Speaker Biograghy: As Group Manager, Dr Fitzgerald leads the North America segment of Jacobs Management Consulting Services. In his 20+ years with Jacobs, he has supported business process transformation and system development for several of the world’s largest airports including the State of Hawaii Airports, the Houston Airport System, Los Angeles World Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Jeff has been instrumental in growing Jacobs’ asset management consulting services. He directs a diverse group of professionals with expertise in asset management and information systems advisory services.


Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development

14:25 - 14:50 - Strategic asset investment – lowering the total cost of ownership
Synopsis: An airport authority’s asset portfolio represents a substantial investment of the organisation’s resources. Moreover, numerous studies and benchmarking efforts have identified an often unlooked-for, yet critical relationship: that the initial capital investment represents less than 25% of the owner’s entire expenditure over the life of the asset. This discussion will focus on best practices-based and decision analytics approaches from case studies at four airports (SAN, SEA, LAX and DFW), provide a discussion on the benefits of a strategic asset investment methodology (Strategic-AIM) and demonstrate the application to existing assets and new capital construction initiatives.

Audience will learn:

• Strategies for total cost of ownership reduction
• The top 10 reasons airports cost more to maintain
• Insight into balancing capex and opex investments