With so many networking events, education sessions, speakers, and social activities during the 2014 IPI Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas it will be hard to find the time to do everything, but make sure to visit the IPI Member Services booth on the Expo hall floor (#935) to take advantage of several opportunities in one place. As always, the IPI Member Services booth will provide a relaxing area where attendees can sit, eat, and catch up with each other in between visiting the the hundreds of exhibits on the show floor. In addition, IPI staff will also be available to answer questions and discuss existing and upcoming member benefits. 

 

Be sure to also visit the SHOPIPI.com store, displaying and selling various IPI and Parking Matters® merchandise such as golf shirts, lapel pins, hats, water bottles, umbrellas, and more.

 

For information about all the exciting activities and to register for the IPI Conference & Expo, go to ipiconference.parking.org.

In Partnership with PCI: Designing High Performance Parking Structures Webinar

We invite you to join us for an informational webinar on Wednesday May 14, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. EST to review the changes to the CAPP program.  This webinar will review both CAPP candidate changes and also the recertification changes.

 

Last chance to register for this webinar by clicking here.

 

Don't worry if you can't make it--we will archive this webinar so you can review it at your convenience by clicking here under the On-Demand webinars section of the page. 

If you are a CAPP, we need YOU!  Time is running out! From now until May 23, CAPPs may recertify by participating in the beta testing of the new CAPP examination (at no cost). You will take the computer-administered exam at a nearby IQT Testing Center. IPI will pay all exam fees, and have no fear--we are not concerned if you pass or fail and no scores will be reported or released during this beta testing period AND you will be recertified until 2017! Now, that's a great way to advance the profession and take care of recertification requirements!

 

Those who take the beta test will automatically be eligible to recertify for the next three years (until 2017) without any other requirements aside from the recertification fee.

 

To learn more about the beta test and register to take the new CAPP exam at a testing center near you, contact Lauri Chudoba, professional development administrator, at capp@parking.org or 571.699.3011. Thank you for your helping us advance the profession.

 

 

IPI offers special pricing for bulk order purchases of more than five courses. Contact Lauri Chudoba for more information.

 

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

For: PARCS

 

City of St. Louis, MO
For: Parking and Consulting Services Study

 

Sound Transit

For: Real Time Availability Parking Monitoring Systems

 

Tulsa (Okla.) Airports Improvement Trust

For: Parking Management

 

New York State Thruway

For: Bid to Lease Parking Lots 

 

View all RFPs  

 

Organizations can post RFPs at no charge. For more information, contact Peter Caporale at 571.699.3011. 

 

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The two-day Innovation in Mobility Public Policy Summit will bring forward-thinking transportation professionals together in Washington, D.C., to discuss new developments in shared-use mobility and foster further collaboration between governments and private sector mobility providers. Building on the successful Shared Use Mobility Summit in San Francisco last October, this event will feature panel discussions and presentations by influential mobility leaders in the public sector along with experts in the fields of carsharing, one-way carsharing, peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing, public bikesharing, ridesharing, and technology, all sharing their experiences in bringing new transportation options to local communities. 

 

Hosted by the Association for Commuter Transpotation, Transit Center, Mobility Lab, and the University of California Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center, summit participants will examine ways governments and shared-use providers can work together to create more seamless transportation systems within their communities and connect even more individuals to their services. The event will also examine the role of emerging technologies in shared-use mobility and how the public and private sectors can take advantage of them to reach a wider portion of the travelling public. 

 

The PCI Design Awards program recognizes design excellence and construction quality using precast concrete. Be a part of the search for excellence and submit your project today.

 

Visit the Design Awards website for complete information, including this year's categories and, submission guidelines, and to make a submission.

Entries are accepted in two primary categories: buildings and transportation structures. In addition to buildings and transportation, there are special awards categories: the Harry H. Edwards Industry Advancement Award, the All-Precast Solution Award, and the Sustainable Design Award. 

 

Important Dates:
May 19, 2014 - Submission deadline

Late July 2014 - Winners announced

 

All winning projects will be showcased at the PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference and be included in a summary article that appears in PCI Journal and Aspire and Ascent magazines. Together, these publications reach more than 65,000 industry stakeholders. We encourage you to take advantage of this great opportunity to showcase your project!

Questions? Contact Brian Miller, P.E., LEED AP, at 312.360.3216 or bmiller@pci.org; or Jennifer Peters at 312.583.6780 or jpeters@pci.org.

 

View the 2013 and previous years' winning projects here and select the year you are interested in in the box on the left titled PCI Design Award Winners.