Operations & Technical Affairs Committee Pre-Conference Seminar September 8-9, 2012 Hyatt Regency Hotel Calgary, Alberta, Canada Saturday, September 8, 2012 7:30am 5:00pm 8:00am 8:30am 8:30am 8:40am 8:40am 9:40 am 9:40am- 10:00am 10:00am 10:30am Registration (Lineham Lobby) Continental Breakfast (Imperial 1-3) Chairman s Welcome (Imperial 8) Chairman Sam Sleiman (Massport) will welcome attendees to Calgary and provide a summary of major committee accomplishments as well as how you can get more involved in committee activities. Session 1: Ops/Tech Committee Briefing (Imperial 8) ACI-NA staff and Working Group Chairs will provide briefings on committee and working group activities of critical importance to members. The session will include discussions of the latest U.S. regulatory and legislative issues affecting airport operations, planning, and development as well as reports from all five committee working groups Operations & Safety, Planning, Construction & Project Delivery, Facilities & Maintenance, and NextGen. Speakers Chris Oswald, ACI-NA Channon Hanna, ACI-NA Emily Underhill, SW Florida International Airport Maury Masucci, Hill International Pat Neville, Toronto Pearson International Airport Rick Busch, Denver International Airport Matt Griffin, ACI-NA Session 2: FAA Briefing (Imperial 8) Jim White will provide a briefing regarding the latest Advisory Circulars, research activities, and other work efforts that are underway within the FAA s Office of Airports Speaker Jim White, FAA Office of Airports Morning Break (Imperial 1-3) 1
Saturday, September 8, 2012 (cont d) 10:30am 12:00pm 12:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm Session 3: Airport Parking: Addressing Operational and Management Challenges (Imperial 8) In this session, learn about the latest techniques airports are using to manage their parking facilities, address competitive challenges from off airport parking operators, and ensure high levels of customer service. Allen Hoffman, Ricondo & Associates Myron Keehn, Edmonton International Airport Craig Leiner, Boston-Logan International Airport Mark Pitchford, CTR Systems Jack Ricchiuto, Standard Parking Lunch (Imperial 1-3) Session 4 Impacts of Airline Mergers Consolidation on Airport Facilities and Operations (Imperial 8) The past seven years have seen significant realignment of the U.S. airline industry. Starting with the merger of US Airways and America West in 2005, through the mergers for Delta and Northwest in 2008, United and Continental in 2010, AirTran and Southwest in 2011, all the way to current talk about a potential US Airways/American merger, airline consolidation and its impacts on airports has been an ongoing reality U.S. airport operators. In this panel discussion, we will focus on how airport facilities and operations have been impacted by this consolidation as well as how airport operators have worked to address these impacts. Ian Redhead, Kansas City International Airport D.J. Anderson, US Airways Jim Drinkard, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tory Richardson, Port Columbus International Airport Session 5 Pavement Management Systems and Processes (Imperial 8) Pavement management systems have enabled a number of airports to improve the efficiency and quality their airfield pavement maintenance programs while simultaneously enhancing the accuracy of projected maintenance costs, schedules, and resource requirements. This session will focus on how to establish airport pavement management programs, lessons learned by airports that have done so, and advances in non-destructive testing methods to evaluate pavement quality and remaining service life. Sam Sleiman, Boston-Logan International Airport Jo Lary, Pavement Consultants, Inc. Mike Norby, Kimley-Horn Jim Power, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Afternoon Break (Imperial 1-3) 2
Saturday, September 8, 2012 (cont d) 3:30pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 6:30pm Session 6 Land Use Planning and Airport Development (Imperial 8) What does highest & best use mean in an era of airline consolidation, increasing pressure for nonaeronautical revenue development, and ongoing concerns about environmentally and functionallycompatible land use? In this session, we ll be discussing how airports are addressing complex land use planning challenges both on and off airport to enhance the commercial, operational, and environmental viability of their facilities. Emily Underhill, Southwest Florida International Airport Michael Healy, Halifax International Airport Mike Hines, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Peter Kirsch, Kaplin, Kirsch & Rockwell, LLP Angela Shafer-Payne, San Diego International Airport Session 7 Boeing Product Briefing Boeing will provide a targeted briefing regarding their efforts to ensure airports are ready for B747-8 aircraft, as well as updates on the status of other Boeing aircraft programs. Speaker: Karen Dix-Colony, Boeing Company Ops/Tech Steering Group Meeting (Walker) Interested ACI-NA airport members not on the Steering Group are welcome to attend the meeting as observers. Sunday, September 9, 2012 7:30am 5:00pm 8:00am 8:30am 8:30am 10:00am 10:00am 10:30am Registration (Lineham Lobby) Continental Breakfast (Grand Foyer 3-4,Atrium) Session 8 Airport Roundtable (Imperial 8) A perennial committee favorite, the Roundtable provides attendees with an opportunity to discuss what s going on at their airports as well as seek help from colleagues on issues of concern. Come prepared to discuss the top three operational, planning, or development issues/projects at your airport. Morning Break (Grand Foyer 3-4,Atrium) 3
Sunday, September 9, 2012 (cont d) 10:30am 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:30pm Session 9 Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit: Navigating Capital Project Procurement & Selling to the Board (Imperial 8) Over the past 6 years, ACI-NA in collaboration with the Airport Consultants Council (ACC) and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has held an annual Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit. This year, the seventh annual ACI/ACC/AGC Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit will be held as part of the 2012 ACI-NA/World Conference and Exhibition. The Summit will follow the same format as prior years, focusing primarily on peer-to-peer, owner-oriented panel discussions addressing today s most pressing airport design and construction issues. This session which kicks off the summit will deal with how to make the case for project delivery approaches other than traditional design, bid, build approaches with your airport s senior leadership. Airport operators that have used non-traditional delivery methods in recent and on-going projects will be on hand to describe how they convinced their leadership that these delivery methods were right for their projects. Mike Kenig, Holder Construction Robert Ramsey, Nashville International Airport Perfecto Solis, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Lunch (Grand Foyer 3-4, Atrium) 12:30pm 1:00pm Lunch, continued (Grand Foyer 3-4, Atrium) Session 10b Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit: Airport Owners Guidebook to Project Delivery Systems (Imperial 8) Steve Riano from Bechtel will provide an overview of the ACI-NA/ACC/AGC Airport Owners Guidebook to Project Delivery Systems, which has been significantly updated and provides practical, actionable advice regarding how to select and implement various project delivery systems. Speaker: Steve Riano, Bechtel Corporation 4
Sunday, September 9, 2012 (cont d) 1:00pm 2:15pm 2:15pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 3:30pm Session 10a Managing the Management Systems: How Planning, Facilities, Operations and IT Collide (Imperial 4) The past several years have seen accelerated deployment of data-intensive management systems in the airport environment. Many of these management systems rely on common data (e.g., airport geospatial features, facility characteristics) and all have the common characteristic that they are enterprise systems, which touch multiple internal and external stakeholders. In this session, representatives from ACI-NA s Business Information Technology and Ops/Tech committees will discuss the challenges associated with implementing and maintaining these systems and how the two committees can work together to address them. Jim Miller, Denver International Airport Kevin Carlson, AECOM Paul Martinez, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dave Wilson, Seattle/Tacoma International Airport Afternoon Break (Grand Foyer 3-4, Atrium) Session 11a NextGen and Airspace Design: How Should Airports Play? (Imperial 7/9) The FAA is currently working to expedite the planning and implementation of NextGen flight procedures and airspace designs. ACI-NA expects that these efforts are likely to become even more heated over the next 2-3 years as a result of provisions included in this year s FAA reauthorization legislation. In this joint session with ACI-NA s Environmental Affairs Committee, a panel will discuss why airports need to be directly involved in these efforts and how they can best contribute to them. Rick Busch, Denver International Airport Mary Ellen Eagan, HMMH Chad Leqve, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Chris Oswald, ACI-NA Session 10c Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit: When is Less More Management Requirements for CM@R and Design/ Build (Imperial 8) Alternative project delivery requires an assessment of traditional roles and responsibilities for the airport owner s management team. Adjustments may be needed to align with changes in risk profiles and staffing levels. In this session, learn what it takes to establish metrics and evaluate management alternatives based on project delivery. Jayne O Donnell, Turner Construction Presenters: Clay Paslay, Paslay Group (Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles International Airports) Ivar Satero, San Francisco International Airport Speakers: Bryan Enarson, San Diego International Airport Dan Molloy, Abu Dhabi International Airport Angela Newland, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport Perfecto Solis, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Session 11b Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit: Financing & Public-Private Partnerships (Imperial 8) In this session, participants will discuss issues associated with capital project financing as well as the unique issues and opportunities associated with using public/private partnerships to facilitate capital development. Sid Scott, Hill International Sue Baer, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Peter Houghton, Southwest Airlines Diego Rincon, The Louis Berger Group Kent Rowey, Esq., Freshfields 5
Sunday, September 9, 2012 (cont d) 3:30pm 4:30pm Session 12a Airport Sustainability Rating Systems (Imperial 7/9) This informative briefing will summarize progress on the ACRP project that is developing an airportspecific rating system for airports as well on how rating systems have been applied in the field. Through an interactive session, provide your input on the prototype framework of the rating system and make suggestions on its application and governance. Speakers: Carol Lurie, VHB Steve Moulton, Parsons Brinckerhoff Session 12b Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit: Roundtable Discussion (Imperial 8) The Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit will conclude with an open roundtable discussion of capital project delivery issues the airport community is facing. Come ready with questions for airport operators and experienced consultant and contractors regarding both traditional and non-traditional project delivery methods. Dave Hanson, Walbridge 6:00pm 8:00pm Exhibition Hall Grand Opening and Reception (BMO Center Shuttle Bus Service available from the Hyatt Hotel) Save the Date! SPRING 2013 ACI-NA OPS/TECH CONFERENCE Renaissance Vinoy Hotel St. Petersburg, Florida March 5-7 6