Speaker Biograghy: Dan is the Director of Planning and Development for the Port of Portland. The Planning and Development Department is responsible for long-range planning, development of the Port’s capital programme, asset management programme and tenant improvement programme across the Port’s three business lines of aviation, marine and industrial development. Dan has a leadership role in a suite of major airport improvement and redevelopment projects known as PDX Next. Key projects include the redevelopment of the core terminal area, the addition of new domestic gates to balance passenger loads, and a shared-use public parking and consolidated rental car facility. Dan holds a BSc in Marine Engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy, as well as an MSc in Naval Architecture and an MEng in Ocean Engineering in the programme for Marine Environmental Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


Day 2 - 15 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development

14:45 - 15:15 - How to create a flexible terminal plan to anticipate change
Synopsis: Airport terminals are complex facilities with enormous synchronised operations, challenged by an evolving airline industry and local physical environment. Like many airports around the world, Portland International Airport (PDX) is experiencing strong passenger growth, and the evolution of its major carriers. But through the development process, three distinct challenges face PDX in the midst of its terminal redevelopment programme: 1) Major change to airline assumptions; 2) Evolving seismic resiliency requirements; 3) Recent global security concerns. This raises the question: how does an airport plan and design a terminal facility to anticipate change?

Audience will learn:

• Background and evolution of Portland International Airport
• Challenges that PDX faces during its terminal redevelopment programme
• Design themes for flexible concourse expansion
• Lessons learned for successful facility development that anticipates change