Winners of 2009 International Parking Institute's Awards of Excellence Competition Announced
Top Honors go to Publix Supermarket in Tampa, the Los
Angeles Department of Transportation, Detroit Metropolitan Airport,
the University of California, Berkeley and the University of
California, San Diego
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Fredericksburg, VA - June 25, 2009 - The International Parking Institute (IPI) has announced the winners of the 2009 International Parking Institute's Awards of Excellence Competition.
The awards program, now in its 27th year, took place in Denver, CO, in conjunction with the International Parking Institute Conference & Expo. Considered the preeminent achievement for the parking profession, the awards were created to honor outstanding examples of parking design and operational creativity. Owners, architects, engineers and parking professionals involved in the winning projects are acknowledged.
Five award categories recognize outstanding achievement in
Design, Program/Operations, Rehabilitation and Aesthetics. Specific
criteria include exterior appearance, continuity with surrounding
environment, economy of construction, security, lighting,
ease-of-use, graphic and art elements, landscaping, architectural
treatment, efficiency, compliance with the American Disabilities
Act, sustainability, operations efficiency and revenue
generation.
"These winning projects clearly demonstrate the role of
well-designed and constructed parking solutions and their
significant impact on the success of a facility's aesthetics,
design, construction and facility management process," said Shawn
Conrad, CAE, Executive Director of the International Parking
Institute. "Parking - and parking professionals - make a difference
in our lives, each and every day."
Awards of Excellence (top honors), Awards of Merit and Honorable
Mentions are as follows:
Category 1: Best Design of a Parking Facility with Fewer than
800 Spaces
Top Honor: Award of Excellence
Publix Greenwise Hyde Park Parking Garage, Tampa, Florida
Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
Project Team:
R. Randolph Simmons III, Chairman of the Board of Directors, R.R.
Simmons Construction Corp., Tampa, Florida
Dave Dious, Construction Manager, Publix Supermarkets, Inc.,
Lakeland, Florida
Howard Bruning, AIA, Architect of Record, R. R. Simmons
Construction Corp., Tampa, Florida
Craig Barrett, Structural Engineer, LEAP & Associates
International, Tampa, Florida
A confined site in an historic district challenged the design
and construction team to come up with a unique parking solution for
Publix Supermarkets' new, 39,000-square-foot Greenwise Market in
South Tampa's Hyde Park, designed to blend with the charm of the
surrounding neighborhood. Two full floors (200 spaces) of elevated
parking with pedestrian escalators, 10-shopping-cart-capacity
elevators, and a custom cart conveyor, are suspended over the
upscale ground-floor market, fitting snugly into every inch of
usable space within the store's precast concrete frame. The team
succeeded in delivering an open structure for the parking floors,
with old-fashioned, atmospheric details including faux storefront
openings, decorative grills, balconies, and Bahama shutters
Award of Merit:
Garfield Street Community Center and Parking Garage
City of Hollywood, Florida
Project Team:
Jitendra Patel, P.E., Director, City of Hollywood, Florida
Farzin Zafaranian, Project Manager, Walking Parking Consultants,
Tampa, Florida
Joe Kaller, Architect, Joseph B. Kaller & Associates,
Hollywood, Florida
This six-level, 408-space parking structure and two-story Community
Center were constructed in an historic, beachside area, and
includes an elevated, canopied observation deck for watching
matches on the historic paddleball courts. The seaside color theme
of sky blue and yellow complements the nautical-themed
architecture, and the structure has a user-friendly pay-on-foot,
Parking Access and Revenue Control System (PARCS).
Honorable Mention:
Grand River Avenue Parking Structure
Michigan State University
Project Team:
Michael Ortlieb, P.E., Parking Consultant, Carl Walker, Inc.,
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Dave Clark, AIA, Senior Architect, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr &
Huber Architects,Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jeff Kacos, Director of Campus Planning, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, Michigan
On a two-acre site in the oldest part of Michigan State
University's North Campus, the team designed an innovative,
chevron-shaped footprint with a single-thread helix for the
730-car, five-level concrete parking structure. An ingenious snow
removal shaft blends visually into the façade, which has a mansard
slate roof and detailed stone window surrounds and copings that
harmonize with neighboring buildings.
Category 2: Best Design of a Parking Structure with 800 or
More Spaces
Top Honor: Award of Excellence
Underhill Field and Parking Garage
University of California, Berkeley
Project Team:
Dennis Town, Senior Mechanical Engineer, University of California,
Berkeley
Morgan Jones, Architect, Stantec Architecture, San Francisco,
California
David Koski, Parking Consultant, Walker Parking Consultants, San
Francisco, California
Carl Overaa, Business Development Manager, Overaa Construction,
Richmond, California
Seeking a hybrid structure to meet increased demand both for
parking and recreation space, the University of California,
Berkeley's Underhill Field and Parking Garage incorporates a
1,000-space, four-level parking facility plus roof-level recreation
field, located three blocks from campus. Upper parking levels
emerge from a hillside, and sloped streets allowed for multiple
entry/exit portals at different levels, minimizing delays and
queuing. A generous public plaza incorporates seating, landscaping,
and elevator and stair entrances to the garage below. The
roof-level recreation field, equipped with high pole lights for
nighttime recreation, is screened with mesh fencing. In the garage,
clear visual sightlines, openness and enhanced lighting levels
enhance security.
Award of Merit:
Irvine Transportation Center Parking Structure
City of Irvine, California
Project Team:
Shirley Darvish, Proposal Manager, International Parking Design,
Inc., Sherman Oaks, California
Wes Hocking, Project Engineer, Culp & Tanner, Chicago,
Illinois
Built to support commuters using an increasingly popular rail
station, this well lighted and landscaped, four-level parking
structure adds nearly 1,500 spaces to an existing facility. Retail
space provides convenient services to riders, including a widened
entry plaza with seating and enhanced landscaping. Glass-backed
elevator banks and exit stairways are located at the main exit and
near the retail area.
Honorable Mention:
Tampa General Hospital Parking Structure Expansion
Tampa General Hospital
Project Team:
Oslec Fernandez, Director, Facilities Management, Tampa General
Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Dennis C. Douglas, P.E., Project Manager, Walker Parking
Consultants, Tampa, Florida
Chris Morecraft, AIA, Architectural Department Head, Walker Parking
Consultants, Elgin, Illinois
Roger Stephan, Construction Manager, Skanska USA Building, Inc.,
Tampa, Florida
Tamara Rice, AIA, Project Architect, Gresham Smith and Partners,
Tampa, Florida
John Bushman, Walker Parking Consultants
The expansion, built to provide parking for a large hospital
expansion and new medical teaching building, added approximately
1,400 new spaces to the 2,900 in three existing structures at Tampa
General Hospital. The new structure, built of concrete stained to
match the multi-colored bricks of the existing hospital buildings,
can accommodate emergency helicopter landings on its top
level.
Category 3: Innovation in a Parking Operation or
Program
Top Honor: Award of Excellence
LADOT Cost Effective Parking Enforcement Utilizing LPR Technology,
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Project Team:
Amir Sedadi, P.E., Assistant General Manager, Los Angeles
Department of Transportation, Los Angeles, California
Kenneth Blum, Program Manager, ACS, Los Angeles, California
Pierre Hubert, Business Development Director of AutoVu, Genetec,
Inc., Saint-Laurent, Quebec
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation's successful
implementation of License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology proved
to be productive and cost-effective. Field execution by a minimum
task force completed a 16-square-block sweep of a grid with
outstanding results, capturing about 2,976 plates in approximately
four hours and recovering a stolen vehicle, as well as impounding
vehicles from scofflaws and violators and issuing citations with
great efficiency.
Award of Merit:
Creating a Paperless Ticket Management and Adjudication Process, DC
Department of Motor Vehicles
Project Team:
Libby Clapp, Chief Information Officer, District of Columbia,
Washington, DC
Jeff Frank, Project Manager, ACS, Washington, DC
(no photo available)
Two Honorable Mentions:
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Valet Service Automated
Valet
Project Team:
Ken Gulec, Design Consultant, Automated Valet, Plantation,
Florida
Dave Mueller, Vice President, Parking Concepts, Inc., Irvine,
California
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's new, customized valet
parking system by Automated Valet™ addresses the airport's unique
requirements-to service 29 miles of terminals, garages and tarmac
and 28,000 parking spaces-with a combination of wireless
technology, software, and easy-to-use hardware. The
internet-integrated system is fast and efficient, and monitors
everything from flights, vehicles, and customers to employees,
payroll and revenue.
UW Commuter Services - Integrated Access Management, Seattle,
Washington
University of Washington Facilities Services
Project Team:
Josh Kavanagh, Director, Transportation Services, University of
Washington
University of Washington's newly integrated Commuter Services
addresses transportation demand with incentive strategies such as
free rides on regional transit and pay-per-use parking (PPUP). It
enhances access to campus by all transportation modes while
limiting the number of single-occupancy vehicle trips and promoting
"greener" transportation. Commuter Services programs' quantifiable
benefits include conserving campus resources and reducing
congestion.
Category 4: Best Parking Facility Rehabilitation or Restoration
Top Honor: Award of Excellence
Detroit Metropolitan Airport Blue Deck Restoration, Wayne County
Airport Authority
Project Team:
Wayne Sieloff, AIA, NCARB, Director of Planning, Design &
Construction, Wayne County Airport Authority, Detroit,
Michigan
Bob Tracy, P.E., Project Manager, Carl Walker, Inc., Kalamazoo,
Michigan
Jim Miloch, P.E., Engineering Manager, Berbiglia Associates, Inc.,
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Michael Sellinger, Project Manager, Sellinger Associates, Inc.,
Livonia, Michigan
Dan Callahan, Project Manger, RAM Construction, Livonia,
Michigan
The 5,500-car-capacity Blue Deck Parking Structure, at the Detroit
Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, constructed in 1992 and 1993,
needed upgrading. A three-phase restoration project included the
unique use of 170,000 square feet of added latex-modified concrete
to provide a very durable bonded overlay; 190,000 square feet of
deck coating membrane; and supplemental reinforcing steel
throughout the structure. Original connectors were refitted, the
drain system was replaced, and signage and graphics were upgraded.
Accurate cost estimates, quality construction documents, and
effective construction administration led to completion of the
project under budget, at approximately 95% of the bid amount.
Award of Merit:
Philadelphia International Airport Enhancements
The Philadelphia Parking Authority
Project Team:
Linda Miller, Director of Operations & Public Affairs, The
Philadelphia Parking Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bill Kavanagh, AIA, Project Manager & Architect, Timothy Haahs
& Associates, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Two new parking garages and existing parking enhancement have
significantly updated the look and feel of the growing Philadelphia
International Airport, with pedestrian and vehicular improvements,
structural restoration, and mechanical, electrical, plumbing and
fire protection upgrades. Architectural enhancements, including
screen walls and cantilevered metal elements, and improved lighting
and signage created a significantly more open and inviting, and
more secure, environment.
Category 5: Award for Architectural Achievement
Top Honor: Award of Excellence
University of California, San Diego Hopkins Parking Structure
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Project Team:
Melanie Arias, Senior Planner, University of San Diego, La Jolla,
California
Michelle Wendler, AIA, Architect, Watry Design, Inc., Redwood City,
California
The new, 1,400-space, seven-level Hopkins Parking Structure
adjacent to the expansion of the Supercomputer Center at the
University of California, San Diego, is nestled into a sloping
hillside with one level completely below grade. The façade,
sheathed with a rich blue metal mesh, open stairs and a concrete
canopy at the top of the stair towercompliment adjacent buildings
and the campus architecture. Sustainable landscaping incorporates
native and drought-tolerant trees and shrubs. "Solar
Trees"-canopies of photovoltaic solar panels-supply clean energy
for electric vehicle charging stations and for the campus, a good
example of UC San Diego's dedication to greener, sustainable
living.
Award of Merit:
Project Team:
Brian Desatnik, Redevelopment Manager, City of Claremont,
Claremont, California
Geoff Adams, Public Sector Leader, Stantec Architecture, San
Francisco, California
Kim Rhodes, Landscape Project Manager, David Evans and Associates,
Irvine, California
Rob Bathke, Civil Engineer, David Evans and Associates, Irvine,
California
Jeff Overmyer, Electrical Engineer, OMB Electrical Engineers,
Irvine, California
Tom Wenner, Senior Project Manager, Walker Parking Consultants, San
Francisco, California
Lynn Basa, Artist, Lynn Basa Public Art, Chicago, Illinois
The Claremont Village Expansion parking structure beautifully
integrates this large, utilitarian structure into a
pedestrian-oriented urban fabric, in line with the industrial
character of surrounding buildings. Its small public plazas and
ground-level shops with colorful, recycled-wood storefronts are
accented by a 45' x 18' glass mosaic tile mural and a monumental
stair and elliptical elevator tower, a beacon of illumination at
night.
Honorable Mention:
Underhill Field and Parking Garage
University of California, Berkeley
Project Team:
Dennis Town, Senior Mechanical Engineer, University of California,
Berkeley
Morgan Jones, Architect, Stantec Architecture, San Francisco,
California
David Koski, Parking Consultant, Walker Parking Consultants, San
Francisco, California
Carl Overaa, Business Development Manager, Overaa Construction,
Richmond, California
The Underhill Field and Parking Garage, described above (Award
of Excellence for Best Design of a Parking Structure with 800 or
More Spaces) includes a sunny public plaza at street level, flanked
by two pavilions. Designed to meet the U.S. Green Building
Council's LEED requirements for an open parking structure,
Underhill is landscaped with drought-tolerant plants, bamboo and
native grasses that reduce the need for irrigation water and soften
the facility.
Photographs shown, and other views of the winning parking sites,
are available, along with additional project details. Please
contact Helen Sullivan, 703 847 9702.
About the International Parking Institute
Founded in 1962, the International Parking Institute is the largest
trade association representing the parking industry. Members
include professionals from cities, port authorities, civic centers,
academic institutions, hospitals, airports, theme parks, corporate
complexes, race tracks, transit and transportation agencies,
convention and sports centers, architects, engineers, financial
consultants, urban planners and suppliers of equipment, products
and services to the parking and transportation industry. The IPI
website is www.parking.org.
