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India Conditions
India! Our nation of protracted history, great diversity and unique economic growth! India is among the top ten economies of the world. Employment opportunities are rife in this burgeoning business environment leaving working professionals with even more than average disposable incomes. The country is the 4th largest global economy based on Purchasing Power Parity. The mood and malady of progress have clearly set in; for rapid progress brings its own share of rampant problems.
Parking Paradox
In the new millennium India has fast emerged as an important market for automobiles. India ranks 3rd in Asia in terms of car sales! Every other day automobile manufacturers unveil a new model citing trendier looks, fuel efficiency and higher levels of ride comfort, among other attractions. As Indian people fulfil their needs for fashionable personalized transportation more and more vehicles are added to the already congested roads of India. But the real problem is parking space.
Today, there is an urgent need to address this predicament. It is imperative to find a comprehensive and cost-effective solution to this national issue, affecting us the most in densely populated metropolitan areas.
The Solution
We have the solution!
Gannon Dunkerley & Co., Ltd. has formed a consortium with Simplex Projects Ltd. to give a rapidly changing urban India much needed Automated Parking Systems.
Fully Automated Parking Systems are the new global watch words in urban planning. Making the best use of available below ground space, automated parking systems create a cost effective, safe and environment friendly parking solution.
Gannon Dunkerley & Co., Ltd.
Gannon Dunkerley & Co., Ltd. is an engineering and infrastructure Company with a ubiquitous presence in all major sectors of industry. Our construction projects and turnkey solutions’ activities range from Civil to Mechanical to Mineral to Airport Baggage Handling Systems. Gannon Dunkerley & Co has successfully executed many prestigious projects in sectors such as Power, Petrochemicals, Refineries, Cement Plants, Sugar and Textile Mills, Bridges, Highways, Railways, Housing, and more for both private as well as public sector clients. All of this while earning Quality and Safety accolades.
Outside of the Indian subcontinent Gannon Dunkerley have established Construction Companies in Dubai and Bahrain, in the Middle East, for construction projects in those countries. Though the company is primarily involved in Civil Construction Projects, Gannon has a well established Mechanical and Electrical Division. This division undertakes major fabrication and erection of steel structures, mechanical plant installations in Industrial Units. In addition a Water Treatment Division to construct Water and Sewage Treatment Plants for State Governments and Municipal Corporations. In a milestone construction effort Gannon has built India’s largest water treatment plant with 650 Million Liters per Day Capacity in Gujarat, for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
Simplex Projects Ltd.
Simplex Projects Ltd. has successfully constructed over 70 Road and Rail-over-Bridges, over half a million square feet of residential and commercial building space, power plants to chemical factories, and multiplexes to shopping malls. Simplex are specialized in Bridges and Flyovers (reinforced and pre-stressed), Industrial Structures and Long Span Structure-steel & pre-stressed concrete. Simplex Projects has been instrumental in introducing Automated Car Parking Systems in India.
Our consortium proposes to revolutionize parking spaces in the country. In order to achieve this Gannon and Simplex are jointly making all financial outlays for planning and execution of Parking Systems Projects. The consortium is proposing to implement Parking System technology developed by Simpark Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Simplex Projects Ltd. Simpark has indigenized several technologies with most of the technical parts manufactured and fabricated in India to create a revolutionary parking technology that will help alleviate vehicular parking in the country.
Introducing Automated Parking Systems! Flash, Park and Leave… it’s that simple. Those are the only three steps a driver needs to do when parking a car in this Parking Systems lot. After that the automatic parking system takes over. Integrating the latest in laser and computer technology with conventional elevator components, these high-tech Parking Systems offer the perfect parking solution for India. The system eliminates most of the hassles of conventional parking while doubling, even tripling the capacity of similarly sized lots.
The consortium is making a value proposition to erect Automated Parking Facilities around the country on BOT Basis; i.e. to build and operate the facilities at our own cost. The proposition is attractive as a decision to build Automated Car Parks doesn’t mean increase in public spending.
Parking Demo
There are 2 high-tech options catering to below ground automated parking construction opportunities. These are the Dolly and the Pallet type technologies for below ground automated parking systems.
Dolly & Pallet Technologies
The parking procedure in both below ground options is relatively the same in terms of parking space hire and departure.
In the Dolly type Technology the Dolly-forklifts the car. The elevator lowers the car to the destination basement level. Moving away from elevator the shuttle transports the car to a position in line with the empty stall. Finally the car is delivered to its designated stall by the Dolly. Then the Dolly returns to the shuttle for the next parking procedure.
In Pallet Technology the elevator takes the car down to the destination level. Churning of pallets organizes the placements of parked cars. The car is brought onto an empty slot and another pallet comes onto the elevator. The pallets run on high load bearing carrier wheels.
End – The Future is here!
Fully Automated Car Parking Systems are replacing parking lots and garages all over the world. Hamburg Germany, Lisbon Portugal, Tokyo Japan. The Gannon Simplex consortium’s Parking Technology options are practical, cost-effective solutions to India’s parking woes. Space is disappearing fast in all of India’s bustling cities and the need to curb parking problems is immediate. The Automated Parking System is a future that’s here today. Making a decision now to change over to this option is in line with building a healthy, safer, modern urban India.