Speaker Biograghy: Steve has more than 34 years' professional capital development, planning and architectural design experience and over 25 years' airport capital infrastructure advisory services experience on a variety of airport planning, design and project management projects with total estimated capex value exceeding US$25bn. He has served as an airport capital infrastructure advisor on existing and greenfield airport development projects around the world. His strategic advisory services have increased the value of several international airport projects of various sizes and complexity for public airport authorities, private airport investors, developers and operators as well as airlines. He is currently responsible for managing the strategic planning effort for Gatwick Airport’s capital investment programme (CIP), where he leads the analysis of airport development projects and provides strategic advisory services for future capital investment and development.


Day 1 - 20 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development

15:00 - 15:30 - Gatwick Airport: innovative capacity building in a mature, constrained asset
Synopsis: Learn from a joint presentation by Gatwick’s Development Director and Gatwick’s development partner about how the airport is creatively building additional capacity using groundbreaking operational, planning and technology solutions in a very mature and space-constrained environment. With its recent implementation of the world’s largest self-service bag-drop facility, its ongoing development of the next generation of passenger security screening systems, and its relentless efforts to maximise capacity and improve resilience on the world’s busiest single runway, Gatwick is at the leading edge of innovative, balanced capacity building to address its continuing and aggressive growth strategy.

Audience will learn:

• How Gatwick’s planning processes identify opportunities for optimisation of balanced capacity, operational efficiency, enhanced passenger experience and commercial success
• How technological solutions and the introduction of new and enhanced processes can facilitate growing numbers of passengers through the terminal buildings
• How Bechtel works with Gatwick to help shape investment and deliver solutions for transformation