Systems Science and Engineering: Brisbane Airport Redesign Report

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the Brisbane International Airport redesign project, focusing on its systems science and engineering aspects. The report evaluates the preliminary design, detailed design, and production phases, incorporating critical analysis of the airport's infr...Read More

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Executive Summary
The report basically focuses on the redesigning aspects of the Brisbane International Airport
so that the new model can be assessed using the existing theories and principles. The
preliminary design and the production phases of the project that had been previously
highlighted have been evaluated. Special attention has been given to the system test,
evaluation of adopted processes and the involvement of human factors to understand the
feasibility of the project.
The fundamental objective of the report is to assess the internal processes and systems of the
project and make relevant recommendations that can enhance its functional aspects. Since a
major chunk of financial resources would be used in the project, its success could bring about
significant positive change in the Australian economy and infrastructure.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Critical Analysis:........................................................................................................................4
Re-designing Changes............................................................................................................4
Preliminary Design Process...................................................................................................6
Detailed designing and Production Phase..............................................................................6
Discussion..................................................................................................................................8
Adopted Design..........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
Recommendations......................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The re-designing of the Brisbane International Airport is a critical activity not just for the
airport but for the nation as a whole. The proper designing, implementation, maintenance,
planning, and analysis of the model are vital since it would help to understand the underlying
functional aspects of the project.Figure 1 highlights the passenger growth trend that is
expected to be achieved by the year 2034. Based on this prediction, the project has been re-
designed so that the increased capacity of the people can be efficiently entertained by the
airport service team (Aguila-Camacho, Duarte-Mermoud& Gallegos, 2014). The focus had
been on the environmental sustainability and operational sustainability to create the
conceptual design of the airport. The main purpose o0f the re-designing model is to enhance
the existing capacities in the association. As previously stated in the airport’s conceptual
design, the airport facilities would be divided into two types namely the International
terminal and the National terminal which would enable the simpler flow of passenger traffic
(Askeland& Wright, 2013).
Figure 1: Growth Forecast
Source: (Fairweather&Tornatzky, 2013)
Preliminary Design
As per Awschalom, et al, the existing infrastructure of the Brisbane airport would have to
undergo crucial change since it would encompass both the aviation-related development as
well as the commercial-related development. In order to modify the transportation model to
maximize the efficient movement of the passengers and cargo at the airport, its transport
infrastructure would be strengthened to support the road infrastructure objectives

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(Awschalom, et al., 2013). This model would allow sufficient space for office, warehouse,
aircraft maintenance facility, aviation education facility, car parking, etc.
The airport precincts would be given a high level of emphasis so that these points could be
used as places that could be used to generate a strong sense of community and
identity.According to Baltimore, et al, the Airport Central would be an area reflecting high-
quality retail, and commercial environment. It would basically allow the achievement of the
critical amount of activity on a manageable range of development front (Baltimore, et al.,
2015). Similarly, Airport South would include high-quality amenities and amazing motorway
access. This modification would allow an efficient and flexible land option that would be
linked to a good transport access. The main purpose of Airport East would be aviation
maintenance and other aviation-support industries.Figure 2 highlights the areas of the
Brisbane airport that would be covered in the re-designing plan (Bruce & Clark, 2013).
Figure 2: Areas of the Brisbane airport
Source: (Wang, Liu & Li, 2014)
The redesigning model would be introduced to upgrade the overall performance and
functional aspects of the airport so that the service could be delivered to the customers and

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passengers in a better way. The focus would be on the environmental priorities along with the
operational priorities so that a positive model could be introduced.
Detailed design and development
This design process would cover different phase’s namely scoping, investigation and
modeling, option assessment and preliminary designing. In the scoping phase, all the existing
and relevant documents relating to the Airport infrastructure and the environmental features
of the Brisbane Airport site would be reviewed (Deo, 2017). This process would be crucial
since it would allow identifying the areas that require special attention and plans. The field
investigations would comprise of field survey investigators, commissioning geotechnical
officials, etc. The flood modeling and the existing drainage model would be tested and the
geotechnical field data would be saved for future reference.
The available design options would be assessed to understand and quantify the impact of the
re-designing elements on the Airport environment, security aspects, aviation operations, etc.
The existing details relating to the environmental conditions of the airport would play a major
role to influence the preliminary designing process (Dunn, 2014).Various design iterations
would be assessed in order to understand the relative impact of a number of key components
that operate in this phase to enhance the project outcome. So the preliminary design and the
documentation process of the project would be vitalto proceed with the designing options.
System Test
In order to touch upon the system test phase, it is necessary to understand the existing airport
conditions relating to the site history, environmental condition, design requirements, and
design considerations. The projects that have been undertaken in this Airport have
significantly altered the natural environment such as the tidal creek diversions, and broad
filling of the low-lying site, etc. (Fairweather&Tornatzky, 2013). This specific site has low
ground elevation and there are various remnant creeks and constructed earth channels that are
tidally influenced. The design requirements cover a number of aspects like the runway site,
design aircraft, and traffic, runway length, taxiways, etc. Thus the construction staging is a
vital area that needs to be taken care of while implementing the new project plan.
Since the main objective of the re-designing of the Brisbane airport is to enhance and boost
the aviation model, the designing has been made to extend the current capacity and improve
the flexibility of the Airport operations. The new runway system that would be included in
this project would be a full-length, dual parallel taxiway model that would run alongside the

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runway. Its purpose would be to enhance the service model of the Airport in order to meet its
expected demand (Howatson, 2013). The dual link taxiway would be basically connecting the
existing runways and the new runways so that the operations could be conducted in a smooth
manner. This development would hopefully provide an impetus for constructing the
duplication of the link taxiway.
The layout of the spiral test has been used for the redesigning of Brisbane airport so that all
the factors including the constraints, costs, risks, requirements, software product designing,
etc can be taken into consideration. This life cycle model would be useful since it follows a
risk-driven approach in the system process instead of the primary document-driven approach.
Since the airport redesigning activity would encompass various areas such as the cost
overruns, changed requirements, change in key personnel, hardware modifications, etc the
crucial component of Spiral Model relating to the minimization of risks by the recurring
application of prototypes would come in handy. Since at every stage, the risk analysis is
performed, this system test model has been adopted for redesigning of Brisbane airport.
Source - https://courses.cs.vt.edu/csonline/SE/Lessons/Spiral/Lesson.html

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The waterfall model that follows a straightforward approach to the system design life cycle
would not work well in the redesigning process of the Brisbane airport since it would be
ineffective particularly in case of interactive end-user applications.
Evaluation
In order to finish the entire designing phase, a number of elements were taken into
consideration such as the geotechnical aspects, aircraft fleet, expected number of operations,
etc.Based on them, the different rigid and flexible pavements have been adopted like the
parallel taxiway, runway ends, sections of link taxiway, new parallel runway pavement, rapid
exit taxiway, etc.Figure 3 highlights the runway and taxiway pavement layout of the Brisbane
Airport that could strengthen the current performance of the airport (Litster& Ennis, 2013).
Figure 3: Runway and Taxiway Pavement Layout
Source: (Fairweather&Tornatzky, 2013)
The testing model would help to focus on all the aspects of the new airport. The areas that
would be undergoing changes in the new design would be highlighted. The layout that has
been presented highlights the runway and taxiway pavement layout that would be redesigned
to make to more functional in nature.
This aspect would incur cost in millions since the transportation route would be redesigned
and the airport drainage system would also be remodeled. But such changes would have a
long-term impact on the functional aspects of the Brisbane airport. Similarly the airport

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personnel would have to be evaluated so that their technical skills and expertise could be
upgraded.
Validation
Based on the redesigning model of the Brisbane airport, the latent features have been
modeled so that the operations could be strengthened from the core. The engineering aspects
would be critical since it would encompass the construction timing, adoption of the
geotechnical design and the prevailing environmental features (Liu, et al., 2014). The
operational and sustainable aspects would also be taken into account while carrying out the
re-designing activity so that long-term changes could be introduced in the best possible
manner. The existing development in the Airport and the specifications of the Airport site has
been assessed so that the changes would have a minimum adverse impact on the functional
aspects of the Airport (Lozano-Juste& Cutler, 2014).
The environmental considerations including the site location of the flora and fauna have been
given high value in this re-designing process. The application of the major tidal channels
during the construction and operational process of the runway have been considered to
control t6he disturbance that occurs due to the existing drains and creeks. Special attention
has been given to the size, and geometry of the proposed runway and taxiway
(Sundarapandian, 2013).
In the re-designing project, special attention has been given to the water quality management
so that the optimum treatment of the water will be possible within the Airport drainage
design. An integral change that would be introduced by this re-designing model is the new
link between the existing runway and the new runway. It would enable the taxiing aircraft to
move from the newly created runway to the already existing terminal while providing for its
growth and expansion (Wang, Liu & Li, 2014).
Optimization
The adopted design would bring about key changes in the Brisbane Airport infrastructure and
it would also open new opportunities to enhance the security aspects of the airport. The
overall functional aspects of the airport would get optimized in the process. Since major
emphasis would be laid on the security aspects of the airfield, the re-designing model would
make sure to enhance the prevailing security fencing model in the Airport. As the security

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provisions on the Australian Airport and subject to change, special attention would be paid
while constructing the different kinds of fences or monitoring models (Vaidyanathan, 2015).
The Airport lighting on the runway centerline would also be altered so that the same could
help the pilots and other officials during the periods of low visibility. Currently, Brisbane
Airport operates with an approach lighting model at both the ends of the runway. This
lighting system could be upgraded so that the approach light structure could further enhance
the visibility and help the pilots while landing or take-off. The changes that have designed
would be introduced with the objective to simplify the operations at the Brisbane Airport and
help the association to deal with the increase in the number of flyers or passengers
(Vaidyanathan&Rasappan, 2014).
Conclusion
The re-designing of the Brisbane airport is a vital necessity in the Australian nation due to the
rise in the total number of flyers. With the increase in demand, the infrastructure and service
process needs to undergo desired change so that it can meet the needs of the users in the most
efficient manner. The re-designing model focuses on a number of internal and external areas
relating to the airport. The ultimate purpose is to upgrade the existing facility and enhance the
system. The particular design that needs to be implemented and developed in the Brisbane
Airport covers various areas such as the development of the NRR development, Airside
transporting facilities, and the formation of the improved processesso that the ultimate service
process can be simplified and upgraded.
The focus of the upgrade has been on the entire airport infrastructure so that the positive
changes can be introduced in all the areas that need attention. The existing landscape features
would undergo changes to match the changing demands and increase in a number of
passengers.
The re-designing model of the Brisbane Airport covers a number of key areas that can help to
enhance the service quality of the Airport. But there are a number of areas that can be further
improved in the process like the existing landscape features of the airport need to be further
assessed to expand the infrastructure model. The environmental priorities need to be taken
into accounting in the re-designing model. The climate aspects also need to be taken into
consideration since these elements play a key role to influence the functional aspects of the
airports and the inbuilt facilities. The changes that have been incorporated in the re-designing

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model must be introduced so that they can meet the long-term objective. Since a significant
amount of financial resources would be involved in the process, the purpose must be to
encompass the entire functional model of the Brisbane Airport.
A key area that can be included in the new model is to have a better control over the aircraft
noise and pollution. The community is a key stakeholder that needs to be considered in the
re-designing model. The master plan must try to upgrade the airport service quality and
improve the customer experience so that the ultimate objective of the system is achieved.
Thus the implementation process would be critical to introduce the desired change in the
Brisbane airport structure.
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