b'66 AVP PASSENGER TRANSPORT Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl Builds New Quick-Turn Facility for Rental Car OperationsBY NICOLE NELSON After a long time coming, anthe adjacent terminal. Operationally, there updated quick turnaroundwas an emphasis on increasing efficiency facility for consolidated rentalby decreasing turn times for processing car operations at Wilkes-Barre/Scrantonvehicles. International Airport (AVP) became fully operational last fall.Internal Purpose, External CareNow that we put itAlthough the new facility is a back-of-house in place, the customeroperation where crews receive vehicles and experience has justprep them for renting again, it still has public-facing features. Beardsley is especially proud FACTS&FIGURESskyrocketed, saysof the paved walkway with a protective Carl Beardsley Jr., Project: Quick Turn-Around Consolidated Rentalexecutive directorcanopy that shields customers renting and Car Facility of the Pennsylvaniareturning vehicles from inclement weather. Location: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (PA) Intl Airportairport. It is so muchCARL BEARDSLEY JR.We are definitely seeing improvements Owner/Operator: Luzerne & Lackawanna counties better than it used to be.all around, he remarks. Our customers Key Components: 10,580-sq.-ft. building; 2 automatedAn $11 million project transformed aand the people who live in this area have car wash bays; 1 hand wash bay; 6 fueling positions;2.68-acre plot of land that had been annever had a facility where theyre able to covered walkway eyesore for decades into a new supportwalk covered from the ready return lot all Footprint: 2.68 acres center for the six rental car companiesthe way over to the terminal building. Until Cost: $11 million that serve customers at AVP. Crewsrecently, it was unheard of here at AVP.Project Duration: 2016 to 2023 demolished an old car wash and builtLandscaping, another amenity the Opening Date: Oct. 26, 2023 a quick turnaround facility with threeprevious facility lacked, was added to Owner/Developer: AVP QTA LLC; Conrac Solutionswash bays (two automatic, one forimprove the appearance of the new building. hand washing) and six fueling positions Project Delivery Equity Financing: Provided by iCON Infrastructure; arranged by CS Capitalcontaining three pumpseach with twoWorth the Waithoses per rental car brand. Executing the improvements took timeFacility Operator: Conrac Solutions Operators Architect: PGAL The 10,580-square-foot building wasabout eight years from initial explorations developed by Conrac Solutions, designed/ to the official opening in October 2023. Design/Build: LR Costanzo Co. planned by PGAL, and constructed byUltimately, the project was completed on Subcontractors: Ritsick Plumbing; Sproul Construction;LR Costanzo to align aesthetically withbudget with minor value engineering. Troy Mechanical; Urban Electrical July | August 2024AirportImprovement.com'