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Mead & Hunt to Exhibit at Annual AAAE Conference in Reno

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The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) will be hosting its 85th annual conference & exposition from May 19th-22nd. Thousands of airport and aviation individuals are expected to attend, including several members of our own Mead & Hunt team. Continue reading

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California Aviation Awareness Day

Last week, our staff attended California’s first Aviation Awareness Day, sponsored by the Association of California Airports.  The event was held at the capitol in Sacramento to raise awareness among legislators about the economic benefits provided by the state’s airports. Jon Faucher, Lisa Harmon, and Victoria Garmy represented Mead & Hunt. Continue reading

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Palo Alto’s New Airport Manager

Congratulations to Andy Swanson who became the City of Palo Alto’s new airport manager this month.  Mead & Hunt’s staff has a long history with Andy, and we welcome him back to the Bay area. Continue reading

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High Honors Presented to Two Minnesota Airports

 L-R: Jay Hietpas, Acting Director of MnDOT Office of Aeronautics; Chris Hugunin, Manager, FAA ADO in Minneapolis; Bill Towle, St. Cloud Airport Director.

L-R: Jay Hietpas, Acting Director of MnDOT Office of Aeronautics; Chris Hugunin, Manager, FAA ADO in Minneapolis; Bill Towle, St. Cloud Airport Director.

At the 2013 Minnesota Council of Airports Conference, two Mead & Hunt clients were honored in Alexandria, Minnesota. Continue reading

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Dean Mericas presenting as part of ACRP Webinar

Mead & Hunt is excited that one of our newest employees, Dean Mericas, will be presenting his research on ACRP Report 81: Winter Design Storm Factor Determination for Airports as part of an ACRP webinar on April 25. Register here. Continue reading

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Busy Month of Conferences

April showers may bring May flowers, but in the Midwest and Southeast, they bring conferences!

Mead & Hunt staff will be very busy over the next couple of weeks attending five different conferences ranging from Minnesota to North Carolina. If you catch up with any of our staff members at these venues, be sure to share your thoughts on Through-the-Fence (TTF) operations with them so we can consider your comments as we begin our development of the Airports Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) project on managing TTF. Continue reading

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Spring brings warm weather & a new face to Mead & Hunt

Mead & Hunt welcomes Dean Mericas to its Austin, TX office.

Mead & Hunt welcomes Dean Mericas to its Austin, TX office.

It’s been a long winter and everyone I know is looking forward to real spring weather –

especially our airport clients who deal with snow removal and deicing. And although hopefully the snow will soon be only a memory, storm water management and the permitting issues associated with it pose year-round challenges.

In a continuing effort to meet our clients’ needs, we’re pleased to announce that Dean Mericas has joined Mead & Hunt to lead our aviation environmental compliance efforts. Continue reading

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Managers on the Move

I’d like to offer a belated but warm welcome to two new airport managers in Michigan.

  • Michael Harma has taken the helm in Ironwood, MI as the new manager at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport.  Michael comes to IWD with airport management experience in Wisconsin.

Congratulations to Michael and Scott on their new positions, and to IWD and CVX on bringing two experienced professionals to the helm of your airports!

 

 

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Lansing Welcomes Spring

Ah … the first day of spring, March 20th, 2013 …

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Mead & Hunt in Airport Business

Mead & Hunt’s Stephanie Ward authored an article about using the C³ method in TRB-ACRP Report 65 to help airports plan for IROPS events. Continue reading

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