Speaker Biograghy: Mark is Senior Program Director with Parsons and leads the PM’s Engineering Department in the management of the design of the US$13.2bn New International Airport at Mexico City. This mega airport development programme includes a 743,000m2 terminal building, a 310,000m2 ground transportation centre, a 90m-high air traffic control tower, three 5,000m-long runways and associated taxiways, aprons, roads and supporting infrastructure. During his 20 years at Hong Kong International Airport, Mark led numerous major capital improvement projects including the Midfield Concourse Development, a 105,000m2 20-gate passenger concourse connected to Terminal 1 by an extension of the automated people mover system; and Terminal 2, the 144,000m2 processing terminal facility. Mark has over 30 years' experience in the design, construction and project management of airport capital works developments.


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

16:05 - 17:30 - Panel Discussion: NAICM mega-terminal: structuring sustainability and flexibility to yield opportunity
Synopsis: Mexico’s aviation sector growth has increased dramatically, on the shoulders of Latin America’s most healthy economy. NAICM Phase 1, a single-build programme featuring a four-concourse mega-terminal, is structured to support dynamic growth across diverse sectors. The programme calls for simplicity, sustainability, profitability and great flexibility. Innovative architectural, structural, life-safety and construction strategies have been developed to meet the challenges of fast-track imperatives and support the project’s long-term vision.

Audience will learn:

• Architectural and planning responses to commercial viability
• Architectural and planning responses to operational requirements
• Sustainability targets and approach
• Performance-based design for codes (seismic/life-safety)
• Project financing scheme including Green Bonds