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New Partnerships in the Higher Education Market with SMRTpass

October 20, 2022 by dviramontes

Concord Parking Launches New SMRTpass Solution at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Concord Parking is now providing parking enforcement and parking management services for Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) on four of its campuses in British Columbia: Richmond, Surrey, Cloverdale, and Langley.

KPU has become the flagship client of Concord’s new SMRTpass technology, which lets users quickly pay for parking or validate their license plate using only QR codes without having to download an app. As part of the Concord CTRL parking management software, this has proven to be an ideal solution for KPU’s parking challenges.

“We were able to understand the challenges and opportunities of managing parking services for students, faculty, staff, and visitors across multiple KPU campus locations. A successful parking program requires a modern, efficient operation leveraging the latest in parking innovation and technology. Working in partnership with KPU, we successfully deliver a superior parking management program focused on exceptional user experience, efficiency, and revenue maximization,” said Concord’s Director of Product Innovation, Marc Postlethwaite.

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Concord’s Contract Award
with Eastern Health

June 3, 2022 by dviramontes

Concord Parking was recently awarded the contract to provide parking management services for Eastern Health, located in St. John’s, NL. Eastern Health is Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest healthcare authority serving the eastern side of the province. Along with patient and visitor parking at the Health Science Center, Concord Parking is also managing more than 5,000 employee permits at three major hospitals: The Health Science Centre, St. Clare’s Mercy, and the Miller Centre.

“We are proud to be serving the largest health authority in the region,” said Concord’s President, Michael Murray.

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Concord Lands Major Contract
With SFU

May 12, 2022 by dviramontes

Concord Parking has been awarded the contract to provide parking management services for Simon Fraser University, located in Burnaby, B.C. SFU is one of Canada’s largest universities with 37,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. This represents one of Concord Parking’s largest contracts to date. The SFU contract will allow Concord Parking to showcase newly developed in-house parking management software designed specifically for university applications.

“SFU will be completely automating the permit purchase process for students, faculty and staff utilizing Concord Parking’s self-hosted permit management software. Additionally, we are providing parking enforcement with Concord’s mobile License Plate Recognition (LPR) vehicle and violation management software,” said Concord’s Director of Parking and Branch Leadership, Marc Postlethwaite.

Concord’s solution process and implementation successfully allowed SFU to focus time and energy on what was needed to meet their business needs. The contract was announced effective June 2021.