In+Motion_Summer 2018

A PUBLICATION BY LEA+ELLIOTT TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS

SUMMER 2018

Moving people into the future at Changi Airport

Changi Airport’s existing Skytrain system passing through the new Jewel development Image credit: Jewel Changi Airport Devt.

SINGAPORE - Open for more than 35 years, Singapore Changi Airport is one of the busiest and most elite airports in Asia and a key transfer point, with more than 62 million passengers passing through the airport in 2017. As part of planned airport development, Changi will construct a new terminal – Terminal 5 (T5) – to complement their existing Terminals 1 through 4. T5’s initial phase will have a capacity of up to 50 million annual passengers, bringing the total capacity of Changi Airport to 135 million annual passengers. The new T5 will include plans for the development of two APM systems for both inter- and intra-terminal services. Changi Airport Group’s (CAG) vision for these APM systems is not just utilitarian transportation. Their goal is to enhance the passenger experience and create a sense of wonder and awe. The APM ride will be one of the highlights of a passenger’s T5 journey. continued on p 2

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Moving people into the future at Changi Airport President’s Column People In+Motion In+Progress Meet the Staff

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Innovation will drive the Changi APMs

In March, we were so happy to hear that the Skytrax World Airport Awards named Singapore Changi Airport as the World’s Best Airport for the sixth consecutive year. The staff at Changi are deeply committed to their purpose and

the recognition was well deserved. I can say that with confidence because the Lea+Elliott team has worked beside them for 25 years. We appreciate their passion, their creativity and their enduring commitment to true innovation. Over the past few years, we have advised

“Airports are becoming increasingly iconic. No longer the functional sheds of the past, they now play the role of visual portal, as the symbolic first and last impression of a country.” Creating Paradise: Singapore Changi Airport

The rendering on the first page showing Changi’s existing Skytrain system passing through the soon-to-open Jewel development is a good example of what could be feasible and more for T5. CAG is taking a holistic approach to accomplishing this vision, from focusing on the basics like exceptional ride comfort and clear wayfinding, to iconic and meaningful designs inside the APM and out. Lea+Elliott, who has been working with CAG on the planning of these two APM systems, was recently named the APM System Master Consultant for the T5 APMs, and will carry these innovations through concept and schematic design development and tendering for the supplier of the APM systems. Lea+Elliott will also oversee the selected supplier’s design and implementation for the Intra-terminal APM. CAG’s desire to amaze goes way beyond the surface. The design process will scrutinize every aspect of the passenger experience, ensuring no detail is overlooked. The Changi T5 APM systems will truly be amazing examples of innovative design. The Lea+Elliott team on-site in Singapore Clockwise from left to right: Associate Principal John Graddy, Project Manager Matt Sturgell, and Project Engineer Elijah Turner

the Airport team on the T5 project’s new people movers. We were particularly appreciative of their

comfort in embracing new ideas. CAG told us that they wanted a state-of-the-art APM system that would “wow” its customers and amplify the Changi experience. We truly respect their work culture, which embraces such a strong commitment to ensuring that every passenger touch point is carefully thought through and designed for passenger comfort and pleasure. I wish you could have been in our offices this past May when we heard the news that Lea+Elliott was named the Master Automated People Mover Consultant for the new APM systems that will serve Changi’s T5. We weren’t just excited about the job, we were excited to continue a relationship that has molded and strengthened over these past two and a half decades. We are thrilled to have the honor of taking their vision and transforming it into something like nothing we have designed before. We are thankful to be of service once again and we envision that this APM will become the most intriguing, innovative transportation mode at any airport worldwide. Over the coming years ahead, we look forward to advising the Changi team and helping them develop an APM that becomes a symbol of their airport and perhaps even their country. There is a synergy when a first-class client teams with a first-class consultant. That is when magic really happens. It is those stable, established long-term relationships that lead to greater vision and the exploration of grand ideas. Stay tuned...we will provide you updates as we move forward on the new APM! Here’s to the future.

Lea+Elliott Asia Pte Ltd Lea+Elliott established Lea+Elliott Asia Pte Ltd, its second overseas subsidiary, in Singapore. Its objective will be to support the Changi T5 APM projects as well as other projects in the region.

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New Associate Principal - Darryl Jaquess

MIAMI – Scott Sipes has 30 years of experience providing expertise in transportation planning, procurement, engineering, implementation and operations and maintenance services to APM projects around the world, including Miami Airport’s three APM systems–North Terminal Skytrain, MIA

PHOENIX – Lea+Elliott is pleased to announce new Associate Principal Darryl Jaquess. Darryl has been Lea+Elliott’s leader on the ground for the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s PHX Sky Train® work and is currently the Project Manager for the Stage 2 expansion. Darryl has over 27 years

Mover and the new eTrain that replaced the existing Satellite E System. Prior to joining Lea+Elliott, Scott had a long history working with Lea+Elliott through his years with Bombardier Transportation where he had project management responsibility for numerous turnkey transit projects.

of experience in the transit industry ranging from planning, design, and procurement to implementation and operations & maintenance oversight. Darryl has provided transit system expertise for over 60 transit projects worldwide ranging from conceptual planning to implementation. New Senior Associates Lea+Elliott is pleased to announce new Senior Associates – Laura Espinoza, P.E. ; David Ewing, P.E. ; Scott Sipes ; and I ris Yuan, AICP .

SAN FRANCISCO – Iris Yuan is one of the firm’s leaders in operations planning and analyses for automated transit systems, including Personal and Group Rapid Transit (PRT/GRT) systems. With 15 years of experience, Iris has led APM planning studies at airports and urban areas around the world, including

DALLAS/FORT WORTH – Laura Espinoza has nearly 20 years of planning, cost estimating, procurement, implementation, and operations experience on APM transit projects, including George Bush Intercontinental Airport’s Skyway APM, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s PHX Sky Train® and

Calgary, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Chicago O’Hare Airport’s Airport Transit System Expansion and Modernization. Laura is a member of Lea+Elliott’s cost estimating committee, which leads the firm’s estimating of APM and transit systems.

ATLANTA – David Ewing is the on- site leader providing implementation management oversight of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s APM systems–the landside SkyTrain APM and the airside Plane Train APM. With over 10 years of experience in the APM industry, he has managed greenfield and

brownfield APM projects at the busiest airport in the world. David is leading the planning efforts for upcoming APM projects as part of Atlanta Airport’s $6 billion master plan.

WTS International names PENNDot Secretary Leslie Richards 2018’s Woman of the Year at its annual conference in May. From left to right: Former USDOT Secretary Mary Peters, PENNDot Secretary Leslie Richards, and L+E Chairman and former WTS Chair Diane Woodend Jones

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Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Automated Transit Technology Assessment CINCINNATI – As part of the Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) Master Plan Update, the study required an APM planning analysis to recommend a new, high-quality, state-of-the-art transit technology replacement when the existing APM system reaches the end of its useful life. The existing APM System consists of two separate, independent, 3-station, cable- propelled APM shuttles that utilize Hovair suspension operating between Terminal 3, Concourse A and Concourse B. The parallel guideway tunnels are approximately 1,200 feet in length and each uses one, 3-car train. Lea+Elliott, as part of the Landrum

& Brown team, prepared a Technology Assessment to identify transit technology categories and assess their characteristics

Cincinnati Airport APM

for applicability to replace the existing CVG APM System. The primary objective of the Technology Assessment was to determine if there are viable technology candidates to support replacing the existing APM System with a new APM that would fit within the existing tunnel structure and utilize the existing fixed facilities. The Technology Assessment included a presentation of the various technologies that were considered for the replacement of the existing APM system at CVG. From the general technology categories considered, a range of specific representative technologies were recommended for consideration and were evaluated based on these groups of factors: performance, level of service, right-of-way requirements, insertion impact, cost efficiency, and technology maturity. Cable-propelled and self-propelled technologies were deemed appropriate technologies for the replacement of the existing cable-propelled system and were recommended to be carried forward to assure a competitive environment for the procurement of the system should the Airport decide to move forward with a system replacement. A competitive, best-value procurement process can be used to select the technology and supplier that best meets the needs of the project, and provides the desired high quality, state-of-the-art image for the airport.

New Chengdu Tianfu International Airport will include APM Chengdu, CHINA – The new Chengdu Tianfu international Airport is located approximately 50 km southeast from the city center of Chengdu. The new Airport will include four separate terminal buildings connected via an APM system with airport connections to local metro and regional high speed rail (HSR). The airport will be constructed in two phases. In Phase 1, Terminals 1 and 2 will be constructed and will be connected by a fully underground, dual-shuttle APM system. The system is planned to be expanded in Phase 2 to Terminals 3 and 4. The APM System would then be extended to operate as a pinched loop and include a new, off-line Maintenance Facility. Lea+Elliott led the conceptual planning and preliminary design for the Airport APM project as a sub-consultant to the China Southwest Architectural Design Institute (CSWADI). In the conceptual planning stage, Lea+Elliott developed the conceptual alignment in coordination with adjacent airport, metro and high- speed rail facilities; optimized passenger connectivity and system operations; and developed preliminary sizing for the maintenance facility and power distribution substations. The preliminary design effort furthered the conceptual design focusing on designing the APM alignment and ancillary facilities as well as resolving constraint conflicts between the planned alignment and changes made from other disciplines such as continued on p 5

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metro, HSR and terminal designs. Facility spaces are also reserved in the Phase 1 APM design to connect to the Phase 2 APM extension to future terminals. Lea+Elliott is currently preparing system procurement document and assisting the Owner incorporate APM specification into Owner’s general specification. Construction of the Airport is underway, with Phase 1 slated to open at the end of 2021.

Construction at Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Image credit: China Hua Shi

Meet Melinda Ring

DALLAS/FORT WORTH – Dr. Melinda Ring is a transit planning specialist and manager of planning projects on the Lea+Elliott team. She has been active in transportation planning for 25 years and is an expert in the simulation, modeling and analysis of complex transportation systems. Her knowledge is influenced by her extensive education, which includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in industrial engineering from Purdue and a Ph.D. in engineering management science from King’s College, Cambridge University.

Melinda began working on the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) PHX Sky Train® 18 years ago, during her first year at Lea+Elliott. Today, she enjoys seeing the PHX Sky Train® enter its final stages of implementation. “I’ve been involved in determining its feasibility, doing the preliminary ridership and fleet requirements analyses, working on the procurement documents and reviewing the contract data submittals. PHX is different from other airports because of its unique seasonal peaking characteristics and the large rental car patronage. You can’t just use typical assumptions for this project. It is also special to me because it is the first project I’ve worked on to be implemented.” Melinda sees planning as a job like that of a detective, puzzling out all the evidence of a mystery. “A planner needs to sort through information to develop the best solution to meet a particular and unique need,” she says. “We’re piecing together all the data and information to determine who needs to ride an APM and where they need to go. Things like flight schedules, passenger trips, forecasts and parking projections provide clues that are all part of a larger story.” While transportation planning is her profession, Melinda is also a wife, bonus mom, dog mom, cyclist, Boilermaker, King’s man and cancer survivor. “Enjoying life is my main priority,” she says. “I bike ride - a lot,” she exclaims. “I enjoy beer rides on Tuesday nights, trips around the lake and the Hotter ‘n Hell 100, described as a Texas “ride” of passage in the scorching heat of North Texas in August. “Bike riding never gets old because there is always something new to see and it helps you count your blessings,” she adds. Growing up as the daughter of a couple committed to a Navy career, Melinda’s upbringing helped her become open-minded about people, places and ideas that are different from her own and gave her the willingness to try new things and the courage to face life’s challenges. “My family moved at least 10 times,” she adds. “The Navy experience gave me the confidence to explore the world on my own, whether it was to England to do my Ph.D. or to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. That confidence gave me the courage to endure the greatest challenge of all–the fight against cancer. Melinda considers perseverance as her best trait. “It’s what you need as a Navy dependent; but it’s also what you need as a transportation planner working on a new APM project for 18 years,” she says.

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