b'PARKINGSJC 23Phelps visited new parking structures in the area and worked closely with Clark Pacific, its precast concrete designer, to prepare for the project. The new garage project was carried out using a progressive design-build delivery method. Ali describes the partnership as a triangle, with Hensel Phelps, Watry Design and the airport comprising the three sides. The city of San Joses Department of Public Works was also a stakeholder, as it performed administration and code compliance inspections for the project.To facilitate planning and design, the project team participated in a stakeholder workshop held by a third-party mediator. Its basically all of the airports key decisionmakers and stakeholders and all of the design team members coming into in one room, talking about how to better the communication process and streamline decision making and identifying potential issues and how to mitigate them, Kim remarks. SP+, the company that manages SJCs PHOTO: LUCAS FLADZINSKIgarages and surface lots, was looped in during multiple rounds of acceptance testing and project meetings. We needed system allows the airport to accept online reservations and multiple payment methods. Other key advantages are an upgraded, automated license plate recognition system and a touchless interface for customersa feature that is becomingGateKeeper CVMSmore important as the COVID pandemic lingers. Looking ahead,Ground TransportationManagement SystemTrejo notes that the new system will provide SJC with the ability toRevenue generationadd loyalty programs and mobile payment options in the future. Commercial Vehicle Tracking Automated DispatchThe airport added the new access and revenue control systemSYLVIA TREJOto its existing parking facilities as well as the new garage. The Planning Process GateKeeper TNC-OpsTransportation Network CompanySJC identified Economy Lot 1 as the location to build a new garage because it wasManagement Systemat capacity more than any of the airports other parking facilities. It was also already Track Every TNC Trip Validate Feesserviced by the airports fleet of electric shuttle buses and is located outside the airfield Analyze Databoundaries, so vertical construction would not infringe on active airspace.Hensel Phelps Construction and Watry Design teamed up and won the project as a design-build team. Keeping in mind SJCs long-term plans to build additional parking structures in the same area, the project team selected the closest point to the entryGateKeeper App-139at the north end of the existing lot for the new garage. WatryAireld Inspection Software Automated InspectionsDesign Senior Project Manager Taylor Kim explains that this Automated Work Orderslocation allows SJC to maximize the space available for future Visual Aireld Mapconstruction and minimized impact to the existing lot. HenselTAYLOR KIM651-365-0700 | www.gksys.comAirportImprovement.comJanuary | February 2022'