Inbound+Logistics

=toc Inbound Logistics= Inbound Logistics is..... The following Video from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport highlights many of the logistical hurdles that an airport must pass in order to pull off a construction project of this magnitude. media type="youtube" key="YFrVlaJ53sw" height="385" width="480"

DOCUMENTS
Building a new facility requires a lot of documentation. It also involves a huge devotion to research of local, state, and federal building regulations as well as environment and airspace analysis. Some of the documents and considerations that need to take place prior to construction are. Environmental Analysis - [] Airspace Analysis (FAA) - []
 * Building Documents
 * Legal and Municipal Construction Permits
 * Zoning
 * Project Timeline
 * Environmental Analysis
 * Airspace Analysis
 * Security Program

For some programs, just the documentation portion can take 10-20 years to finally bring to fruition. This is true of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the O'Hare Modernization Program. At the same time projects of diffent scope such as the Chicago Rockford International Cargo Center can be completed in a more timely fashion. This project took three years and included an update to the airports master plan, an environmental impact statement, a noise mitigation study, and an airspace analysis.

ORGANIZATION
Inbound logisitcs will focus on the needs of the project. The Chicago Rockford International Cargo Center required and Engineering firm, a list of consultants and sub consultants and contractors, security personnel and several others. It is critical to have strong leadership of the organization in order to achieve the desired outcome on time and on budget.

The organization is also based off of the local, state, and federal agencies that will oversee, monitor, fund, and regulate the facility. This area also requires consultants and project managers who can focus on the macro vision of the program.

TRAINING
In order to safely operate on an airport consideration must be paid to the training of all personnel who will be working within the airports AOA fenceline. This includes basic familiarization with the surroundings, the unique obstacles encountered while working on an airport and the associated hazards. Indivduals should be trained and familiar with signage, markings, airspace, and aircraft familiarization. If working in movement areas of the airport training should also be completed for communications with the tower, proper phraseology, and readback instructionctions. media type="youtube" key="6Kp40yLg3TA" height="385" width="480"

Construction also means modifications to the airport fence and security and compliance with Transportation Security Administration regulations is a requirement. Again the training should focus on being aware of surroundings, the current threat level and challenging procedures at the airport. AOPA's Airport Watch program is a great boilerplate for basic airport security.

MATERIALS
The Chicago Rockford International Cargo Center required that the physical terrain of the site be altered. in order to successfully complete the program some areas needed to be raised up to 30 feet. Most of the 18 acre site needed some sort of elevation change to make the site viable for the cargo center. To do this the airport used fill to bring the site to the needed elevation. - [] media type="youtube" key="8iVkv6gDi_Q" height="385" width="480" When using fill the airport must also look at the source of the fill to ensure that it is environmentally sound and compatable with the current airport environment. In the case of the Chicago Rockford International Cargo Center a local landfill was starting a new section and was looking to get rid of soil. A relationship longstanding was able to pay off and timelines just happened to overlap allowing clean soil from the future landfill site to be transported to the airport to be used as fill.



The elevation change also meant that the airfield perimeter fence governed by the Transportation Security Administration was going to be altered. Due to the nature of construction projects a comprehensive step by step fencing plan was necessary to ensure that in all phases of construction the airfield would remain controlled. The construction companies also required a fencing program to secure their equipment during the project. So at times their were upwards of three seperate yet related fencing and security programs being implemented at different levels to secure the airfield and the site.



LEADERSHIP
media type="youtube" key="a61qIHdt_5Q" height="385" width="640" The leadership of the program must plan and balance all aspects of the decision to build and operate the facility. These leaders must establish project timelines, assign tasks to appropriate staff and consultants, consider the risk of success and failure, provide proper budgeting, and forecast the financial implications of the facility.

Leadership must also ensure that while their are specific staff members focusing on the nproject, that the core of the airports operation is not adversely affected financially, operationally, or ethically by the project.

PERSONNEL
In order to procive a safe operating environment for the construction, and to ensure that the prject remains on schedule you must select key personnel to complete this project. These contractors, and subcontractors must be able to do their jobs right, while at the same time work in a constantly changing environment.

Airport Operations Personnel, TSA inspectors, FAA inspectors, Air Traffic Controllers, and surround airport tenants must also be on board with the program to ensure that the project does not substantially impact operations at the airport. The scope and depth of each persons responsibility needs to be laid out to ensure that their are no gaps in personnel to provide for the timely buildout.

FACILITIES
When considering the facility the organization must consider the facilities necessary for such a project. Construction crews must have access to the site, monitoring stations, hydrants,and fill may be needed in locations. The new facility may also require electrical, water, sewer, and other utilities not currently at the site and a mechanism and program must be put in place to arrange for these.

The additional ramp acreage may also require additional paint machines, pavement repair kits, and modifications to the airport signage and markings, and snow removal plans. In the example of the Chicago Rockford International Cargo Center a new taxiway was necessary to link to ramp to the existing taxiway. This taxiway must meet all federal aviation regulations and be added to the airport certification manual.

Additional runoff of snow removal agents must also be considered as well as the infrastructure needed to mitigate environmental impacts of the facility.

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How does Inbound Logistics relate to the other two subsections?

Inbound logistics is the heart of a successful project. Materials managment and Physical Distribution are the big "public" aspects of a construction program but they rely on a comprehensive plan laid out in the inbound logistics phase. In many complicated projects all three components are interwoven as changes occur on site, a fill source is deemed unsatisfactory, or contractors and tenants change along the way. The leadership must be able to navigate through all three phases at the same time in order to successfully complete the project on budget and on time.

Specific details How do the concepts relate the Air Cargo Center in terms of Airport Safety and Certification?

All of the inbound logistics are focused on providing a safe environment for the contractors, and in the end the tenants and aircraft to operate safely. From the certification aspect, airports are required to have snow removal, noise mitigation, wildlife hazard, airspace, security and environmental managemet programs. A construction project of this size affects all of those and all must be updated to reflect the physical changes in the airfield environment caused by this construction project.

Recommendations What recommendations can be made from the research?

Without inbound logistics being considered, a project is dead before it ever gets out of an idea. Airport managment should focus on positive relationships with surrounding political leaders, contractors, and consultants, as well as their tenants. This is a good policy in a standard airport environment and is critical when undertaking a project of this magnitude. These relationships, and a uniform belief in the goal and objective can help the airport to expedite and successfully complete the project. It also starts relationships that can help significantly in the inbound logistics of a project like this.