b'72 IAH FUELINGof Burns & McDonnell working on different parts of the project.The fuel is supplied by three pipelines from refineries based near And that does not include construction subcontractors.the Gulf of Mexico. Incoming fuel is received by one of the storage Unlike many other teams working on airport projects at thetanks, where it is tested for particulates, water and other foreign time, Burns & McDonnell did not encounter building materialsubstances. After sitting in the receiving tank for a day or two, it shortages. We have a dedicated procurement team that wasis sent to one of the other tanks, and eventually distributed via responsible for acquiring materials needed every step of theunderground pipes to the terminals and gates.way, says Lundquist. They did a great job.Our day starts at midnight, at which time we do a daily inventory of the current fuel Day-to-Day Operationscapacity in each tank, explains Harold Loy, In February 2024, the consortium hired Menzies Aviation toMenzies general manager at IAH. Once an operate and maintain IAHs newly renovated fuel station.airline requests that fuel be sent to a specific gate, we can send it very quickly via our new hydrant system. HAROLD LOYWe have one of the newest hydrant pump systems in the United States, Loy AIRPORTS PROUDLY USING TRECAN SNOWMELTERS INCLUDE: adds. It has improved our overall efficiency BOS| BUF| BWI| CLE| DCA| DFW| IAD|JFK| LGA considerably. MCI| MHT| MSP| PIT|YUL|YVR|YYZSNOW A network of about 34 miles of pipes under IAHs airfield distributes up to 1.8 million gallons every day.Menzies staff and airline personnel are enjoying the new administration building and training center added during the project. Our training is very thorough, Loy asserts. We first do a thorough background check on all Trecan Snowmelters are the industry standardprospective employees. Training is done both for Airport snowmelting equipment. in classrooms as well as through computer programs. Then, we train them on the airfield with extensive, supervised on-the-job training. Our employees have to go all over the airport and learn how to navigate from one place to another. On average, it takes approximately six weeks before we turn them loose.Pleasing Stakeholders Looking to the future, Szczesniak and other airport officials are confident that the recently updated fuel facility will meet the needs of airlines and passengers for years. But fueling isnt their only focus. Houston is growing at the rate of about 140,000 more people every year, Save Time and Money and at least some of these people will use ourCost Effective airport, along with regular business and leisureEliminate snow removal delays passengers, says Szczesniak. To accommodateEco-friendly and energy efficient this growth, we are finishing a major expansion ofReduce or eliminate trucking of snow our international terminal, including construction on air traffic areas of six more gates designed for wide-body aircraft. In addition, United is building a new terminal forEliminate security risks associated with trucks domestic passengers, with 40 new gates.More projects are expected in the next few years, and IAH has ample space to expand. We are blessed to have 11,000 trecan.com acres encompassing the airfield, Szczesniak ISO 9001:2015 Certified concludes. We have plenty of room for future projects. September 2024AirportImprovement.com'