AirportConsulting
Summer 2007

Cover Stories
Optimal Solutions: Time and Space Issues Influence Design Decisions
By Solomon Wong, M.Sc.Pl., Vice President, Security & Planning, InterVISTAS and Howard Mann, Manager, Policy & Market Analysis, InterVISTAS 
A lot of attention is being paid to open skies and the liberalization of air rights worldwide. With finite resources for border and transportation security, airports face a major challenge to deliver and operate facilities within the confines of limited space and time...

MWAA President/CEO Bennett Named ACC 2007 Aviation Award of Excellence Recipient
James "Jim" E. Bennett, A.A.E., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), has been selected as the recipient of the ACC 2007 Aviation Award of Excellence. He was chosen among a strong field of nominees for pioneering a new generation of airport directors who, in addition to managing, operating, planning and developing major US airports, are assuming responsibility for multi-modal access to and from their facilities...

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Special Feature
FAA Embraces Safety Management Systems; Consultants need to know how SMS may impact airport operations
By Matthew A. Bol, Director, Jacobs Consultancy, Inc.
Growth in air transportation is requiring that airports worldwide consider new measures to ensure that a high level of aviation safety continues. Airport consultants will need to become aware of the implications of these potential new measures and, for some consultants, this increased focus on airport safety will open up new business opportunities ...full story

Consultant Perspective
Not "If," But "When" -- Airports Remain Highly Valued Terrorist Targets
By Captain Tom L. Walsh, AvsecPro Consulting
The current expansion of global aviation is occurring simultaneously with a greatly increasing risk of terrorist attacks. With the new world we live in, consulting and construction firms must exercise due diligence and ensure security is an integral part of all projects from start to finish ...full story

Inside This Issue
1 - 3      Executive Update & Table of Contents

8 - 11     Member Spotlights           
            • This issue highlights ACC Executive Member Straughan Environmental Services, Inc. (SES) and Associate Member Smiths Detection

            Quarterly Highlights        
            • ACC Out and About

12 - 13  ACC Member News        
            • Welcome new ACC Members
            • On the Move

16 - 20   ACC News 
            • Winners of First Annual Airport Design Competition for Universities Announced
            • 29th Annual ACC Conference & Exhibition
            • ACC/AAAE 2007 Planning, Design & Construction Symposium
            • Employment Opportunities
            • ACC Institute Spotlight
               After All...
            • For the Health of It — Is Your Job Threatening Your Life?
            • Mind Your Business — The Global Workplace - Be in Sync

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