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of Professional Engineers. Also, Alfred “Bill”Diedrich Jr. has joined the firmas Senior Designer. The company also announced thatMatt Feagins, Jennifer Salgado, P.E., Abhijit Shah, P.E., LEED AP, and Ken Zarembski, S.E., have been named Principals of the firm. Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd., a develop-
er and provider of optical character recognition computer vision systems, announced that its License Plate Recog- nition system– SeeCar – was selected to automate access control to 1,300 parking spaces, including guest parking, in B.S.R. Towers – a complex of two prestigious office towers in Israel. SeeCar is integrat- ed in Fast Park, a comprehensive auto- matic parking management system, developed by Afcon Control & Automation and Afcon subsidiary T.I.B.A. Afcon is installing the systemin B.S.R. Towers. The first comprises 26 floors and the second 31 floors. Both towers have underground parking garages, with a total capacity of 1,300 cars.
McCarthy Building Cos. has com- pleted construction on the Knapp Build-
ing Parking Structure, a $12.3 million facility located at Santa Barbara (CA) CottageHospital. The five-level struc- ture provides 532 parking stalls for hos- pital employees; an adjoining surface lot has an additional 80
spaces.Designed by Parkitects, the parking structuremimics the California Mission architecture of nearby medical office buildings with plaster and clay tile roofing. At the 2009 AHR Expo on Jan. 26-
28 in Chicago, Space-Ray infrared heaters will show a new line of positive- pressure low-intensity tube heaters with the patent-pending Tube Integrity Safe- ty System, which is designed to provide building owners with the ultimate in fire- safety protection. ClaudeMarier has joinedGenetec
as its Chief Talent Officer. His primary mandate is to develop and put in place a strategic HR plan that will aimto attract, develop, engage, reward and retain the people thatGenetec needs to achieve its
growthobjectives.Also, the company has partnered with iViewSystems to deliv- er a fully integrated License Plate Recog- nition for the iTrak Incident Reporting
and RiskManagement Platform. Multiguard Corp. of Indianapolis
has joined the Skidata-NorthAmerica family of
distributors.Multiguard, given its expertise in the fields of CCTV, Com- munications, IT and Security/Life Safety, is well-positioned to assist Indiana park- ing owners and operators. They will be supported by Skidata’sMidwestern Area Manager, Pierre Koudelka. Also, the company has added Betty Bunger to its PurchasingDepartment. In addition, the company has added
MountainViewParking Systems, Ltd., headed by David Caissie. Located in Calgary, Alberta, the company Offers over 20 years of parking sales and sup-
portbackgroundinCanada.They canbe reached at (403) 685-3283. ComplusData Innovations (CDI),
a leader in the field of parking ticket Management solutions, has announced the availability of an interface between CDI handheld ticket writers and themul- ti-space parkingmanagement systemof Parkeon, the global and U.S. leader in on-street parking solutions.
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