Airport Special Systems Integration,
Construction Projects: Lessons Learned
April 2015
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DUBAI Terminal 3
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Doha Hamad International Airport
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Design
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Perform and initial building design.
Design special systems requirements.
Design all LAN usage including systems, individual users.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Design
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Determine percentage of spare LAN ports and structured cabling.
Perform initial LAN Design.
Calculate LAN rack space, power, and HVAC requirement for each
Technical Room.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Design
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Determine percentage of spare rack space, power and HVAC (25-50%).
Redesign Building (technical rooms) including rack space, power and
HVAC as well as Structured cabling.
Ensure redundancy extends to power to network and other key system
racks.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Structured Cabling
Start enabling works and cable
pulling early.
Post termination testing is
essential.
Accuracy of cable and IMO
labeling will reduce time to take a
system live.
An accurate and verifiable Cable
Management System is helpful.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Security Systems
Construction companies are not
the best candidates for security
design.
CCTV Cameras,
lenses and housings
are long lead items.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
The security design must be
completed early.
Post design changes
can add considerable
delay in the schedule.
Involve end user
early.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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FOCB
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Ensure equipment is not purchased too early.
Better to have one supplier/ vendor for supply and installation rather than
multiples.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Access Control System
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
The more contractors involved in an ACS door will result in a more
complicated and time consuming commissioning process.
Either use one contractor for all ACS door work including:
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Door Jam installation.
Door installation.
Lock mechanism selection and installation.
ACS system installation.
Perform total door commissioning.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Access Control System
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Or require a joint commissioning of ACS doors by all providers and do
not pay any provider till all components work properly.
Get users involved early in final door functionality to reduce post opening
changes in functionality.
Once the doors are hung define and enforce construction entrance and
exit routes.
• Doors are commonly place out of alignment by construction workers
propping doors open with whatever they have.
• It is not uncommon to perform reworks on 25+% commissioned works when
construction access is not controlled.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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WiFi
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Determine how WiFi will be provided to passengers.
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Will it be free?
Will it be Pay as you go?
Will airport employees have access?
Will it be filtered?
Will there be airport / airline use of the WiFi? How many concurrent
connections?
• How many concurrent connections are expected?
• Will multiple SSIDs be required?
• All of the above will determine bandwidth required and affect the LAN design.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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WiFi
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Design coverage to meet requirements.
Verify coverage with coverage mapping tools. Also consider making WiFi
available to ORAT trial passengers.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Airport Operational Systems
AODB, GMS/RMS.
Compile Reference Data as
soon as possible and populate
systems.
Determine hard and soft rules,
implement and test at every
opportunity.
User involvement is essential.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Integrations
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Design and build Integrations as soon as possible.
Establish a representative test system early to allow integration testing
and follow-on support of live operations.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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CUTE
Coordination with furniture
provider essential to allow for
efficient agent and passenger
experience.
Establish a “CUTE Club” with
agent supervisors to address
training and proficiency issues.
Ensure that future technology is
accounted for within design and
deliverables.
CUSS, Common bag drop –
Understand how these will be
used.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Schedule
Create a consolidated schedule
with appropriate dependency
milestones immediately after
design is complete.
Maintain a
consolidated
schedule.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Milestones must be clear and
definitive.
Accurate
dependencies will
allow early warning of
slippages.
Review and update
regularly.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Contractual
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Work with bidders to develop readiness checklist where dependencies on
others works may delay their works.
Use the checklist as milestones in contractor’s contract.
• E.g. The manhole acceptance checklist for the FOCB contractor would be a
milestone in the manhole construction contractor contract.
• E.g. The technical room checklist from the LAN and Server contractors would be
included in the construction contractor responsible for the build of the technical
room.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Change Control Board –
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
 [Construction and all system providers]
Establish a Change Control Board.
Participants include:
• Client, Engineer/Consultant, Architect, Main Contractor, special systems
representative.
• Any contractor that may be affected by a change.
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Change Control Board
Most proposed changes affect
more than the contractor who
must perform the proposed
change.
One approved change may
result in multiple change orders.
Gathering all the resultant ripple
effect changes will allow a better
understanding of the total cost in
money and time of a proposed
change.
Procurement lead times are
always a consideration.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Administrative
Maintain an electronic document
control system that is optimized
for searching.
Do not conduct training too early
– these are perishable skills.
Personnel attending training
should be assigned to the training
in lieu of normal daily duties.
A dedicated user/operator team
should be assigned to the project
from the start to ensure
everything is designed and built
to support the way the operator
envisions operating the airport.
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Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
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Design / Build Lessons Learned
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Construction and Special Systems Coordination
Design
Integrations
Structured Cabling
CUTE
Security Systems
Schedule
FOCB
Contractual
Access Control System
Change Control Board
WiFi
Administrative
Airport Operational
System
Construction & Special
Systems Coordination
Construction and Special Systems Coordination
• Use Weekly Special Coordination meetings between Special Systems and
Construction contractors to:
• Clear obstacles needing management involvement.
• Work Construction obstacles.
• Prioritize and allocate resources.
Joint onsite team meetings daily:
• Plan the day to ensure special systems contractor is working in the area with
the least obstacles.
• Plan for the following days to prioritize construction personnel to clear
obstacles for special systems works.
• Conduct Joint works where practical.
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Questions?
Contact Mike Perry
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+974 55374058
+1 443 454 2813
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