b'74 LAS FUELING Important street-level work occurredon the pipeline in summer 2020.far more complicated when the pandemic eliminated in-person2022 represents a lot of work by a lot of people. Its fantastic to interaction.see it finally come to fruition.Whenever you open-cut a major street in the middle of a city,Waag, Liss, and Getty all praise the airport for great partnership you never know what youre going to find, adds Liss. In Lasduring the implementation process, especially once the pipeline Vegas, we found old electrical lines, water lines, sewer lines andcrossed onto LAS property. For example, the airport allowed drainage apparatus that we had to navigate around. Buildingcontractors to perform much of their airfield work at night in order over, under and around these things required a lot of coordinationto limit the impact of construction on the traveling public. The with third parties, not to mention a dedicated traffic plan to keepairport also took the lead coordinating with the FAA. people moving in a city that never takes a night off. All the coordination and planning were rewarded in March, Steve Waag, Argus founder and formerwhen the airport, LASFuel, Argus and system operator Swissport owners representative for LASFuel, servedFueling Services celebrated completing the pipeline with a sense as a technical advisor for the project sinceof triumphant elation.2005. Along the way, he played a key roleThe LASFuel pipeline has been a long, and at times in securing right-of-way access for thechallenging, journey, Chrisley reflects. Increasing the throughput pipeline and other fundamental precursors toand capacity to store fuel in advance of need puts LAS in position construction. to weather any short-term storm or supply shortage now and into Property acquisitions, crossing theSTEVE WAAG the foreseeable future. A team commitment to communication, jurisdictions of railroads, utilities and otherscollaboration and continual forward progress has been essential takes a tremendous amount of planning and coordination, saysto success. Despite the challenges, the peace of mind this Waag, who retired in September 2021 after more than 40 yearsproject affords the airport and airlines is invaluable. This is an in the aviation fuel industry. From the studies that were done toaccomplishment we can all be proud of. increase storage capacity in 2005 to pumping fuel in the spring of May | June 2022AirportImprovement.com'