Mitchell CameronGeneral Manager, Karratha Airport Western Australia

Karratha Airport$100 million dollar Strategic Capital Improvements ProgrammeInvestment in the terminal completes a raft of upgrades undertaken over the past five years, making Karratha Airport the pre-eminent regional airport in Western Australia - delivering:-

$20 million runway & taxiways $16 million check-in and screening $10 million hydraulic upgrade including waste water treatment plant $10 million high voltage and low voltage upgrade project $ 7 million Front of House controlled parking & ground transport $ 2 million workshop & security fencing $35 million terminal redevelopment

• Serviced by - Qantas, Virgin, AirNorth and Alliance• Rotary wing operators - CHC, Bristow (over 40% of

movements)• Charter Operators - Cobham and Karratha Flying Services

Karratha Airport• The Karratha Airport (KTA) is located in the north west of Western Australia.

• Owned and operated by the City of Karratha it is the second busiest airport in Western Australia with a gross number of passengers on all aircraft types in excess of 817,000 p.a and in excess of 9,000 landings throughout the year.

The Challenge• Karratha Airport is the second largest airport in

Western Australia

• 817,000 passengers p.a.

• The terminal remained operational throughout the redevelopment programme

• Results speak for themselves

• No essential facilities unavailable

• Minimal negative passenger feedback (except when we closed the bar for 2 weeks)

• Karratha Airport terminal dates to 1983

• The concept for the upgrade was to maintain only the existing steel truss structure, roof and floor slab.

• A comprehensive upgrade of facilities, services and finishes were completed.• The design incorporates extensive glazing, shaded by wide

overhangs, providing natural light. • The environmental air-conditioning system minimises energy

consumption by incorporating:-

• low speed high-volume fans,

• co² monitoring of return air,

• entropy transfers to pre-cool supply air.

Terminal Redevelopment

• Dual lane security screening

• 8 arrivals & departure gates

• 10m high atrium added with seating

for over 700 people and a 2 multi screen digital displays

• 5 retail shops

• 7 rental car booths

• Second level 800sqm

• International capability

• Two baggage claim devices

• Expansion of the baggage

make up system with sortation

• 36 new bathroom amenities

Terminal Redevelopment

Karratha Airport

Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Issues Challenges• Staging

• Special Event Zones• Planning• Applying• Approval process• Daily Audits

• Building Staging• Pre-planning• Wayfinding and Signage• Evacuation Plans• Material flow• Site access

• Minimise passenger and user disruption• Night works• Closed kerbside lane• Customer Service

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”

Attributed to Benjamin Franklin

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Building Stages

Issues Challenges• Daily morning walk arounds

• Stakeholder Communications• Fortnightly User Group meetings• Weekly Look Ahead (Operations and Project)• Project Control Group (Internal Communications and IT Managers) • Regular media coverage

• Regular liaison with airlines at all levels

• Coordination with ARFFs and Emergency Services

• THE Key – an Experienced Team – ‘Build new then demolish old’•STEA Architects•Woollam Constructions•City Team •Key suppliers

•MSS •Smiths•LS Retail Newslink

“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.”Chief of the Army, Lieutenant-General David Morrison

Old KTA

Karratha Airport

Old KTA

Karratha Airport

Karratha Airport

Old KTA

Twelve Check-ins

Natural Light

Productivity Improvement

Old KTA

Claim Devices

New Advertising

Old KTA

Karratha Airport

Old KTA

Seven Rentals

Karratha Airport

Intuitive Wayfinding

Old KTA

Eight Gates

Customer Satisfaction

Atrium Light

Abundant Space

700 Seats

Atrium Ambience

Old KTA

Karratha Airport

Karratha Airport

Second Floor

International Departures

International Bag Claim

Customer Focused

EXTENSION OF THE BAGGAGE SYSTEM

Baggage Make-up

Lessons Learnt

Lessons Learnt

Big Lift

Cyclonic Zone

• Karratha Airport terminal is situated in a Category D cyclonic zone

• The terminal is also a designed as a post disaster facility.

Grand Opening

Kindly the Deputy PM Mr Warren Truss called Karratha Airport Terminal ‘world class’!

ARFFS Salute

Karratha Airport Terminal Upgrade Delivered on time and on budget.

Over10kms of reticulation piping for recycled water has

been installed

Recognised as

Champions of Water Efficiency

achieving MORE THAN a

35% improvement

by Keep Australia Beautiful Council.

Platinum Water Efficiency

achieving MORE than

50% water efficiency improvement

2013/2014

Recycled Water

Solar Power

• 16,000 sqm solar photovoltaic electricity plant 1MW generation station

• Capital provided by the proponent Sun Edison.

• Two first – • Power supplied to the airport before feeding the grid• Cloud Predicting Technology with smooths out the energy supply.

At Karratha Airport we have all our ………