 Review your contact information carefully. |
| Check your email address and phone number for typos, and make sure all contact fields are completed. If you’re not the best person to contact if we have questions about your submittal, make sure you enter the name and contact information for the person you want us to call. |
| Enter your company name exactly how you want it printed on the award, should you win. |
| You can enter the legal name of the company or a shortened version, but please make sure that however it’s written in your application is what you want to appear on the award. |
| Enter a concise project name. |
| There is a limited amount of space on the award; please limit the project or program name to 8 words. (The organization’s name will be printed below project name; you do not need to include that in your project name.) |
| Include a discussion of the timeline of the program or project you are submitting for an award. |
| It should be very clear to the judges that your project was built during the time frame included in the instructions and meets eligibility requirements. If it is not, your project could be disqualified in error. |
| Receive the approval of the owner of the project you are submitting for an award. |
| Award-winning projects and programs are featured in Parking & Mobility magazine and on our social media channels. To avoid objections once we start writing, it is imperative that all project participants, particularly the project owner, have given you approval to submit the project for an award. For example, if you are a design firm and you are submitting a municipal parking structure for the Architectural Design category, you must have the approval of the municipality before submitting the award application. |
| Discuss your application with major team members and list them in the award application. |
| While you do not need to name all team members, it is required that you identify the owner, program/project management company, architect(s), Engineer of Record, structural engineers, contractor, planner, parking consultant, and software and hardware providers (if applicable). The team members required to be listed will depend on the category of the submission, and it is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the project’s team members receive proper credit for their services. Submissions that do not include substantially complete teaming information will be considered incomplete and will not be evaluated. |
| Include the most important details of your project or program without repeating information. |
| We want to know about the elements of your project or program that make it worthy of an award. What were the benefits of the project? How did it improve upon existing structures or programs? How did it affect the community? Each required section asks for different information, but each section should be connected to the other; tie them together. Try not to repeat information; each section has a word limit. Make every word count! |
| Add at least 10 images that are under 1MB each. |
| Each entry must include your organization’s logo, the logos of any additional team members, and at least 10 images of your project or program. Under-construction photos, finished project images, plans, or renderings are permitted, but you must have permission from the photographer or document creator and you must list the photo credit. For entries in the Innovation or Marketing & Communications categories, flyers, posters, or photographs of an associated event, if applicable, are permitted. |
| Pay for your entry at the time of submission -- or at least before October 18, 2024! |
| Entries that are not paid for will not be judged. |