at a stage where parking solutions are sought not only by city municipal corporations but also by infrastructure companies and developers, as parking systems must be incorporated at the concept stage of the project, be it an elite shopping mall, a rated commercial complex or even a premium residential complex. The parking industry is facing similar challenges that were encountered by the vertical-transportation industry 10 to 15 years ago, where every stakeholder wants a solution but lacks clarity, either due to lack of policies with the city authorities or non-availability of traffic pattern data. The good news is things are now changing and reaching a mature stage. This has led to many entrepreneurs starting to look at this industry seriously and invest in the same.

This is where I decided to plunge in and form a company of technical individuals — KEEV International Parking Technology — by setting up a modest manufacturing operation in Titwala in 2019.

Company Operations

KEEV specializes in futuristic parking towers and 3D shuttle systems with the following features:

• Automatic car washing within parking station

• Automatic car charging for EV cars with facility to meter the electric consumption of each car and gateway payment directly. The stackers can also be offered with EV charging stations.

• Remote monitoring of parking station operation including some of the critical features to avoid breakdown so that action can be taken before the parameters reach critical level

• Instant stopping of lifter movement if it exceeds rated speed

• Locking the lifter in position until the pallet is completely traversed out of lifter

• Pre-booking of car retrieval for VIP end users to reduce waiting time interval

• “Orbit dispatching feature” for parking station where more than one parking tower is installed with multiple size of cars ranging from i10 to Maybach. This will avoid cars traveling to multiple towers to search for right-size empty slots. This feature will be apt where public parking spaces are being offered.

• Car retrieval in case of power supply failure

• Parking towers with longitudinal car spaces to accommodate space constraint

Products Offered

We specialize in identifying project constraints and offering parking systems as tailor-made solutions. We realize that every project is unique and cannot have a standard or a model solution, which is normally offered by other multinationals that have entered the Indian market. We offer products that cover almost 90% of the market requirement.

• The stacker parking segment is offered in:
  • Two level
  • Three level
  • Four level — independent
  • Pit stackers up to two levels in the pit
  • Suspension stackers
  • Cantilever arrangement

• Puzzle systems are offered for up to 90 cars with multi levels in pit and six levels above ground. 

• For the tower segment, we offer a combination of two to three car spaces on either side of the lifter at each level.

• We also offer tailor-made solutions for shuttle systems with multiple turntables and trolleys so parking and retrieval time is minimized.

Our vision for the next five years is to revolutionize the parking system industry by offering tailor-made parking solutions with products that are safe, reliable, sustainable and serviceable.

We believe in offering a single contact from sale to completion with:

• A philosophy of solution-oriented selling

• Safe and seamless project execution

• Reliable after-sales service with an aesthetically appealing sustainable look

• Flexibility in aligning to technical needs of the customers

Our efforts in the above direction is the main stepping stone and has helped in realizing our dream of bagging repeat business from present customers.