Construction Magazine August 2018 | Page 74

DR . OZAN KÖSEO�GLU

What will the airport industry of tomorrow look like ? Dr . Ozan Köseoğlu , a CTO operating in the industry , talks about navigating the increasing complexity of airport construction

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C onstruction projects

are often complex ecosystems , with layer upon layer of stakeholder . From the contractors on the ground , the construction managers right through to the executive teams , each party has a key role in the development of any project . But one particular stakeholder is proving more and more integral to the successful delivery of any construction and that is the customer and end user .
When the project in question is the construction of a technologically advanced airport , created to host an annual passenger capacity of more than 200mn , the complexity of that ecosystem only intensifies .
“ Airports are very complex infrastructures , far more complex than the building of any other infrastructure project ,” says Dr . Ozan Köseoğlu , Chief Technical Officer in the construction industry .
AUGUST 2018