b'BAGGAGESLC 19Troncoso, automation and controls projectissues with the existing design, particularly manager with Brock Solutions. in terms of handling larger bags.Lang notes that this design creates aNext, the team took a more future-successful one-drop shop that allowsfocused look, integrating forecasted flight counter agents to take both types of bagsschedule data for 2027 to 2050. That from passengers. However, the airportinformation is being used to dynamically continues to experience challenges withmodel a redesigned system. The design bag hygiene, especially in bag crossoveris different than anywhere else in the areas. The straps that hang off ski andworld, Viera says. Were trying to snowboard bags dont like the bag system,manipulate and manage the ski bags a especially as the oversized bags getlot easier without having to change a lot diverted, Lang explains. It can create a lotof infrastructure. My job is to run those of jams that really bog down the system. models to determine whether [the design On the plus side, Viera describes thewe come up with] is going to work. existing system as well designed and ableAt the same time, the team is also to soak bags up like water. The redesignmodeling the inbound system to assess process currently underway is aimed athow potential changes in operations and enhancing what is working by reducinggrowth will affect SLCs baggage claim the number of transition points and findingsystem. That model simulates passenger ways to relieve the system of oversizedand bag movements to see which is bags during peak periods. The additionwaiting longerpassengers or bagsto of a seventh CTX machine to acceleratedetermine which needs more space. additional screening is one possibleThe modeling system uses augmented/solution under consideration, he adds. virtual reality technology, says Vanderlande Executive Project Manager Shane Assess, Analyze, Model, Repeat Robertson. The building information SLC project management team to assess,Introba, working in tandem with Lang andmodel of the baggage system design is analyze and model passenger and baggagethe airport program management team, isuploaded into a virtual reality system that numbers to devise a better solution.analyzing the existing baggage handlingshows where the system clashes with Thom Lang,system and creating models based onmechanical, electrical, plumbing or other airline technicaldata such as flight schedules and airlinecomponents that might be in the way of representative at SLCassumptions about passenger volume,the baggage system.who is helping leadchecked bags per passenger, oversizedJonah Thompson, the initiative, says thebags per passenger and what timeaccount manager team is laser focusedpassengers arrive at the airport. Modelswith Vanderlande, on this expansionalso take into account baggage inductionvalues the unique opportunity, becauseTHOM LANG points to ensure that design changes dontperspective this real-the current 22% ofallow bags to overtax the handling systemtime testing provides. oversized bags on peak days will likelyfrom the get go.Theyre able toJONAH THOMPSONincrease quickly when 25 additional gatesThe project team assessed data fromobserve an active in Concourse B are brought online in awinter and summer 2022 to create a listsystem that is being used by passengers. phased manner by 2026.of issues. But with passenger numbersLots of planning goes into designing and continuing to grow fast, it also took adeveloping these systems based off lots Successful System detailed look at winter 2023 operationsof data. But thats always slightly different in Need of a Lift before delving too deep into a particularthan how the systems in the airport are SLC is one of adesign concept. Specifically, personnelactually used by passengers.handful of U.S. airportsobserved in real time what was expected that handles oversizedto be SLCs busiest days of the year:Fixing the Jamsbaggage in line withSunday, February 19. That was closingGene Lengdorfer, regular size bags. Thisday of the weekend Salt Lake City hostedcontrol systems dual capability is madethe 2023 NBA All-Star game as well asengineer with Brock possible by a speciallya traditionally heavy travel day for skiers.Solutions, says that designed systemLOGGAN TRONCOSO Viera and his team used that information tothe length and irregular that includes 45-inch-wide conveyor beltsassess throughput and develop a baggageweight distribution of and large-radius turns, explains Logganhandling system scorecard that measuredoversized bags causes GENE LENGDORFERAirportImprovement.comJanuary | February 2024'