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President’s Column

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.

Jack Norton

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