INSIGHT
When referring to an airport and its surroundings , the term aerotropolis is being widely used . Aerotropolis refers not just to the airport itself , but also the metropolitan area surrounding it . Airports are now , collectively , becoming more and more like mini-cities in their own right .
Industry expert Tony Fulton , who is software giant Oracle ’ s Director of Industry Strategy for its Construction and Engineering Global Business Unit , says that a key by-product of the shift towards bigger and bigger projects is that the market is now maturing . He reckons that the project owners have now realised that , rather than seeking to shift responsibility for the delivery of the project elsewhere , it is now their core business to ensure everything is right and controlled in-house from planning right through to ensuring a successful life cycle for any such developments .
“ The US has always led the way in terms of project delivery and capability , organisations like Bechtel and CH2M ,” says Fulton , who has been involved in a number of top projects in the United Kingdom including Heathrow Airport and the London Underground .
8 October 2017