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June 2005 features
volume 10 number 6
12 Cathodic Protection Stops Corrosion in Its Tracks
16 Steel Garages Make Headway in the UK
20 To ASP or Not to ASP?
22 11,355 Attend Parkex and Traffex 2005 In UK
26 ‘The High Cost of Free Parking’ – A Textbook About YourProfession
28 Communications in Garages Go Cutting-Edge
34 Temporary Parking Surface Solves Short-Term Problems
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Industry Notes ........................................................................................8
Letters................................................................................................19
PT The Auditor ....................................................................................24
New Products ......................................................................................36
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need to put some space between this moment and consid-ering a new addition to our household. We will know whenthe right time comes.
Now just a goldarn minute here … I got this comment from a pal in Canada, through PT’s
Parking Blog:“Us Canadians can't figure out the love you guys have
for the $1 bill. It doesn’t buy much. We have had $1 and $2coins for years. How? Easy: Our government had thecourage to eliminate the notes when the coins were intro-duced. The transition was easy, and no one is looking back.
Rumour has it the $5 coin ison the way.“
All I can say is that weAmericans like our foldinggreenbacks. Does that make alot of sense? Probably not.However, our government hasnever been one to do thingswith mucho intelligence.(There are 47 hidden mean-ings to the last word there, asyou might guess.)
For instance -- it made thedollar coin the same size as thequarter. What good did thatdo? People didn't take to it.The paper-manufacturing lob-by said, "Hold on," when theremoval of the dollar bill was
considered. So there you are.You Canadians have your "loonies" and "toonies" and
get along swimmingly. We Americans fight every change;we like things the way they are, and somehow muddlethrough.
You have metric; we have what's left. You have coins.You have all the gas and oil; we buy it from you with paperdollars. You make our cars; we send you more paper dollars.Gee, maybe it’s ’cuz the bills are easier to mail than coin.
Well, coins or no, government in crisis or not, I stilllove it up there and get there every chance I can.
Did you know that Canada actually makes a single-malt whisky? It’s called Glen Breton Rare. I've had worse.
These and other points of view can be read daily in PTBLOG – log on at www.parkingtoday.com.
Speaking of blogging – you can blogfrom anywhere. In April, I bloggedfrom the floor of the Traffex show inthe UK, and last month, from the floorof the IPI show in Fort Lauderdale. Seethe picture nearby from the UK.
The Condescending Brits,‘Tuxedo’ and Canadian Coins
have gotten a couple of complaints about the article"We say car park, they say parking lot" in April's PT.Some say its tone is "condescending" to municipalities
in the good ol’ US of A. Well, with some trepidation I rereadthe article, and frankly, I find its substance OK; its tone,however, might rub a few stalwart Yanks the wrong way.
It says that the US has used parking meters (they wereinvented here) instead of P and D for a number of reasons,one of which is that Americans are a bit lazy and don't liketo walk back and forth to pay their parking fees. Well, that'strue. Brits aren't used to good service like we are. They areused to queuing at bus stops and having to pack their owngroceries at Safeway.
The article derides us forinvoking lawyers to make thebid process so long and foractually asking the people onthe streets what they want. Inthe UK, they simply meet in aroom somewhere, make uptheir collective minds, andthen, in perfect nanny-statestyle, tell the people whatthey are going to get.
All in all, the tone is onewritten for Brits using most ofthe stereotypes we Americanshave spread throughout theworld with our films and TVshows.
Some folks have evenasked to write an article opposing what was said in this one.I said, “Bring it on." See the result on Page 19.
When you lose an animal.Animals become a part of your household. They are
just there and provide companionship, humor and a dis-traction from the reality of life. But they are just animals.They have no immortal soul. So why do we grieve forthem?
Some say you shouldn't have animals because of thepain through which you go when they are gone. That'sabsurd. Animals provide stability in your life. They ensurethat you are there for them. They require some regular careand attention. That's a good thing.
What to do now? Can we replace ”Tuxedo?” He wasthe patriarch of our tribe of two dogs and two cats. Ofcourse, we can't. “TJ,” cat No. 2, has already moved intothe leadership role. Her constant complaining has almoststopped. She is a bit less attentive, but I think that's becauseshe doesn't think she has to be. No more competition.
I don't think a trip to the pound is in order yet. We
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David Fairbaugh has beennamed Director of Parking Operationsat Lowe's Motor Speedway in Con-cord, NC, one of the largest sportscomplexes in the world with a seatingcapacity of 167,000. He will be per-forming this function in addition tohis duties as Vice President of Pre-ferred Parking Service.
Following the recent launch of
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Winnipeg’s first parking authority,the city will now utilize the Power-Park Flex from T2 Systems to unifyall parking operations through a sin-gle system. Winnipeg, with a popula-tion of more than 685,000, previouslydepended on several separate depart-ments to administer parking opera-tions. Now, with the streamlinedparking authority, all parking depart-
ments within each group havemerged and will work from the sameunified system.
CTR Systems of Pittsburgh hasbeen awarded a major contract toenhance the parking system networkat San Diego International Airport.With three terminals, it serves 16 mil-lion passengers annually. Zeag equip-ment will be used in the upgrade.
Kathleen Taylor, a formerlong-time chief executive of theCanadian Parking Association, wasrecently promoted to RegionalManager-Eastern Canada, for Stan-dard Parking of Canada, based inToronto. She had been the compa-ny’s Manager for Western Canada.
Parkeon has appointedMichael Kavur as Vice Presidentand Business Manager for NorthAmerica. He is based at companyheadquarters in Moorestown, NJ.Since earning his bachelor’s degreein Civil Engineering at Australia’sUniversity of Melbourne, Kavurhas pursued an international careerin sales and general managementalways associated with the parkingindustry. The company also hasannounced the appointment ofRichard F. Bernard as a Sales Man-ager-Southeast Region. He hasextensive experience in sales,including within the parking sys-tems industry.
FutureLogic Inc., a manufac-turer of thermal printers, has pro-moted Nick Micalizzi to Vice Pres-ident of Sales and Marketing.Working closely with product andsales managers, global distributorsand the company's executive man-agement team, Micalizzi will devel-op and execute strategic initiativesto enhance customer service andincrease thermal printer distribu-tion and OEM sales.
The Chase Corp. of Bridgewa-ter, MA, has acquired E-Poxy Engi-neered Materials of Albany, NY. E-Poxy will be linked with Royston, amanufacturer of bridge deck water-proofing systems, reflective crack-ing and waterproofing membranes,and high-performance polymericasphalt additive for wearing caused
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in demanding bridge, ramp, high-traffic intersection, air-port runway and motor speedway designs. E-Poxy, likeRoyston, will be part of Chase Specialty Coatings, a leaderin the manufacture and sale of anti-corrosion materials.
The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), oneof America's oldest trade associations, has appointed JohnJ. Healy, CAE, as President, effective May 1. Healy was CEOof 360 Solutions Group, a Washington, DC-based logisticsand supply chain consulting company. He previously hadserved as president of two organizations: the National Pal-let and Container Association of Arlington, VA, and theGrain Elevator and Processing Society of Minneapolis.
Central Parking has updated its announcement ofMarch 14, 2005, that it had retained Morgan Stanley toassist in evaluating various strategic alternatives to maxi-mize shareholder value. The company stated that it hasreceived significant interest from parties in pursuing astrategic transaction. As previously announced, CentralParking and its board expect to complete a review of strate-gic alternatives and take any actions arising from thisreview during the next several months. However, there canbe no assurance that this process will result in a transac-tion.
Klaus Gindl, Managing Director of Singalbau Huber,has announced the release of its new company magazine,Singale. Published in German and English, the magazinefeatures the company’s four product lines: traffic control,traffic data collection, highway traffic management sys-tems, and under-vehicle secu-scan system. The magazinecan be ordered by contacting Gindl’s assistant, AnnetteGoelz, at [email protected].
McCarthy Building Companies has been awarded thecontract to build California State Polytechnic University atPomona’s new $30.8-million 735,000-square-foot parkingstructure. It will consist of six levels and three bays, withspace for 2,378 cars. The project also includes constructionof an attached 15,365-square-foot, two-story public safetybuilding to house Cal Poly’s police and parking transporta-tion services departments.
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industry notesEberle Design Inc. (EDI), a manufacturer of traffic and
access control vehicle detection and signal monitoringcomponent products, has successfully achieved ISO9001:2000 certification for sales, marketing, customer serv-ice, engineering and manufacturing processes. The certifi-cation recognizes that EDI operates a world-class QualityManagement System.
Walter P. Moore has named Faisal S. Syed, P.E.,P.T.O.E., LEED AP, as Managing Director-Civil EngineeringServices in the firm’s Dallas infrastructure office. He will beresponsible for project delivery and client service, workingclosely with the talented leadership team in place. Frompublic works to private development, Syed -- a recipient ofthe prestigious Young Engineer of the Year award -- is anexpert in developing creative infrastructure engineeringsolutions in congested urban centers.
The company also has named Biswajit Mukhopad-hyay, Ph.D., P.E., as Senior Associate and Team Director-Hydrology and Hydraulics in the Houston infrastructureoffice.
Three Carl Walker projects were recently selected forrecognition by national construction industry associations:
Euclid and Regent auto parks, University of Coloradoat Boulder -- “2004 Project of the Year,” the InternationalConcrete Repair Institute, Rocky Mountain Chapter.(Garage Restoration)
Wal-Mart parking structure, Salt Lake City -- “Excel-lence in Concrete” award, American Concrete Institute,Intermountain Chapter. (Parking Consultant/StructuralEngineer)
Baylor University’s East Campus parking facility, --“Best Design/Build Project (up to $10 million),” AssociatedGeneral Contractors of America, Dallas/Fort Worth/EastTexas Chapter.
Barcode Automation of Winter Springs, FL, hasobtained Underwriters Laboratories Safety Standard 294access control system certification by ETL for the BA-200Barcode Reader. It met rigid UL requirements that apply tothe construction, performance and operation of systemsintended to regulate or control entry into an area. The sys-tem is designed to meet the access control needs of a high-volume parking lot in any kind of weather.
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Cathodic Protection StopsCorrosion in Its Tracks
Trial and ErrorAs mentioned, corrosion at the garage had taken place
as early as 1978. By 1981, extensive deterioration forcedmajor remedial work to be conducted. This consisted ofextensive jack-hammering, cleaning and removal of deteri-orated areas. Next, the entire garage was overlaid with latexmodified concrete, a technique that was being used at thetime by the highway industry for bridge protection. Thetheory was that when the concrete cured, the latex wouldform a barrier impervious to water and salt.
By 1986, however, it was obvious that the repair hadnot performed well. Studies of the garage found that“delamination” — the breaking down of concrete causedby corrosion — had accelerated at an alarming rate. Thesemethods only further documented that most anti-corro-sion techniques only slow, not stop, the deterioration ofthe reinforcing steel and surrounding concrete.
Cutting-Edge Corrosion Mitigation The Kansas City-based engineering firm Structural
By Kermit Bright, P.E., and Richard McGuire, P.E.
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hen a Kansas City office garage, built in 1971,began experiencing severe floor-slab deteriora-tion only seven years after its completion, own-
ers could not afford to continue to let it deteriorate to thepoint of disrepair, tear it down and build new. The reason:The garage served as the ground floor of a sprawling multi-story office complex that houses many commercial ten-ants.
At that time, little was known about state-of-the-artcorrosion-protection systems in structures made of rein-forcing steel in a structural concrete slab. Owners immedi-ately began seeking solutions to minimize further damage.They tried a series of solutions unsuccessfully, until a groupof engineers suggested a then-new technique called cathod-ic protection (CP). This technique employs electrical cur-rent and mitigates corrosion completely. First used byvisionaries more than 15 years ago, this system has beenundergoing refinements ever since. Still thought to be byfar the best, it is, in fact, the only solution that arrests thecorrosion process entirely. But getting to that pointinvolved trial and error.
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