Airport Communications Master Plan

Start Date: July 2000	Client: Subcontracted to Hill International, for the City of Phoenix, Sky Harbor International Airport
End Date: February 2010	Type of Work: Program and Project Management
Ongoing Support: Yes	Type of Work: Program and Project Management

Project Summary:

In 2000, the Aviation Department for the City of Phoenix completed a comprehensive Airport Communications Master Plan. This plan addresses over 40 technology related systems and represents over $40 million in capital improvement projects. Barich, Inc's President, Frank Barich was the IT Project Manager of the development of this Master Plan.

Since 2000, Barich, Inc. staff have updated the IT Master Plan twice, with the assistance of Hill International (formally KJM) staff in the Technology Program Office setup by the Technology Division. Barich, Inc. staff have provided IT Project Management services on several of the resulting project recommendations, including:

Fingerprint System upgrades
Access Control Systems
Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) Systems
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Premise Distribution Design and Implementation
Common Use System
Technology Master Plan 2005 and 2009 updates

Project Status:

This Master Plan and its subsequent updates in 2005 and 2009 were successfully implemented and completed by February 2010. Barich, Inc continues to provide ongoing support. Future updates to this Master Plan, leading to additional projects under this program, are expected in the Summer of 2012.

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