b'36 MCI SPECIAL REPORT TERMINALSClark | Weitz | Clarkson design-build joint venture for the project,Airlines acknowledged in 2016 that it was commends the Kansas City Aviation Department for remainingintentionally throttling back connections at open to constituents comments about accessibility throughoutMCI because of expectations about difficulties the design phase. I dont know of any type of reasonable ask thatin passenger navigation.wasnt built into the project, Goodwin comments. They looked forNow, connections and other operations opportunities to listen to what people wanted, and then took actionare much smoother and more efficient, says to build those elements into the facility. Klein. One element contributing to that is a Beyond the Aviation Department itself,single state-of-the-art baggage claim systemPAT KLEINthe list of stakeholders with requests wasfrom Vanderlande and BNP Associates. In expansive: Edgemoor Infrastructure & Realour previous terminal, each airline had its own baggage system Estate (the project developer) and the design- and there were no redundancies, Klein explains. If something build joint venture; governing entities such aswent down, they were manually moving bags from upstairs to TSA, CBP and FAA; and, of course, airlinedownstairs.partners, passengers and local communityAlso adding to the efficiency and safety of the new building members. Daniel Moylan, EdgemoorsDANIEL MOYLAN for airlines is a high-tech virtual ramp control system from Saab. development director, reports that the variousThe system, which includes two digital tower camera houses, constituencies worked extraordinarily well together. The level ofdistributed cameras and Aerobahn Surface Management collaboration on the project was tremendous to incorporate all ofcapabilities, is designed to help ensure safe aircraft movement those stakeholders wants and needs, he remarks.between all gates and aircraft parking aprons by providing better Among those needs was making MCI more convenientsightlines of the area.for airlines as well as travelers. Pat Klein, aviation director for the Kansas City Aviation Department, recalls that Southwest ai167155743459_ACI-NA-Halfpage-JAN-2023.pdf 1 12/20/22 9:30 AMCMYCMMYCYCMYKMay | June 2023AirportImprovement.com'