b'TERMINALSBNA 21remarks. Achieving a successful balance between a highly creativemoney is being spent. So if you delay a decision by seven days, process, a complex construction schedule and precise technologythat can be an awful lot of money if you dont do things smartly.components required a collaborative team effort, he adds.Due to the pandemic, it proved highly beneficial to procure long-lead and difficult-to-secure items (escalators, elevators, Insights for Others steel, etc.) in advance. We would not have opened up on time Kreulen says that airport teams undertaking huge projects cannotif we would have waited and bought based on the old delivery be afraid to make decisions, and those decisions must be made inschedules, given the shortages that people have seen coming out a timely manner. At BNA, leadership uses a four-month horizon toof the pandemic, Kreulen notes.keep on top of planning, scheduling and decision-making.Hepler, from Hensel Phelps, notes that weekly and bi-Speaking from the master architects point of view, Payton saysweekly meetings to discuss logistics, operations and impact of that the decision-making process during the Grand Lobby projectpassengers helped the project teams work together effectively. I was instrumental. It starts with the [Airport Authority] leadershipthink that close coordination has been instrumental in getting us and goes all the way through the project teams, he says, addingto where we are, she reflects. that enthusiasm from the Board of Commissioners was also key. From day one, they were ready for this program, and they wereKellerman emphasizes the importance of keeping an open mind very excited. during complex projects. Never think somethings unattainable, he advises. When we went and looked at this job and started Kreulen notes that it is important to consider the burn rateplanning, it almost seemed unreal to think about building this to keep projects on schedule and complete them successfully.monumental structure over the top of this main terminal and keep Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Nashvilleeverything going. Airport Authority will spend more than $1 million a day on BNA Vision projects. Thats $54,000 an hour, 24 hours a day,From a design standpoint, Efrussy highlights the value of taking Kreulen specifies. That really wakes you up in terms of how mucha team approach, with a common sense of purpose and shared COBUS - We Move PeoplePASSENGER TRANSPORTATION WITH COBUS AIRSIDE BUSESCOBUS wants to thank the Nashville International Airport (BNA) ABM Aviation for the opportunity toprovideourall-electrice.COBUSAirsideBuses totransportpassengersbetweenConcourseC and the new Satellite Concourse. We are honored to play a role in the airports ongoing BNA Vision expansion and renovation program.CallCOBUSat+12032316526oremailJennifer.Matasy@cobus-industries.comorvisitwww.cobus.usAirportImprovement.comMay | June 2023'