Companies news StructureCare has it covered Structural maintenance, car park surfaces and flat-roof specialist StructureCare has overcome the elements and challenges of installing deck coatings in cold weather conditions at Barnsley Councils flagship retail, leisure and community development, The Glass Works. StructureCare was appointed as a specialist subcontractor by Henry Boot Construction, to install deck coatings and movement joints throughout the new multi-storey car park, which has space for more than 500 vehicles. Top-deck coatings of 2,514m2 and internal-deck coatings of 15,089m2 were installed during the period July 2020 to May 2021. StructureCare also installed specially designed stainless steel ACO drainage as an integral part of the deck waterproofing system. Videalerts new demo vehicle A new mobile CCTV demonstration vehicle has been unveiled by Videalert. Equipped with a complete suite of traffic and parking enforcement applications, it has individual monitors and perspex screens, so Covid-secure demonstrations can be conducted safely in any location. The vehicle has six ONVIF-compliant HD cameras to show optimum enforcement through a 360-degree field of view. A large-format monitor has also been installed in the back of the vehicle so that static demonstrations of the system can be given to larger audiences. Jonathan Hector, Videalerts business development manager, said: This mobile demonstration facility will be of particular interest to councils planning to apply to the Department for Transport for powers to enforce moving traffic contraventions. Latest developments from organisations across the profession Mobility firms aim to boost sharing economy YourParkingSpace.co.uk and hiyacar have announced a groundbreaking new partnership that aims to grow both businesses by improving customer offerings. YourParkingSpace.co.uk is a parking technology provider, listing thousands of empty driveways and parking spaces that can be pre-booked by customers. Hiyacar is a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, through which car owners make money by renting their vehicles to a vetted community of drivers. It currently has more than 120,000 members. The new agreement will allow YourParkingSpace.co.uk customers to monetise their vehicle when it is not being used through hiyacar. Likewise, hiyacar customers will be directed to YourParkingSpace.co.uk if they require parking during their car rental, enabling them to save money on parking. As well as cost savings, the partnership highlights the money-making opportunities available in the sharing economy the exchange of services and goods between people which is estimated to be worth 8bn in Britain. YourParkingSpace.co.uk customers, for instance, made 21m in 2020 by renting out their vacant driveways to motorists needing somewhere to park. Hiyacar customers who list their cars on the website often make an average of 400 per month, with some earning more than 800 a month in high-demand areas. Harrison Woods, CEO at YourParkingSpace. co.uk, said: This new partnership will see a seismic shift in the sharing economy as two of the UKs torchbearers come together. Co-founder and CEO of hiyacar, Graeme Risby, added: Our partnership with YourParkingSpace is the perfect fit for our members and will help accelerate the growth of the sharing economy. New research by YourParkingSpace. co.uk shows that UK homeowners are boosting their income by more than 1,000 per year on average by renting out their empty driveways as parking spaces. The top three earning cities in the past year were London (2,212 average), Brighton (2,059) and Edinburgh (1,941). Smart partnership for AppyWay Smart parking and mobility technology specialist AppyWay, and Morrison Energy Services, part of M Group Services, have joined forces to provide London-based smart-meter installation teams with enhanced, real-time parking information. Morrison Energy Services carries out tens of thousands of smart meter homeinstallation visits across the UK every year. For these teams, locating available parking spaces around customer premises is an everyday challenge. Unavailable or restricted parking can potentially lead to a poor customer experience as appointments are delayed or even rescheduled. Lengthy searches for available parking spaces can also have an environmental impact. The AppyWay app is providing Morrison Energy Services London-based smart-metering team with an accurate, quick, and simple view of all parking options across the capital. The information provided includes resident bay restricted hours, single yellow line restricted hours, and paid bay maximum stay limits, meaning parking has become a preplanned activity rather than an end-ofjourney inconvenience. Morrison Energy Services, said: Parking, particularly in London, is a huge challenge for our technicians. The AppyWay app has shown that, with the right tools, we can begin to combat this issue. We are looking forward to expanding the use of the app to more of our technicians. 10 britishparking.co.uk PN July 2021 pp10-11 Companies News.indd 10 25/06/2021 11:38