Centerlines - April 2008 - (Page 48) G R A N D O P E NIN G SAVE THE DATE! ACI-NA Business Information Technologies Conference April 28–30, 2008 Omni Interlocken Resort Denver, Colorado Designed for airport IT professionals, the ACI-NA Business Information Technologies Conference will examine a number of airport IT and international air travel issues including: • CUPPS and RFID • The role of the IT department in airport revenue enhancement • Catastrophic planning and business continuity • IT issues related to airlines such as aircraft parking and FIDS Held concurrently during this conference is the ACI-NA Airport Economic & Finance Conference. “Those are really the items that hampered this project throughout its life,” said Airport Media Relations Manager Greg Chin. “With all of the changes that have occurred—especially with starting the design in 1997, going through the effects of 9/11 and going through the changes in the industry—to have a project of this magnitude come in at only a 27 percent increase is actually a pretty good job at cost containment.” Gilberto Neves, president and CEO of Odebrecht, Inc., one of the partners in the Parsons Odebrecht Joint Venture (POJV) which built the project, noted that a cost increase in construction materials was also a deterrent, namely with steel. “The project was incredible because it was probably the biggest structured steel project being built at the time, with 25,000 tons of steel, 25 percent of which was coming from China,” Neves said. “We survived a lot of things, from design changes from 9/11 and then the project was done on a fast-track basis. With 10 million man-hours with no major accidents, it is a great building with a great story behind it.” Visit www.aci-na.org for more information. © istockphoto.com/YinYang SAVE THE DATE! ACI-NA Airport Economic & Finance Conference April 28–30, 2008 Omni Interlocken Resort Denver, Colorado Join airport executive directors, CFOs and finance directors, properties and commercial managers, investment banks, rating agencies as well as representatives from airport concessionaires and financial service consultants to network and discuss the latest economic and financial trends for airports and the airport industry. Held concurrently during this conference is the ACI-NA Business Information Technologies Conference for airport IT professionals. Visit www.aci-na.org for more information. 48 CENTERLINES | APRIL 2008 http://www.aci-na.org http://www.aci-na.org http://istockphoto.com/Y http://www.aci-na.org http://www.aci-na.org
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