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AirportConsulting
 Winter 07/08
Cover Story
Delivering Dollars to Airports
By Steve Van Beek, Ph.D,
Director, Jacobs Consultancy
LET’S FACE IT. Airports generally want less federal influence
over their airport planning and operations. However, the reality is that
federal officials from a variety of agencies — including most
notably the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) — have influence over nearly every
aspect of U.S. airports ...full story
Special
Feature
How Do Airports Stack Up? Measuring Environmental Performance
By Carol Lurie, Principal,
VHB and Sarah Townsend, Environmental Planner,
VHB
Environmental sustainability is one of the most critical
new airport challenges. Influenced by the growing concern over global
warming and greenhouse gases, airport operators are beginning to
evaluate the role of airports in climate change. Consultants need to be
aware that airport efforts to improve their environmental performance
will permeate virtually all airport development related projects,
activities and operations ...full story
Side Bar
A Case Study in Sustainability at Airports
Source: Los Angeles World Airports
Roger Johnson, the
executive director of environment and planning at Los Angeles World
Airport (LAWA), is among the airport leaders implementing practices to
promote sustainability. He is a champion of the new Sustainability
Performance Improvement Management System (SPIMS). In August 2007,
spurred by the mayor’s executive directive no. 10 (sustainability
practices in the City of Los Angeles) and the City Council’s vote
to develop an aggressive program to make Los Angeles Airport the
“greenest airport in the world”, the Los Angeles Board of
Airport Commissioners adopted its “sustainability Vision and
principles” which lays out a commitment to efficient and
environmentally-sound operations at LAWA ...full story
Executive Update
ACC
“State of The Union”
By Brian P.
Reed, Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc., ACC 2007
Board of Governors Chair
As we complete
ACC’s year 2007 and transition to 2008, it is appropriate to
provide a “State of The Union” address. It is a pleasure to
mimic some U.S. Presidents during their state of the nation
address when they say: “And the Union is strong.” ACC is
indeed stronger than ever. Here are some brief highlights ...full story
Inside
This Issue
ACC Member News
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On the Move
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New ACC
Members
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Nominations are now
being accepted for the 2008 ACC
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Aviation Award of
Excellence
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Member
Spotlights (Executive Member RLB Rider Levett Bucknall and
Associate Member PlantCML)
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29th Annual ACC
Conference & Exposition
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Airport Planning, Design
& Construction Symposium
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Out & About with
ACC
New Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
Performance Metric
Source: Federal Aviation Administration
ACC News
ACC Institute Spotlight
After all...
How Will you Rate in
2008?
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