AirportConsulting
Fall 2007

Cover Story
Risk Transfer or Mitigation: Which Will It Be? An Alternate Project Delivery Primer & Proposal
By Steve Cornell, Director, Airport Master Plan Program, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
The pressure to meet ever-increasing demands for air service capacity is driving airport owners to look for new ways to rapidly deliver terminal, airside and landside construction projects. At the same time, the growing complexity of airport facilities is creating a growing desire of owners to bring design and construction experts together earlier in the project delivery process. In response, use of Alternate Project Delivery Methods (APDM), such as Design-Build (DB) and Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) is expanding in the airport marketplace. While these delivery methods may offer opportunities to compress project delivery time, control cost and enhance quality, they are also being routinely viewed as a vehicle to transfer risk ... full story

Special Feature
Interview with Vern Raburn of Eclipse Aviation
For the longest time it seemed that very light jets (VLJs) were a distant fantasy, something everyone in the aviation industry was talking about but was far from reality. Well the reality is finally upon us. Eclipse Aviation recently had the first VLJ, its Eclipse 500, fully certified, and it is now in production. The FAA Aerospace Forecasts call for 6,300 VLJs in the U.S. fleet by 2020. Initial deliveries will begin in 2007, and ramp up to 450 – 500 per year by 2010. So what does this mean, and how will VLJs likely impact the future of air travel and airports? AirportConsulting magazine recently interviewed Vern Raburn, the President, CEO and Founder of Eclipse Aviation, to get his views on the future of VLJs and the state of the aviation industry ...full story

Consultant Perspective
Tracking the Money — What consultants and airport managers need to know and do
By Tom Strange, President/CEO, Solution Design Group, Inc.
There has been tremendous growth in passenger and cargo service, and this growth will continue. The FAA’s Aerospace Forecast, released in March 2007, projects over 1,200 million enplanements, 81 trillion take-offs and landings, and 81.3 trillion revenue ton miles of cargo being shipped by air by 2020. Funding for airport capital projects, while falling short of what’s needed to meet future demand, has grown substantially in recent years. This funding has come from various sources, including Federal airport grants, PFCs and airport bond revenues ...full story

Inside This Issue

New Status of ACC
By Brian P. Reed, ACC Board of Governors Chair, Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.

Member Spotlights & ACC News
     • This issue highlights ACC Executive Member The Louis Berger Group, Inc. and ACC Associate Member TransCore
     • Out & About with ACC
     • Legislative News
     • New ACC Members
     • And the Winner Is…
     • On the Move

ACC Events & Institute
     • 29th Annual ACC Conference & Exposition
     • Employment Opportunities 
     • Upcoming ACC Events
     • ACC Institute — Research Galore!

Risky Business: Why Shifting All the Risk to Consultants Doesn’t Work

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