DR . OZAN KÖSEO�GLU
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“ It ’ s a massive building , utilising large scale technologies and a hugely complex ecosystem . So , the best way of managing that is to understand how the whole place and the whole ecosystem is going to work together , and then you can bind them together .”
Köseoğlu has built an entire career around construction , construction managmeent and technology and engineering projects . Over the course of his career , he has worked on major airport projects in the United Kingdom and the Middle East and it is this experience that he feels grants him a unique understanding as to how the construction of airports is continuously evolving .
“ The construction of a major project like an airport requires much more management . I ’ d manage the whole design engineering construction and day-to-day operations ,” he says , “ as well as communicating and collaborating with the individuals involved and the digital platforms implemented to bring together that whole infrastructure ecosystem .
“ It ’ s certainly going to be a new way of managing the whole lifecycle of construction with stakeholders .”
The lifecycle of construction , and the collaboration between the various different stakeholders is becoming increasingly defined by technology and innovative tools in order successfully deliver a project in the most efficient way possible .
Köseoğlu believes that this changing landscape of airport construction and technology can be broken down into two parts – the project phase and the operation phase .
Throughout the project phase , technology has seen the time and cost of a project come under greater scrutiny .
An airport by its very nature creates a more demanding environment , with governments expecting a certified completion date in order to begin full scale operations , clients and client representatives needing to be available and ready and even commercial operators looking to be in house and ready for operation to begin .
To this end , Köseoğlu notes that it requires a more focused
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