As airports continue to expand, the Automated People Mover (APM) systems which service these airports also need to be expanded. Although a plan and design which anticipate upcoming challenges are important, effective implementation of the plan in a dynamic way is critical to having a successful project. This is especially true when the expansion is taking place at the world's busiest airport and has to be done without interrupting the existing APM service. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport recently added the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal (MHJIT) which required the expansion of the APM system. For this expansion, the installation, the testing and commissioning, and the integration with the existing system were all based on two key principles: 1. Maintain safe, secure and reliable existing APM service. 2. Ensure the MHJIT APM project delivery stays on schedule and budget. The project's challenges included the tie-in point for the new system, maintaining airport security during all phases, and coordinating work between the APM supplier and the construction contractor. This paper will give some background on the unique layout of the Atlanta Airport and the general design of the MHJIT project. It will then step through the implementation and integration of the testing and commissioning of the project to uncover some of the unanticipated challenges and share how they were overcome.


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    Title :

    Maintaining Reliable Service While Expanding the World's Busiest Airport


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    14th International Conference on Automated People Movers and Automated Transit Systems ; 2013 ; Phoenix, Arizona



    Publication date :

    2013-04-29




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English