US. Over 100 industry representatives from airports, consulting firms, and others met recently at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport ‘energy centre’ for the first meeting of the Airport Facilities Council (AFC).
The goal of the new US body is to build airport facilities that reduce cost, improve efficiency, and take into account life cycle issues, not just up-front design cost.
The AFC is being directed under the International Facilities Management Association based in Houston, which actively promotes “green” design of facilities and has a reputation for collecting and disseminating data for various industries.
According to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport’s Robert Barker, who was named the first AFC president, a central theme for the new group is to design facilities that take into account the level of service standards and integrate operational staff recommendations.
