b'28 ATLAIRFIELD MAINTENANCEother asset management systems. This is the case at Harry ReidMoreover, complying with FAA requirements helps avoid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, which uses ALIS andoperational disruptions, such as runway closures. Rosengarten Maximo in concert. We connected the systems together, so whennotes that airports can use data from ALIS to proactively evaluate they create a work order in Maximo, it automatically creates atheir maintenance schedules with FAA inspectors. work order in ALIS, Rosengarten explains. When technicians atClick understands that other airports, depending on their LAS perform and complete airfield work in ALIS, it then updatessize and available funding, may be reluctant to make the initial and closes the work orders in Maximo. This allows office staff toinvestment for bolt-torquing technology that ATL made. But I continue using Maximo, while technicians use ALIS out on thethink just in the efficiency, the accountability, the tracking and the airfield. historical informationI think youre definitely rewarded in the long Advice for Others run, she remarks. We have zero regrets. Woods describes the ALIS system as an invaluable tool but emphasizesAirside Updatesthe importance of proper planning for effective implementation andLike usual, ATL has several improvement projects in the works. It is use. For an airport the size of [ATL], it can take years of surveying andcurrently in the midst of a $1.4 billion project to widen Concourse D planning to have the proper information to input into the database forusing modular design and construction. The massive undertaking the system to work properly and identify assets correctly, he says.will expand the concourse by 60% to increase capacity and Having the ability for recordkeeping and all members of an airport staffaccommodate larger airplanes. (For more details, see the July/to see the same information in real-time from any location is one of theAugust 2024 issue of Airport Improvement.)most valuable functions of the ALIS system.In 2026, the airport will replace its longest runway (9L-27R, Rosengarten highlights the safety implications of bolt-torquingmeasuring 12,390 feet) and several associated taxiways. The project technology. That should always be No. 1 when youre workingwill update select areas to meet current FAA standards, which with airplanes and on an airfieldsafety for the team and theincludes removing and changing the geometry of certain taxiways. passengers that are onboard these planes, he stresses. So first and foremost, youre ensuring that youre complying with all safetyAll these projects, and more in the future, will benefit from the regulations.bolt-torquing system ATL already has in place. HEICO-LOCK WEDGE LOCK WASHER BOLTLeading the Way SECURITY SYSTEMS in Apron LightingFAA Approved Solutions for Your AirfieldStandard wedge lock washers and Combi-Washers from HEICO-LOCK: Keep your lights secure Reduce maintenance headaches Eliminate risk of FOD Charlotte Douglas Airport Keep costs down Charlotte, North CarolinaScan the QR code or go to promo.musco.com/airport2024to learn moreWWW.HEICO-LOCK.US888.822.5661 2024 Musco Sports Lighting, LLC - ADLAL24-3October 2024AirportImprovement.com'