Aviation View | April 2021

28 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 Delivering Extraordinary Value From airside to landside, we are partnering with our nation’s airports to set a new standard of excellence and transform air travel. hntb.com areas by about three quarters.” In regard to future planning, there are many new issues to keep in mind with regard to designing and refurbishing an airport. Duebner advises, “It’s not just because of the pandemic but also because of changing needs. We are in a pretty good spot with the renovated terminal, but now we have a parking garage that is at the end of its useful life and we also just have a single roadway in and out. We’re going to continue to work on that, but as we redesign and rebuild that parking garage we need to be thinking about how traffic will develop; about how vertical take-off and landing could change urban air mobility. Is there a need for single-family cars or will ride sharing become the norm? What about designing for autonomous vehicles? When you are looking five to ten years out there is a lot to consider. If we have learned anything from this past year it is the need for flexibility. So the challenge in designing something for the near future comes from thinking about how we