b'24 Automated Exit Safeguards and Welcomes OAK SECURITYPassengers Arriving at Oakland Intl BY CHRIS JONESFACTS&FIGURES Project: Security Exit Improvements Location: Oakland (CA) Intl AirportStriking a balance between creatingPassengers, however, Terminal: 2 an inviting atmosphere for travelersmay hardly notice the Cost: $8 million and adhering to rigid securitysecurity upgrades all Key Component: Fully enclosed space withrequirements is a familiar challenge for airportaround them thanks automated exit lanes for passengers exiting viaoperators worldwide. Oakland Internationalto customer-centric escalators, stairs & elevators Airport (OAK) seems to have found thatfeatures and decorative Size: 5,000 sq. ft. fulcrum point with an $8 million exit lanetouches. Design Feature: Oakland-themed artworkimprovement project it quietly unveiled inWe wanted theVICTOR CERVANTESJuly 2023. The busy Northern Californiaexit to look like it has always been thereTimeline: Project was conceptually launched in 2017;hub leveraged a mix of innovative tools and bid in Sept. 2019; constructed Jan. - July 2023nothing too obtrusive, but something functional artwork to find the balance.welcoming as you come down from the Project Designer: WSP Last spring, OAK completed severalupper level, explains Victor Cervantes, Prime Contractor: Turner Construction Co. months of renovations to a roughlyan OAK Port associate engineer who was Subcontractors & Vendors: 165,000-square-foot exit way that servesinvolved with the exit lane project from Access Control Systems: Securitas Technology passengers arriving at Terminal 2, home todesign through construction.Security Surveillance System: CheckVideo LLC the airports primary air carrier, Southwest Installation of Cameras, Cables, Interfaces,Airlines. Enhancements include: Layout Challengesetc.: Birdi Systems Inc.an automated exit lane breach controlEver since aviation was reshaped overnight System Maintenance: Birdi Systems Inc.system on two separate levels;by the terrorist hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001, Gunshot Detection System: AmberBoxa full-height containment wall;airports have routinely sought to reducefire safety monitoring; andor eliminate vulnerabilities bad actors Artistic Signage: Circa Now might seek to exploit. Such changes are 2022 Passenger Volume: 11.14 million a state-of-the-art AmberBox gunshotgenerally more difficult in facilities designed Airport Owner: Port of Oakland, CA detection system. January | February 2024AirportImprovement.com'