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Greetings!

This week marks the end of the last fully intellegent month for 2010. That's because very soon we will start into the silly season. A time for presents, drinking, parties, pleasantries, drinking, being jolly and enjoying the time with friends and family when no doubt we will do a little drinking.

Please be sure to take it easy on the road and easy before hitting the road. Remember that 'one-for-the-road' just might cause the road to hit you back.

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Association Update

This month the following Corporate Members renewed their commitment to you and this Association, please remember to talk with them & our other Corporate Members when you are planning your next project:

 Gibbings Consulting Ltd. is an engineering consulting firm based in Edmonton that specializes in all facets of Airport Electrical System Planning, Development, and Design. Our personnel have completed airport projects across Canada and Worldwide, at both large international and smaller regional/local airports. We are experienced in the planning, design, construction management, and commissioning/certification of various airport electrical systems, including the following:

Airfield Electrical:
•Approach Lighting Systems - SSALR, ODALs, ICAO Systems
•Inset Lighting – Runway Centreline, Runway Touch-Down-Zone (TDZ), Taxiway Centreline, Stop-Bar
•Runway, Taxiway, Apron Edge Lighting Systems
•Runway Guard Lights (Wig-Wags)
•Approach Slope Indicator Systems – PAPI
•Airfield Signage – Illuminated, Fibre-optic
•Illuminated Wind Direction Indicators
•Apron Floodlighting
•Field Electrical Centres (FEC)
•Airfield Back-up Power Supply
•Airfield Lighting Control Systems & ARCAL
•Aerodrome Beacons
•Obstruction Lighting
•Power & Communication Feeds to Various Nav Aids (Localizer, Glide Path, DME, AWOS / Weather Monitoring Equipment, Receiver, VOR, etc.)
•Other airfield electrical systems

Groundside Electrical:
•Parking Lot & Roadway Lighting systems
•Electrical Power Distribution systems
•New Electrical Utility Service Installations
•Communications Infrastructure

In addition, we are experienced in the following:
•ACAP Application development for Electrical Projects
•Electrical Facility Condition Assessments & Capital Planning
•Preparation of Plan of Construction Operations (PCO)
•Facility Record Drawing Surveys and Record Document Updates

For further information, please contact us at:
Tel:(780) 988-9313
Email: info@gibbingsconsulting.com
Web: www.gibbingsconsulting.com

In November the following new Associate Member joined our ranks:

Iad Abdul-Rahman - joined Aviation in June 1987 starting in the Technical Department as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME), then moved to the Operation Department and conducted actual 10,000 Flight Hours as a Flight Engineer. Appointed an Aviation Safety Director In Civil Aviation Authority in 2004, and managed several departments including: Airport Certification, (organizing and leading a team of 6 engineers to obtain International Airports Certification by evaluating the Airport's Manual by comparing data with the existing airport facilities and ICAO Annexes,making corrective action to ensure that the airport's facilities and procedures comply with ICAO Regulations,Issuing the Airport Certificate and making scheduled inspections to maintain the Airport Certificate), Airworthiness, Licensing, Operation, and Security Departments.
Since 2006, I have been the Quality Manager in AMO, Mississauga, Ontario.Since 2004,I have also served as the Head of the Investigation Committee at CAA, an executive member of AME, a member of the Mentoring Program of PEO, Member of Steering Committee at CAMC for Quality Managers and Quality Auditors, Master of Ceremonies at PMI-Lakeshore Chapter, a senior member of ASQ and a member of ISASI, AAP, OSPE, IAF.I have worked for ICAO, as a coordinator between the Civil Aviation Authorityand ICAO, and I have been appointed as an active member in the Issuing Air Operator Certificate (AOC) Committee in ACAC. I have a knowledge in Computer programming, French, English, Russian, and Arabic languages.
I hold a Ph. D in Aviation Safety,a Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering, a P.Eng, PMP, PLP, AME, AMI, AMT, Evaluator. (Obviously a mature man, Iad is looking to get a start at a Canadian Airport)

In addition November saw two new Student Members join:

Marcelo Cabral is a Master's student in Industrial Engineering (specialization Logistics-Airports) at Polytechnic School of Montreal. His main research interest is the optimization using mathematics linear programs of topics, such as the airport gate assignment (passengers/baggage: total travel distance between gates) and the airlines revenue management for codeshare flights. He also completed with success the courses: “Airport Operations” at IATA and “Government Regulation of Air Transport” at McGill University - Institute of Air and Space Law. He is very pleased to join the IAAE Canada this month.

Anderson Lau is an Aviation Student at Georgian College in Barrie ON.

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Airport runway extension officially opened Thursday

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Sincerely,
Tom Coupland
Executive Coordinator
International Association of Airport Executives Canada
Ph: 905-297-2236
eFax: 1-905-963-7833
www.iaaecanada.org

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