Aviation security and risk
Security and risk are central elements to the smooth operation of all aviation estates and infrastructure. Our aviation security consulting service comprises a wide spectrum of skills that build on our broad airport, built environment and regulatory experience.
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We deliver risk-based solutions, which reflect a full understanding of aviation and operational security and the safety requirements of airports in a constantly changing regulatory environment. We provide strategic, design and operational services for regulators, individual operations, terminals and complete airports.
We recognise the need to develop a robust security framework to monitor, manage and record all aspects of security requirements, advice and implementation to provide full accountability and to meet the needs of both the client’s security governance and the country’s regulators.
The configuration of Portland's International Airport was pre-9/11, with most retail and concessions located pre-security. To address this - along with future demand increases - the Port of Portland commissioned ZGF Architects, along with PAE, KPFF, Arup, and a team of 30 subconsultants, to undertake the PDX Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) project to increase capacity, flexibility, and resilience.
We provided a range of expertise for this project including an extensive focus on wayfinding - driven via the use of MassMotion - our passenger flow modelling tool which helped us understand how people moved and help refine the layout of the terminal.
Our digital experts provided best practice guidance in terms of passenger processing and security technology, analyzing examples from other airports while keeping up to speed on the latest TSA checkpoint standards. In developing requirements analyses for ticket counters and kiosks, Arup demonstrated the more that common-use technology can be utilized, the more efficient the facility and spaces will be.
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Helping Vancouver International Airport to prepare for unexpected weather
Vancouver International Airport After Action Review, Canada
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Seamless redevelopment and renovation at George Bush Intercontinental Airport
IAH Terminal Redevelopment Program, USA
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Designing the expanded Gold Coast Airport’s operational readiness model
Gold Coast Airport ORAT, Australia
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Accelerating LAX’s Delta Sky Way with an extensive multidisciplinary team
Delta Sky Way at LAX, USA
Aviation
Arup is a global leader in airport master planning, airport terminal and support facility designs and many other specialist services the industry relies on.
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