Speaker Biograghy: Suzanne is a successful leader with 25 years’ experience with public-private programmes in aviation, transportation, infrastructure and commercial development. As a Terminal Planning and Design Manager at San Francisco International Airport, she leads a diverse team designing and redeveloping Terminal 1, a US$2.4bn programme. She is adept at creating, connecting and orchestrating multidisciplinary global teams assembled to deliver successful mega-project programmes. She has demonstrated ability to achieve consistent results through collaborative leadership, vision, strategic planning, high-level programme management and complex problem solving. Previously, Suzanne served as Director of Development at Denver International Airport, leading a multidisciplinary team of internal resources and external consultants to develop a land use and implementation plan for commercial mixed-use development on 9,000 acres of airport land. Suzanne was also the client's Senior Design Manager for the Abu Dhabi Midfield Complex, the new 7 million square feet terminal development for Abu Dhabi Airports Company.


Day 3 - 22 March
Session: Increasing Airport Capacity

09:05 - 10:05 - Panel Discussion: Mega-project, mini-site – the US$2.4bn SFO Terminal 1
Synopsis: The challenge: increase gate capacity to allow passenger growth from 53 million to 71 million per year on a site that has no ability to expand runways or build additional passenger processing facilities. The solution: the Terminal 1 redevelopment programme. This multi-year, multi-phased project will deliver a state-of-the-art, 25-gate terminal and boarding area, with a sterile connector to the FIS allowing additional flexibility to process international passengers. The project will include the first US installed Individualised Container System (ICS) baggage handling system and 100% shared-use infrastructure. This US$2.4bn project is being delivered by two separate design-build teams.

Audience will learn:

• Future-proofing to maximise a constrained site
• Collaborative project delivery formally ensured by monthly partnering, quarterly stakeholder partnering meetings with accountability and responsibility assignments
• Demolishing 500K SF to construct 1M SF during 365-day secure 24/7 live passenger operations
• Integrated program team – owner, project management, designers, builders and stakeholders all co-located in The Big Room
• Incorporating SFO’s mission REACH: A Guide to Revenue Enhancement & Customer Hospitality into terminal development innovation