On-Block GmbH

Speaker Biograghy: At the beginning of 2013, Reinhard founded the Austria-based airport consulting company On-Block GmbH. The mission of this new company is to provide operational readiness and airport transfer (ORAT) expertise for the implementation of new airport facilities worldwide. Reinhard has gained the required knowhow for this complex task in many ORAT projects around the globe over the last 20 years. Reinhard developed the Munich Approach on ORAT and guided Munich Airport Company between 1994 to 2012 to become a market leader for the ORAT product. With On-Block, he gave strategic advice for the operational readiness at São Paulo, Brazil for Guarulhos International Airport. The new terminal opened successfully on time before the games. His company was also awarded the planning and execution of the trial operations for the new terminal.


Day 1 - 10 March
Session:
Airport Design, Planning & Development


16:45 - 17:10 - Can ORAT support a fast-track-build passenger terminal?
Synopsis: The presentation is a case study for the newly built passenger terminal TPS 3 at Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil. The new terminal had to be ready for the 2014 FIFA football championship in Brazil on 11 May 2014. The presentation will show how an ORAT programme can support this fast-track construction project to ensure its operational readiness. The presentation will also demonstrate how construction work and operational readiness preparation can work in parallel.

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