McFARLAND JOHNSON INFUSING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE MODERN AIRPORTS

Small and Mid-sized Airport Projects Are Ramping Up

BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As travel continues to boom following the COVID pandemic, many U.S. small and mid-sized airports are embracing innovative technologies to plan for airport growth and expansion with a focus on sustainability.

InfraSolutions, a division of McFarland Johnson, recently launched AVIAS(TM), a cloud-based comprehensive airport management platform. The launch of this patented, proprietary technology is playing a role in the modernization efforts of small and mid-sized airports as they plan and facilitate regional growth across the country. The software system is the brainchild of McFarland Johnson President, Chad Nixon, who along with many in the organization, has decades of experience in planning, engineering, and construction management of airport expansion projects.

"During the pandemic, regional airports and their surrounding economies suffered retraction, particularly those that cater to business travelers," Nixon said. "As traffic has come back, those airports need the ability to quickly, efficiently and cost effectively plan for and implement strategic growth initiatives. We developed the AVIAS solution for evaluating, forecasting, and analyzing airport compliance, safety, growth, and funding so airports can better plan future development and more efficiently use their financial resources."

An early adopter of the AVIAS platform technology is the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) who has plans for over $500 million in capital improvements in the next few years. Greenville-Spartanburg President and CEO, David Edward Jr. explained, "Our airport has improvement projects underway that continue to focus on our customers and further enhance the travel experience as well as meet growth, sustainability, and efficiency objectives. We have leveraged MJ's AVIAS technology to help us visualize our future plans for innovative projects like an automated transit network that will transport passengers between the airport's parking lots and the terminal facility. The autonomous shuttle system will help accomplish the Airport District's plan to decrease or eliminate passenger and employee shuttle buses, thereby reducing curbside congestion and traffic on airport roads. This will improve the on-airport roadway levels of service, which will enhance the customer experience and assist in GSP's plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

"With the AVIAS platform technology, we are able to track our performance activity and forecast airport needs, allowing us to maximize our resources, reduce costs and facilitate regulatory compliance, all in record time," Mr. Edwards added.

AVIAS is comprised of a suite of six specialized applications that alleviate the tedious, time-consuming, and labor-intensive aspects of airport operations, data management and development planning. From dynamic analysis and airfield inspections to real estate management, obstruction tracking, pavement condition monitoring and comprehensive project planning, AVIAS offers a one-stop solution that optimizes airport efficiency and development.

The AVIAS platform's suite of cloud-based applications includes:

    --  AVIAS AeroClear, a comprehensive resource for visualizing, identifying,
        tracking, and analyzing obstructions within an airport's specific
        airspace, now enhanced with the capability for users to define and place
        their own obstructions.


    --  AVIAS Caplan, a centralized hub and document control system with
        built-in workflows for managing projects, grants, financials, and
        funding transfer data across a multi- airport system.


    --  AVIAS DAT, dynamic airport master planning now enhanced with the
        AI-powered feature DAT CHAT, a robust and flexible application that not
        only analyzes both likely and unforeseen future airport scenarios with
        basic user inputs, but also allows for interactive querying of the
        airport's master plan.
    --  AVIAS Inspect, an airport inspection and asset management application
        that is an integral piece to maintaining smooth operations at an
        airport. With unlimited user defined inspections, Operations staff can
        use this application to conduct, manage, and maintain self-inspections,
        continuous surveillance inspections, periodic condition inspections,
        mobile fueler inspections, fuel storage area inspections and special
        inspections, and it can be customized to provide elements specific to an
        airport.

A user-friendly work order system with simple asset management features can be integrated with existing third-party systems for a cost-effective seamless solution.

    --  AVIAS Rumble, a pavement management application that combines the GIS
        portion of an interactive map with data McFarland Johnson collects to
        conduct timely and cost saving pavement studies. The unique ability to
        toggle individual pavement sections allows airport staff instant access
        to current and historical information on deterioration rates, pavement
        conditions and more.
    --  AVIAS Sites, a land development and management application that allows
        staff to manage a portfolio of real estate assets. It provides an
        auto-updated map of all parcels the airport has available, or may become
        available, for both aviation and non-aviation development. The
        application will also automatically develop pro-formas and highest and
        best analyses for various development concepts.

For more information on McFarland Johnson: https://www.mjinc.com/index

For more information about the AVIAS platform: https://www.mjinfrasolutions.com

About InfraSolutions by McFarland Johnson
McFarland Johnson's technology division, InfraSolutions by McFarland Johnson, combines our expertise in the aviation, transportation, and other industries with our ability to develop custom, client-focused technology to create resilient and sustainable solutions to help solve important infrastructure challenges. Utilizing our knowledge and expertise along with advanced technologies, InfraSolutions by McFarland Johnson has developed a comprehensive airport management platform, AVIAS, digitizing data and transforming the decision-making process while helping to reduce operational cost. To learn more, connect with us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram.

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