Edwin Maarseveen has been advisor to different European airports for many years. Over the years, Bostec, Imtech ICT's consultancy and project management company has learned to understand airport company processes.
'You could say that wherever you are in the world, an airport is an airport. But nothing could be further from the truth. Although a lot of similar things need to happen, actually each airport does this in its own way. The challenges facing European airports often concern environmental aspects, spatial planning (Europe is densely populated and an airport combines various activities in a limited space), intensified safety regulations and increased traveller convenience. In smart capacity management, all these challenges affect each other. Bostec advises airports on the different possibilities available to make improvements in this. Our company is specialised in advice and project management for customers going through change processes.'
Energy plan
'One of the projects in which Bostec has an advice role concerns Schiphol's growth in baggage handling to 70 million suitcases per year. Such a project is extremely radical for an airport because many processes are interconnected. But we are also thinking together about energy provision at the airport. How do you ensure that a terminal meets the increasing energy requirements and still becomes more sustainable? That's why now we're working with Schiphol on an energy plan.'
'Another trend we're anticipating is the increasing desire of airline companies to diversify their service provision, such as standard and premium services. This also requires adaptations to airport processes, just think about car parking and check-in. And in addition we're helping them to think about efficiency improvements and airport operational reliability, because power failure could of course have disastrous consequences for operational reliability in an airport. Schiphol is a main artery of the Dutch economy.'
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