Signal Field Service
TAPCO is one of the few vendors in Wisconsin able to provide turnkey solutions in the transportation market. We provide integrated solutions in the form of product delivery, trained technical turn on assistance and maintenance if it should be required.
TAPCO can provide you with the “one stop shop” that provides you the time savings of having all your equipment delivered at one time. No time is wasted looking for partial shipments that arrived months before other items. No need to find storage space for these partial shipments. No need to inventory these partial shipments or reorder lost or damaged items. One vendor, One order, One invoice, TAPCO is the One call you should make. ----> 1.800.236.0112
Maintenance Packages
TAPCO offers complete, long-term maintenance contracts including emergency 24 hour repair service on everything in your traffic signal or control systems. Traffic Signal preventative maintenance is required by every traffic signal owner.
The maintenance tasks range from very simple observations to very complex controller and conflict monitoring testing. Let us explain all these requirements and how TAPCO can offer you assistance in performing these tasks. You can design you own custom preventative maintenance contract that fits your labor and budget needs.-------> 1.800.236.0112
TAPCO Service Professionals - Brian Scharles
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Brian P. Scharles has eighteen years of ITS and traffic engineering experience.
He has been an employee of Traffic and Parking Control Corporation (TAPCO) since 1988, where he is currently a ITS systems design engineer and manager of signal services.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in 1989, where his Major was Communication Systems.
He attended the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University, completing the Traffic Engineering Technical Assistants and Traffic Signal Timing courses.
He received his Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from Marquette University. Course work to date includes training in several signal timing software programs, including Highway Capacity software, Passer II-90, Signal 85, Nostop, Advanced Traffic Management Design and his final thesis was titled Ramp Metering in a Coordinated System.
Brian has attended the TRANSYT-7F orientation workshop at UW Madison, including the revised use of TRANSYT-7F in the Wisconsin Fuel Efficient Transportation Program - June 1993.
Brian is responsible for managing signal system installations and programming, including closed loop systems and applications engineering for signal controller installations. Brian is in charge of the personnel who service and maintain many of these systems. Many current projects involve System Integrator, Radio, Fiber Optics, Video Multiplexing and Communication Management Systems.
He has been certified as a Fiber Optic Technician by the Fiber Optic Association. Brian has assisted in the complete integration of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Fiber Optic system operating under the MONITOR Program.
Mr. Scharles is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and in 1991 was awarded the outstanding student paper in the field of traffic and transportation engineering by the Wisconsin Section of ITE.
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Certified Fiber Optic Technician |
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Completed Vanguard Service Seminar |
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Certified Fiber Optics Installer |
Rick Kline - Signal Service Technician
Rick Kline has 19 years of signal service and maintenance experience. He has been an employee of Traffic and Parking Control Corporation (TAPCO) since 1990.
He has completed 60 credits of electronics courses at Waukesha Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College.
He is an IMSA certified Work Zone Safety Specialist. He is also an IMSA certified Traffic Signal Technician both Level I and Level II.
He has performed preventive maintenance for over 30 communities in the 16 years he’s been employed at TAPCO.
Rick has attended the TRANSYT-7F orientation workshop at UW Madison, including the revised use of TRANSYT-7F in the Wisconsin Fuel Efficient Transportation Program - June 1993.
Rick is a certified installation and service technician for Iteris video detection systems.
Matt Done - Signal Service Technician
Matt Done has 11 years of signal service and maintenance experience. He has been an employee of Traffic and Parking Control Corporation (TAPCO) since 1999.
He has completed his associate’s degree in Computer Electronics Technology at Herzing College in Madison
He has completed the IMSA certified Work Zone Safety course. He has also completed the IMSA certified Traffic Signal Technician Level I and Level II courses.
Matt has performed preventative maintenance for over 30 communities while working at TAPCO. Current duties include maintenance and troubleshooting of existing traffic control cabinets, installation and turn on of new and temporary cabinets, installation of video detection cameras and traffic signal communication Systems.
Robert Lingofski - Signal Service Technician
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Certified Fiber Optic Technician |
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Completed Vanguard Service Seminar |
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Certified Fiber Optics Installer |
Robert Lingnofski has 14 years of signal service and maintenance experience. He has been an employee of Traffic and Parking Control Corporation (TAPCO) since 1995.
He has completed 63 credits of electronics courses at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Robert is an IMSA certified Work Zone Safety Specialist. He is also an IMSA certified Traffic Signal Technician both Level I and Level II.
Robert is an FOA (Fiber Optic Association) certified technician. Includes Fiber Optic Terminations and Fiber Optic Splicing.
Robert is the maintenance technician for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation MONITOR system under various construction projects. Maintenance responsibility includes CCTV Cameras, Spread Spectrum Radios, 170 Controllers, Ramp Metering programming, Microwave Detectors, Variable Message Signs, Fiber Optic Transceivers, SONET equipment and Traveler Advisory Radios.
Greg Piefer - Signal Service Technician
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Certified Fiber Optic Technician |
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Completed Vanguard Service Seminar |
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Certified Fiber Optics Installer |
Greg Piefer has over 9 years of signal service and maintenance experience. He has been an employee of Traffic and Parking Control Corporation (TAPCO) since 2001.
He has completed his associate’s degree in Electronics Technology at Waukesha County Technical College.
He has completed the IMSA certified Work Zone Safety course. He has also completed the IMSA certified Traffic Signal Technician Level 1 and Level II courses.
Greg has performed preventative maintenance for many communities while working at TAPCO.
Current duties include maintenance and trouble-shooting of existing traffic control cabinets, installation and turn on of new and temporary cabinets, installation of video detection cameras and maintenance of variable message signs
Jeffrey Tarczewski - Signal Service Technician
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Certified Fiber Optic Technician |
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Completed Vanguard Service Seminar |
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Certified Fiber Optics Installer |
Jeff Tarczewski has 21 years of signal service and maintenance experience. He has been an employee of Traffic and Parking Control Corporation (TAPCO) since 1989.
Jeff has attended Milwaukee Business Technical Institute for electronics.
Jeff is a maintenance technician for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation MONITOR system. Current Duties include maintenance of New Variable Message Signs, Microwave Detectors, Fiber Optic trailblazer signs and Microwave Detectors.
Jeff is an IMSA certified Work Zone Safety Specialist. He is also an IMSA certified Traffic Signal Technician both Level I and Level II.
He has performed preventive maintenance for many communities in the 17 years he’s been employed at TAPCO.