Until about 1970, Denver’s Stapleton Airport was capable of supporting the number of passengers and airplanes according to the demands of Denver. The city traffic was increasing rapidly because of the economic growth. Booming oil, real estate and tourism industries were the reasons behind Denver’s economic growth. After 1970, due to the economic growth, traffic volume increased and the Stapleton Airport wasn’t able to support the demands of the city anymore. An aging Stapleton Airport was viewed as liability to the region and limited the attractiveness of the city to the businesses that were swarming to it. The poor airport layout, congestion of high-traffic and delays caused by high-traffic periods were the main problems with the Stapleton
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In 1983, a study was conducted which determined that an expansion of Stapleton’s capacity was necessary due to the airport’s size and geographic location. In mid-1980s, number of trends and events took place that caused concern for the economists and business leaders. Across many industries, the rate of employment was falling significantly in Denver. To help the economy and avoid free-fall, many government officials all across the country including Denver, embarked on a massive public construction project. A new airport was included in the massive public construction project. The reason for building the new airport was to revive Colorado’s economy. In addition, the airport was supposed to import federal capital, and fund the creation of new jobs to overcome the short-term decline in the …show more content…
When the city sent out a request for bids, only three companies responded out of the 16. BAE was among one of the companies that didn’t bid for the job. After analyzing, all three companies decided that a project of such a large scale and complexity couldn’t be completed by the scheduled opening date of the Airport, Oct 1993. Experts from Munich airport advised that the much simpler Munich system had taken 2 full years to build and that it had run for 6 straight months prior to opening to allow bugs to be taken care of. After three companies decided that the project couldn’t be completed within the given time, airport Project Management Team decided to speak directly to BAE. Reports indicate that the decision to proceed was based on the communications between the airport’s Chief Engineer (Walter Slinger) and BAE’s Senior Management team. BAE was known for its great reputation for creating baggage handling systems at the time. After the discussion with the airport Project Management Team, BAE created a prototype automated baggage handling system in a 50,000 square foot warehouse. This prototype proved the capabilities of the system and convinced Chief Airport Engineer, Walter Singler, that the automated system would work efficiently. BAE officials
In 1983, a study was conducted which determined that an expansion of Stapleton’s capacity was necessary due to the airport’s size and geographic location. In mid-1980s, number of trends and events took place that caused concern for the economists and business leaders. Across many industries, the rate of employment was falling significantly in Denver. To help the economy and avoid free-fall, many government officials all across the country including Denver, embarked on a massive public construction project. A new airport was included in the massive public construction project. The reason for building the new airport was to revive Colorado’s economy. In addition, the airport was supposed to import federal capital, and fund the creation of new jobs to overcome the short-term decline in the …show more content…
When the city sent out a request for bids, only three companies responded out of the 16. BAE was among one of the companies that didn’t bid for the job. After analyzing, all three companies decided that a project of such a large scale and complexity couldn’t be completed by the scheduled opening date of the Airport, Oct 1993. Experts from Munich airport advised that the much simpler Munich system had taken 2 full years to build and that it had run for 6 straight months prior to opening to allow bugs to be taken care of. After three companies decided that the project couldn’t be completed within the given time, airport Project Management Team decided to speak directly to BAE. Reports indicate that the decision to proceed was based on the communications between the airport’s Chief Engineer (Walter Slinger) and BAE’s Senior Management team. BAE was known for its great reputation for creating baggage handling systems at the time. After the discussion with the airport Project Management Team, BAE created a prototype automated baggage handling system in a 50,000 square foot warehouse. This prototype proved the capabilities of the system and convinced Chief Airport Engineer, Walter Singler, that the automated system would work efficiently. BAE officials