Speaker Biograghy: Andrew is the Technical Director leading one of URS’s specialist teams, where he is responsible for planning and design aspects of airport projects. This has been his specialisation since 1986, and his experience includes aerodrome planning, forecasting and modelling, project planning and management as well as infrastructure and civil engineering design. Highlights in his career include the planning and design of the second runways at Manchester and Dublin Airports, and the newly opened runway extension at Birmingham Airport. He has recently led the URS team advising Runway Innovations Limited and Heathrow Hub Limited on their proposals to the UK Airports Commission for the expansion of Heathrow Airport to provide additional hub capacity.


Day 3 - 12 March
Session: Increasing Airport Capacity

10:35 - 11:05 - Thinking differently to address capacity issues
Synopsis: The challenge of providing airport capacity in a changing and constrained environment requires thinking and solutions beyond the comfortable and usual. In developing appropriate solutions, it is important to carefully consider what needs to be achieved; how it could be achieved, without the constraints of existing practice; whether technology is a help or a hindrance; and what the future might hold. The Runway Innovations/Heathrow Hub proposition to the UK Airports Commission is an example of how these questions have been asked and answered.

Audience will learn:

• What exactly are we trying to achieve?
• How might this be achieved differently?
• How does technology help?
• What might the future hold?