CTG Luxembourg is introducing dynamic car park management at its 2 sites and turning company car parks into an HR asset thanks to Sharvy.

300

Employees

80

Car park spaces

2

Sites to optimise

100%

Occupancy rate

Context of CTG Luxembourg

Every day, 200,000 cross-border workers travel to their jobs in Luxembourg, and many of them make the journey by car. In its forecasts, the Grand Duchy predicts a 40% increase in travel by 2035.

With this in mind, car parks are seen as a means of regulating traffic and are one of the fundamental levers for controlling mobility. This is one of the main concerns of companies like CTG in Luxembourg.

At the beginning of 2022, CTG Luxembourg is implementing a specific action program to address the issue of employee car parking. Against a backdrop of limited available space, the company decided to allocate certain parking spaces, as the number of spaces on CTG’s 2 sites was notoriously inadequate : 62 on one site and 18 on the other, for 300 employees.

However, the traditional policy of allocating parking spaces by name had one drawback : it was out of the question for a colleague to park on a space even if it was vacant when he or she arrived. This statutory preference was a little anachronistic in the light of current practices, and ended up costing CTG dearly, as it reimbursed the parking costs of all its employees who drove.

“For employees who drive, it’s uncomfortable to have to park in outside car parks, even if the expenses are covered. After the morning traffic jams, it’s a waste of time that we’d like to avoid!”

Frédéric VEYNACHTER
Director of Human Resources, CTG Luxembourg

Setting up of Sharvy

Post-COVID, CTG has extended the possibility of teleworking to 2 days a week for all its staff. Working patterns are becoming more individualised, managed at team level, and staff are no longer all on site at the same time. Attendance schedules are more flexible and less predictable. This provided a favourable context for introducing dynamic car park management.

The project began in early 2022, and the Sharvy application was deployed in July. With its optimisation algorithms, the Sharvy application takes advantage of variations in occupancy and fills the car park fairly, according to the reservation requests it receives. What’s more, the Sharvy application can easily adapt to the specific features of each site, with access control at the exit in one car park and at the entrance and exit in the other.

“Sharvy has completely replaced the old system based on the fixed allocation of named spaces. So yes, we still have the same challenge to solve: 1 parking space for 3 cars. However, the application makes it possible to apply a policy of fairness. That’s why Sharvy is so popular!”

Mickael CHESSA
Facility Manager, CTG Luxembourg

Favourite features

The 4 features most used by CTG Luxembourg on a daily basis are :

Reservation and release of spaces by employees, enabling the sharing of spaces between everyone (the flex parking).
The fair algorithm, which automatically allocates spaces and favours users with the fewest spaces.
A dynamic map of the car park, so that employees can easily see and find which space is allocated to them.
Multi-site management, to facilitate team mobility between the 2 sites.

Benefits noted

For the company, the introduction of Sharvy has generated significant financial benefits : By sharing its parking spaces and opening up access to all its employees, CTG Luxembourg has seen a reduction in its parking expense reports.

For CTG employees, having a pre-booked parking space on request is, as in many urban centres where the Sharvy application is used, one less “mental burden” for them.

“With Sharvy, there has been an immediate and visible change: in concrete terms, there are enough spaces for everyone on our main site. At our secondary site, the car park is now full in the mornings and afternoons and there are no longer any vacant spaces. What’s more, booking requests are almost always met.”

Mickael CHESSA
Facility Manager, CTG Luxembourg

Sharvy allows the company to organise access to the car park in a fluid and fair way. Which is obviously a good thing when it comes to well-being in the workplace (QWL) and taking account of employees’ needs!

“Of course, I can’t promise a space in the company car park every day. But CTG can promise a fair system, and that is a real key argument for the Human Resources Department!”

Frédéric VEYNACHTER
Director of Human Resources, CTG Luxembourg

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