HARTscore
StructureCare uses a proprietary HARTscore rating system to give parking structure owners a clear, consistent way to understand overall structure condition. By translating assessment findings into an easy-to-understand rating, HARTscore helps owners compare structures, identify which facilities may require greater attention, and support long-term maintenance and capital planning decisions.
What is a HARTscore?
HARTscore stands for Health Assessment Rating Technique and is StructureCare’s proprietary method for evaluating the overall health of a parking structure.
Developed by StructureCare engineers with decades of experience assessing parking facilities, HARTscore provides a standardized way to communicate the overall condition and severity of observed conditions within a structure.
Rather than serving as a list of individual repair needs, HARTscore provides a high-level view of overall structure health. This helps owners and facility teams understand where a structure stands today and prioritize attention and resources across their parking structure portfolio.
Whether you're evaluating a recently acquired asset, planning future capital expenditures, or managing a portfolio of parking structures, HARTscore provides a consistent framework for understanding condition and supporting informed decisions.
How HARTscore works
A parking structure receives a HARTscore based on a comprehensive assessment of its observed conditions and relevant risk factors.
The resulting rating reflects the overall condition and severity of the structure, giving owners a consistent benchmark they can use to understand how one facility compares with another and how conditions may change over time.
HARTscore is intended to complement detailed inspection findings and engineering recommendations, not replace them. The rating provides the broader picture, while inspection reports and repair recommendations provide the detail needed to determine specific actions.
Why use HARTscore?
1. Understand overall structure health
HARTscore provides a straightforward way to communicate the overall condition of a parking structure without requiring every stakeholder to interpret technical inspection findings.
2. Compare structures across a portfolio
When managing multiple parking facilities, HARTscore provides a consistent benchmark for comparing overall condition and identifying which structures may warrant greater attention.
3. Support capital planning
Understanding overall structure condition can help owners make more informed decisions about future maintenance, repairs, and capital investments.
4. Track changes over time
HARTscore can provide a consistent reference point for monitoring how a structure's overall condition changes over time.
5. Communicate condition clearly
A standardized rating makes it easier to communicate parking structure health with executives, facility teams, asset managers, boards, and other stakeholders.
How StructureCare uses HARTscore
HARTscore is incorporated into our reports to provide an immediate snapshot of overall parking structure health.
The rating works alongside detailed inspection findings, engineering recommendations, and other information gathered during an assessment. This gives owners both a high-level understanding of condition and the technical detail needed to make decisions about individual structures.
For owners managing multiple parking facilities, HARTscore can also provide a consistent way to look across a portfolio and identify where additional attention, evaluation, or investment may be appropriate.
Who can benefit from HARTscore?
HARTscore can help organizations responsible for managing one or multiple parking structures better understand overall condition and support long-term planning. It can be particularly useful for healthcare systems, colleges and universities, municipal parking authorities, commercial property owners, retail and hospitality facilities, real estate investment groups, and facilities management teams.
Get your parking structure's HARTscore
Get a clearer picture of your parking structure's overall condition with StructureCare's proprietary HARTscore system. Contact us to schedule an assessment and learn how HARTscore can help you better understand your parking structure and plan for its future.