Centerlines - December 2008 - (Page 27)

ON MANAGEMENT “Our industry has encouraged partnering not only with majority firms, but also with other minority firms in order to increase capacity and to be more cost competitive. ARCHonsortium is . . . a wonderful example of how successful such arrangements can be.” — Don O’Bannon, chairman, Airport Minority Advisory Council member entities alongside the engineering entities under the newly organized umbrella. ARCHonsortium in its current form is yet to be tested, but Franklin is convinced that the consortium will see significant opportunities in the near future. ARCHonsortium has been invited to bid on elements of the O’Hare Modernization Project, which carries roughly six times the price tag of the entire Indianapolis airport project. “A big portion of that project involves new runways, gateways and bridges and roads that don’t really have anything to do with architecture, per se, but a big portion of it is specialty engineering,” Franklin said. “We have made several trips to Chicago in pursuit of that and we have gone forward with putting all of the pieces in place in order to qualify for either this phase or subsequent phases.” “Being afforded the opportunity to build on successful past experience is indeed important to success in bidding for additional airport projects,” said Hargrove Kemp. “For small DBE firms, such opportunities for involvement in joint airport construction projects may also provide great mentoring opportunities for emerging minority and women-owned business enterprises, thereby expanding their firms’ portfolios and adding important expertise for each participating firm.” Until the next call, Franklin stays busy with the oversight of two projects Domain Architecture has become involved with as an result of the large project experience gained from the Indianapolis project: the new Louisville Arena and the Indianapolis Convention Center projects. Domain Architecture is among three or four of the original six ARCHonsortium firms that are now operating at a greater level than prior to the beginning of the Indianapolis project. “We had done a lot of legwork and political activity, as had others, that put us in a position to compete for pieces of subsequent projects on our own without the entire group,” Franklin said. “It was time for us to once again step out individually.” ■ WEBLINK Learn more about ARCHonsortium at: www.archonsortium.net Bring the currencies of the world to Your AIRPORT Serving the international traveler worldwide. For additional information on how to bring the Money Exchange to your airport, please send request to kari.timonen@changegroup.com. www.changegroup.com 212-391-7258 234 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 www.aci-na.org | CENTERLINES 27 http://www.archonsortium.net http://www.changegroup.com http://www.aci-na.org

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Centerlines - December 2008 Contents President’s Message Canadian Airports Associates’ Corner Policy Center On the Hill and On the Stump Cover Story: Airport Belt Tightening On Management: Pooling DBE Resources Revenue Arena: New Revenue Streams Griesbach Concessions Award Winners Security: Employee Screening Pilot Tests New Technology: Wireless Growth Now Underway Grand Openings New Members Index of Advertisers/Advertiser.com Box Scores

Centerlines - December 2008

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