PAR KING TODAY NEWS Digital Payment Technologies said the deployment of 29
solar-powered Luke multispace parking pay stations in Port Chester, NY, last October has contributed to a substantial increase in parking revenue, according to village officials. Installed and maintained by CTR/NY, they replaced about 350 single-head mechanical meters and, Port Chester officials said, have helped further the village’s green initiatives while boosting parking rev- enue. “The reaction to the pay stations has been very positive,” said Elisa Sciarabba, Assistant to the Village Manager. Skidata Inc., part of Skidata Group, said the New Jersey-
based company is “entertaining selection interviews with park- ing guidance manufacturers for project partner/subcontractor relationships for airport projects in 2012.” To express interest, contact President and CEO Thomas Rollo by email at
tom.rollo@
skidata.com. TagMaster announced last month that South Africa’s Port of
Durban Container Terminal had selected its CombiTag Classic RFID tags, which combine short-range identification based on proximity technology by HID Global and long-range ID technol- ogy by TagMaster. This is the latest in a number of deployments made by TagMaster partner Camco Technologies at Durban Pier1 and Port Elizabeth. The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) says that
Level I and Level II Quality Control Schools now test from the third edition of TM-101. This edition better aligns personnel certi- fication with the training requirements of the different categories of PCI plant certification. The updated schools will be offered Jan. 23-27 in Las Vegas at the 2012 World of Concrete, an annual inter- national event dedicated to the commercial concrete and mason- ry construction industries. For more details on specific courses, visit
www.pci.org/schools. ProtectionTech, an access, security, parking and revenue
control equipment installation and service company, has made changes to its management team. Damon Kessler, former Utah Regional Manager, has been promoted to company President. He brings to this position many years of experience in the parking and security industries. Ryan Reading, who replaces Kessler in Salt Lake City, has been promoted to General Manager. Wade Brossow and Steve Puckett remain company Principals while they work on special projects. Dave Wood remains General Man- ager of the corporate office in Redmond, WA. Dur-A-Flex has named David Hughes as Vice President of
Marketing, Research & Development. President and Chief Operating Officer Peter V. Ferris said, “We look forward to David bringing his market-driven innovation experience and continuing our focus on key markets and end users as trends continue to change, creating new opportunities for us.” Hugh- es was formerly an executive with BASF Corp. and with Ciba Specialty Chemicals. Amano McGann has joined forces with the Sanford Consor-
tium for Regenerative Medicine, a medical institution in La Jol- la, CA, focused on collaborative stem cell research. The company will install the institution’s first parking access and revenue con- trol system, with the help of Hensel Phelps Construction and Ampco System Parking. The new system will provide barrier gates, an entry station, an ExpressParc exit pay station, a fee com- puter system, and iParcProfessional applications. Installation is expected to begin this winter. Carl Walker Inc. has completed a new all-precast parking
structure at the Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee that includes 860 parking spaces for hospital staff. The project team
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consisted of architect Neighboring Concepts and MEP consult- ant AME Consulting Engineers. The civil engineer was Tysinger Hampton & Partners; the general contractor, Skanska USA; and the precast manufacturer, Tindall Corp. Danielle Kleinhans has joined the Concrete Reinforcing
Steel Institute (CRSI) as a Structural/Transportation Engineer in its Schaumburg, IL, office. Her responsibilities will include over- seeing corrosion issues and technologies, epoxy certification pro- grams, and activities related to transportation structures. “Danielle will be a crucial element of our technical team,” said Bob Risser, CRSI President and CEO. Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations have been installed at
GreenChoice Bank branch locations in Cicero and Lockport, IL. The EV stations are the first to be installed in each community. The units, from Plug-In Vehicle Solutions and DBT USA, both Illinois-based companies, provide bank customers with the con- venience of charging up their vehicles at no cost while they do their banking. Todd Townsend has joined Amano McGann as Vice Presi-
dent, Municipal Markets. He will oversee all U.S. municipal sales operations for the company, and assist in developing and imple- menting strategic marketing efforts to drive sales growth and promote brand awareness in the municipal market segment. One of the first U.S. installations to use Scheidt & Bachmann
automated pay stations was Seattle-Tacoma International Air- port (Sea-Tac). At the time, 1999, it was the largest such applica- tion in the U.S. Twelve years later, Sea-Tac has reconfirmed its confidence in the company by awarding it a contract to install the next generation of automated parking solutions. The new system is designed to leverage the high incidence of credit card usage by reducing the number of cash machines and increasing the num- ber of credit card-only machines. Mark Fischer has joined LAZ Parking in the newly created
position of Managing Director of Hospitality Services. In this role, he will head the company’s Ultimate Hospitality division, which focuses on originating and operating hospitality parking pro- grams for hotels throughout the country. Based in Boston, Fischer will focus on business development nationally. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has been named to
the advisory board of Pango Shyyny USA. The company, which provides pay-by-phone solutions for on- and off-street parking, recently entered the U.S. market; it was introduced in Israel in 2007. Said CEO Dani Shavit: “Ed Rendell brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and pre-existing relationships that will help us” in reaching new markets and municipalities in the U.S. “Pango is an excellent system for municipalities to increase rev- enue and manage parking assets more effectively and efficiently,” Rendell said. Three parking structures were among the 28 projects from
throughout North America named winners in the 2011 Pre- cast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design Awards competi- tion. “Best Parking Structure (0-999 cars)”: 164th Street Garage, Bronx, NY; Architect: Clarke Caton Hintz Architects of Tren- ton, NJ; Precaster: Unistress Corp. of Pittsfield, MA. “Best Parking Structure (1000+ cars)”: Co-winner ConRAC Garage at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose (CA) International Airport; Archi- tects: TransSystems of Phoenix and Fentress Architects of San Jose; Precaster: Clark Pacific of West Sacramento, CA; and Co- winner Parking Deck C at Orlando Health; Architect: Baker Barrios Architects of Tampa; Precaster: Finfrock Industries of
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