PEOPLE IN PARKING BASE Consultants, P.A., has been


awarded a three-year contract with the city of Orlando, FL, to perform on-call continuing professional structural engi- neering services. The types of projects covered include recreational, sports and industrial facilities, and parking facilities where construction costs do not exceed $2million. International Parking Design


(IPD) has provided full architectural and engineering services for two parking structures at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA. The coastal shopping desti- nation has more than 13 million visitors annually, creating high demand for park- ing spaces. IPD’s Structure 4 is a 1,079- space, three-level, post-tensioned- concrete parking garage. Parking Struc- ture 2, which serves Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom and theaters, is an expansion to include about 700 spaces. Troy Jamail andMatt Strickland,


formerly with Parking Planners, have entered into a new venture with structur- al engineering firm Haynes Whaley Associates (HWA).The newfirm,HWA Parking, will provide analysis, planning, design and operational assessments for parking garages and lots. Fast-teks Inc., an on-site computer


services company, and Gillware Data Services, an online data backup provider, have teamed to offer a remote backup solution to Fast-teks customers. “When customers see howeasy they can backup and recover their critical data, it becomes a no brainer. … We like the positive feedbackwe’ve received so far,” said ChristopherTain, Fast-teks’Chief Technology Officer. TimHaahs served as the prime


design firm, providing full architectural, structural and parking design services, for a new parking structure at Bay Har- bor Islands, FL. The 430-space facility includes four levels of parking for patrons visiting the town to shop, dine and seek professional services. Parts of the first floor will be used for commer- cial purposes, as well as a 7,500-square- foot fire station and an 8,400-square- foot potential community center. Solucent Fins from Cambridge


Architectural add visual and function- al texture to the new Silver LEED-cer- tified Center for Business and Industry building at the downtown campus of Chemeketa Community College in Salem, OR. The architectural mesh shading system lies perpendicular to


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the building exterior, creating a dra- matic design while shading the struc- ture’s windows. Since 1976, football fans driving to


see aNewYorkGiants or Jets gamewere greeted by congested, manual parking procedures. With the start of the 2010 NFL season, AmanoMcGann will be right at the heart of game-day revelry at the new Meadowlands facility, putting an end to parking problems. Its Event Parking System includes wireless hand- held units to accommodate 45 lanes of incoming traffic, ensuring that 80,000 fans get parked and in their seats before kickoff.AmanoMcGann helps manage, audit and report on the usage of 21,600 parking spaces, with another 4,100 spaces to be added in the coming year. With each event, park and pay criteria can be easily changed because the sys- temis programmable. Baltimore’s historic Lexington


Market, the world’s largest, continuous- ly running farmersmarket formore than six generations, will get a face lift of its parking facilities, replacing its outdated parking system with the automated ChipCoin systemfromScheidt&Bach- mann.Themarket has two parking facil- itieswith six entry lanes, seven exit lanes and three pay stations. The new system features credit card in/out, credit card at exit, and cash/credit at the pay stations. York Region Transit (YRT) of


Ontario, Canada, has ordered 15 Nova LFS Artic articulated buses, valued at $14 million, with annual options extending until 2014. The high-capacity vehicles are set to be delivered in late 2010. Nova Bus will provide vehicles with advanced styling and factory- installed Intelligent Transport System (ITS) features specially tailored for Viva, YRT’s bus rapid transit system. Combined with the LFSArtic’s proven performance and reliability, onboard information tools are designed to ensure maximum productivity and help the operating firm, VeoliaTransportation, provide optimal service. The American ShotcreteAssocia-


tion (ASA) has announced the recipients of its fifth annual Outstanding Shotcrete ProjectAward. The announcement coin- cided with the release of the first awards issue of Shotcrete magazine. “Once again, the diligent work of our member- ship was on display, when six outstand- ing projects received recognition for their excellence,” said Joe Hutter,ASA


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project awards subcommittee co-chair. Detailed articles and pictures can be viewed in the print and electronic ver- sions of the magazine’s Spring 2010 issue or on the ASA website (www.Shotcrete.org). Hayward Baker Inc. has opened


an office in the Harrisburg, PA, metro area to support customers and projects in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The new office will be headed by James B. Pease, P.E., who has been the company’s point of contact for the area for more than four years. Prior to joining the firm, he was a project manager and Geotechnical Engineer at a regional consulting engineering firm; he also is an experienced sink- hole specialist In other news, Mike K. Minton, P.E., has joined the Hayward Baker office in Roselle, IL, as a Proj- ect Manager and will focus on further developingVibro Pier and otherVibro markets in the Midwest. After a thorough analysis of vari-


ous valet automation and self-parking management systems, a premier down- town Austin, TX, hotel has selected ServiceTracking Systems andFederal APD to handle its parking needs. The integrated solution combines the CVPS valet system with Federal APD’s self- parking system ScanNet in a clean, user-friendly layout, offering maximum


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