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INFRASTRUCTURE
According to the Airport Consultants
Council, the average age of U.S. airports
is more than 40 years old. With rapidly
changing technology, even younger
airports can be out of date for the needs
of travelers and carriers. Studies have
shown that delays at airports and avoided
trips because of poor airport infrastructure
cost the economy upwards of $35 billion
per year, as reported by the U.S. Travel
Association.
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those supporting the airport authority
or government agency also can help
build a usable map of all the communications
cabling.
Right Job for
the Right Team
Due diligence in cable documentation
is vital to providing accurate information
to the contractors so they can
properly sequence the workflow. This
helps to solve the concern of liability,
as most contractors will not start
cutting cables until they know what
is connected to them.
A cabling documentation consultant
also alleviates the burden often placed
on stretched IT departments and facility
managers to identify cable functions.
These in-house teams often become
the de facto documentation specialists
feeding contractors the vital information
when they are unable to do the work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SANTIAGO BERON
Santiago Beron, RCDD, CTS-D, is Principal
with TLC Engineering Solutions.
When the pandemic shuttered air travel for most people, it came on the heels of 11 years
of profitability for airlines and annual passenger growth rates of more than 4%. According
to a 2019 report released by the Federal Aviation Administration, domestic revenue
passenger miles were expected to continue growing through 2040 at an annual rate of
2.3%, while international Revenue Passenger Mile (RPM) would grow 3% annually.
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With an outside trained expert, the
in-house teams can focus on the daily
demands, only acting as advisors when
their long-time institutional knowledge
is needed for answers that are not
obvious.
While on the surface a third-party
documentation team seems an added
expense, for facilities that have both continuous
and just-in-time operations, the
expense can be a cost savings when compared
to the alternatives. An outage of
malfunction in a security system could
force TSA to delay or re-screen all passengers
on an airside, delaying flights. In
addition to the added costs, such scenarios
also become a public relations issue
for airport management.
While obvious, airports are unique
in their challenges for the multiple, concurrent
systems that are supported. In
certain areas, particularly those that have
been in action for many years, a significant
amount of cables can exist that need
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mapping and documentation, where
many of those cables could be abandoned,
but they were never removed.
In new facilities you don't have to deal
with significant layers of abandoned
cables, so the process might be simpler.
Successfully determining what is
on a cable gives airport operators both
knowledge and power to efficiently
manage their demolition and renovation
projects. The hours spent identifying
cables as well as implementing any
fixes necessary to reroute cables keeps
the project on schedule and on budget
and provides managers a map to efficiently
execute future projects.
At a time when there is a clearer
understanding of how vital our transportation
infrastructure is to day-to-day
life, mapping the cabling infrastructure
is a significant step in making sure our
airport infrastructure is up to date and
fully functioning as it undergoes much
needed improvements. 

May-June-2022

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of May-June-2022

Inside the Fence
Industry Update
Planning Post-Pandemic Restroom Upgrades
Sizing Up Terminal Upgrades
Optimize Budget and Schedule with Infrastructure Mapping
The Airport Business of Parking
Airport Guru
Optimize Airport Security Systems for a Seamless, Passenger-Centric Journey
Product Profile
May-June-2022 - PCOV1
May-June-2022 - PCOV2
May-June-2022 - 1
May-June-2022 - 2
May-June-2022 - 3
May-June-2022 - 4
May-June-2022 - Inside the Fence
May-June-2022 - Industry Update
May-June-2022 - 7
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May-June-2022 - 9
May-June-2022 - 10
May-June-2022 - 11
May-June-2022 - Planning Post-Pandemic Restroom Upgrades
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May-June-2022 - Sizing Up Terminal Upgrades
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May-June-2022 - Optimize Budget and Schedule with Infrastructure Mapping
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May-June-2022 - The Airport Business of Parking
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May-June-2022 - Airport Guru
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May-June-2022 - Optimize Airport Security Systems for a Seamless, Passenger-Centric Journey
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