The Sacramento International Airport (SMF) APM is a dual-lane shuttle that connects the new Central Terminal B Landside and Concourse B buildings. Planning started in August 2003; preliminary design of the system and the buildings began in October 2006. The procurement process started in 2008 and resulted in a short list of four firms and technologies. The Sacramento County Airport System (SCAS) and the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors selected the APM contractor, Bombardier, in June 2008 for this design, supply, operate,and maintain contract. The terminal and APM were scheduled to open in early 2012, but actually opened in October 2011. Final acceptance was gained in June 2012. A paper about the planning, design, and procurement process ("The Sacramento International Airport APM" by Baumgartner and Moore) was given at the ASCE APM Conference in 2009. Another paper in this Conference ("Delivering the INNOVIA APM to Sacramento International Airport"by Brandon Kameg and Glenn Morgan) provides more information about the project and system. This paper summarizes aspects of project implementation and initial operations and maintenance periods focusing on lessons learned in the process of: 1. Shortening the schedule by a few months 2. Dealing with two airport facility designers, two program management teams, two design-build contractors, airport and county staff, and other stakeholders and participants 3. Dealing with a state regulatory agency that had approved only one APM system previously 4. Helping an airport owner prepare for the operation and maintenance of a new and must-ride infrastructure element of a terminal building 5. Managing the equipment, the human resources and training airport, airline, TSA and concessionaire staff needed for APM operations; including adjustments for actual ridership and timing as opposed to that estimated during the planning process.


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    Title :

    The Sacramento International Airport APM: Takeaways from the Early Under-Budget Big Build


    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




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