AirportConsulting
Spring 2010
Cover Story
New Directions in Airport Safety
Clarifying SMS, SRM and the Safety Case
By Dave Fleet, Dave Fleet Consulting; Joanne Landry, Landry
Consulting; Deirdre Cowden-Templeton, Cowden-Templeton Consulting (CTC);
and Kevin Vandeberg, Barge, Waggoner, Summer & Cannon, Inc.
Airport consultants have likely heard about the FAA-driven safety
initiatives that are beginning to impact airport clients: Safety
Management Systems (SMS), Safety Risk Management (SRM) and Safety Cases.
These are exciting efforts but, as with any significant change, their
implementation has generated confusion. Over the past year, there have
been many questions from airport consultants and operators about these
programs. What do SMS, SRM and Safety Cases require of airports? How to
they differ? What is their impact to airport operators both now and in
the future? Read more…
Special Feature
NextGen for Airports: The Far-Term Perspective
By Diana Khera, Director Airport and Airpspace Planning, Harris
Miller Miller & Hanson Inc.
Many of the near-term applications and plans under the Federal
Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen initiative are widely
understood within the aviation industry. The implementation of new
Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) routes and procedures will lead to
enhancements in the use of airspace, resulting in increased safety,
efficiency and environmental benefits. The latest version of FAA’s
NextGen Implementation Plan will provide additional detail and clarity
on these near-term applications. But what about longer-term NextGen
initiatives and what will they mean for airport facilities? Full story…
Consultants Perspective
Closing the Communication Gap: The Right People, Using the
Right Words at the Right Time
By Michael Kenney and Paul Sanford, KB Environmental
Sciences
George Bernard Shaw, the 19th Century Nobel Prize and
Oscar-winning journalist, playwright and social commentator often
remarked that “The problem with communication…is the
illusion that it has been accomplished.” Even the most
knowledgeable, experienced and articulate among us can fail to
communicate important information to the very audiences that have the
greatest need to know and understand it. Unfortunately, this disconnect,
or “gap” between the messenger and recipient makes it
increasingly difficult to communicate with the public on environmental
impacts of airport operations, especially when talking about risks to
human health. Recognizing these different languages of risk
communication makes it easier to define this challenge and construct a
remedy. Read more…
Executive Update
“I Skate to where the puck is going to be, not
where it is.” – Wayne Gretziky
By Ronald L. Peckham, P.E., C&S Companies
This simple wisdom captures ACC’s need for vision, strategy and
execution as we anticipate marketplace and industry changes that could
be ahead. Read more…
ACC Sustainability Corner
A Sustainability Resource for Consultants
By William Keller, AICP, LEED-AP (BD+C), Reynolds, Smith &
Hills, Inc.
The recently unveiled Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance (SAGA)
database enables consultants to provide organized and catalogued
sustainability solutions for airport clients. The database includes
almost 1,000 sustainability practices and applications at airports.
While this is a daunting amount of information, the resource is
extremely flexible, allowing data to be reviewed, searched and sorted in
numerous ways. In fact, the database was used with great success on a
recent airport master plan update in helping to identify and
categorize a menu of sustainability and conservation initiatives. Read more…
After All
A Guide for Success: Updates to the AASHTO Audit Guidelines
and What it Means for You
By Dan Purvine, Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc.
Is your firm compliant with the latest guidance on determining
indirect cost rates? How are you evaluating executive compensation? Is
your CPA firm qualified to conduct an audit? Full story…
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