PARKING TODAY NEWS The Salt Lake City Department of


Airports has awarded Central Parking System the contract to manage and oper- ate parking and shuttle services at Salt Lake City InternationalAirport (SLC) for five years, with options to extend for two additional two-year periods. SLC serves nearly 20 million passengers annually. Central Parking operates on-site facili- ties for 23 airports, including six other hub airports serving Houston, LosAnge- les, San Francisco, Miami, Detroit and Fort Lauderdale. Robert LaLonde has joined AMAG


Technology, a security management and digital video solution provider, as its Southeast Regional Sales Manager. He will provide sales support to existing sys- tems integrators and generate new busi- ness opportunities throughout his territory. He reports toMike Taylor, VP of North American Sales. Also, to meet the demands of its growing customer base, the company has added Cyrus Nelson as a Sales Engineer. He will be responsible for providing pre-sales technical and consul- tative support toAMAG’s Regional Sales Managers. Nelson, who reports to Joe McCallum,Manager of Sales Engineers, also will assist with specifications and trade shows, and will support Symmetry Authorized Resellers and partners. Impark has completed implementa-


tion of amulti-year contract tomanage the parking operations at 10 hospital sites in London, Ontario, totaling about 10,000 parking spaces. The contract includes parking operations at London Health Sci- ences Centre’s Victoria, University and South Street hospitals; and at St Joseph’s Health Care London, including Mount Hope Centre for LongTermCare, Region- al Mental Health Care London and St. Thomas, the FamilyMedical Centre, and Parkwood Hospital. Mark Scully has been named aMan-


aging Director of Green Courte Part- ners, with which he has been affiliated since a strategic partnership with Scully Partners was set up in October 2008. “In his new role, Mark will add acquisition responsibilities, for both land-lease com- munities and parking properties, to his existing duties with the Colorado (‘Main Street’mixed-use) portfolio,” said Randy Rowe, Green Courte Chairman. Richard T. Kaczkowski, S.E., P.E.,


has joined CTLGroup as a Senior Princi- pal Structural Engineer. He willwork with the firm’s engineers, scientists, architects and technical specialists to address com-


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plex construction issues for clients across multiplemarkets.Withmore than 26 years of professional experience and a signifi- cant network of clients in the Midwest, Kaczkowski will play a crucial role in the firm’s strategy to grow its Litigation & Insurance practice. TheWAustin in downtown Austin,


TX, offers the ComputerizedValet Park- ing System (CVPS) by ServiceTracking Systems. The 37-story building includes 251 hotel rooms, 159 condos, 53,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space, and the Moody Theater, the new home for the “Austin City Limits” music show. The CVPS software will assist Towne Park in managing the valet park- ing operation, allowing it to quickly track and report staff performance, parking vol- ume and wait times; post variable charges; and even alert for possible lost keys


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T2 Systems Inc. has received its


Report on Compliance (ROC), which has been accepted by the card brands. The ROC states that the T2 Hosting Environ- ment is now officially PCI DSS compliant and, as a result, the company is now listed on the Visa website as a Level 1 Service Provider – among the very fewin the park- ing industry to achieve this designation. The Payment Card Industry Data Secu- rity Standard (PCI DSS) affects all oper- ations that take credit card payments; this includes T2 Systems as a hosted parking systemprovider. ParkShark has released a beta pro-


gram that provides free parking iPhone and web apps to parking companies and municipalities to showcase their parking facilities and information. For more infor- mation on its partnership program, check out the company’s website (http://park- shark.mobi/www/partners.html). License Plate Recognition (LPR)


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software from Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS), a developer and provider of optical charac- ter recognition (OCR) and computer vision systems, has been integrated with MobilePolice and CityControl, the Sig- max solutions for law enforcement. They use the newest technology to simplify the tasks of lawenforcement and police super- vision officers using a mobile application on a handheld computer. Upper Merion Township in Mont-


gomery County, PA, has awarded Stouch Lighting the contract to supply and install LEDlighting fixtures in amunicipal park- ing garage and parking lot. The energy efficient fixtures will enhance the lighting quality, in turn meeting Upper Merion’s objectives to increase security and gener- ate energy savings. The township received the Conservation Works grant from the stateDepartment ofEnvironmentalPro- tection through the federal government stimulus package with the EPA. The U.S. Green Concrete Council


has released its new book, “The Sustain- able Concrete Guide – Applications.” A companion resource to “The Sustainable Concrete Guide – Strategies and Exam- ples,” it provides specific sustainable ben- efits of concrete’s various applications to assist in selecting/specifying concrete materials and products. Included are tips and case studies on specifying concrete materials, constructing for sustainability, integrating into sustainable structures, and navigating green codes and standards.The new book is available for purchase ($85) through the American Concrete Insti- tute. For more information, visit www.concrete.org. Metric Parking has completed a


contract with Target Park in Toronto, Canada, for 35 Aura Pay & Display machines to be used for parking control at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario. MetricGroup President DaveWitts said, “Teaming upwithTarget Park allowsMet- ric Inc. to establish a presence in the Canadian market.…We believe they will establish theAura product in theirmarket- place as a proven solution for multispace parking equipment.” Bomel Construction Co. has begun


working on a six-level, 250,000-square- foot garage, powered by solar energy, at a mass transit center in Tustin, CA. Bomel will provide concrete contracting services for new bus stops, bus lanes and traffic islands, as well as a pedestrian walkway to a temporary parking lot while the $12.3- million garage is being built. The most


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