Operational, Readiness, Activation and Transition (ORAT)
One of the challenges airports have experienced in successfully opening new facilities has been the lack of adequate testing and remediation ahead of opening to ensure the people, equipment, systems and facilities are operationally ready.
Operational, readiness, activation and transition (ORAT) is a series of processes where checks and balances are put in place to identify and mitigate risks in a new or expanded facility before operational impacts can occur. If used from the start of a project, ORAT can even influence and improve final design from an operational perspective.
At Jacobs, we take a two-phase approach to ORAT. The first phase is strategic: we develop a concept for how new facilities will operate. By engaging the stakeholders early, the ability to influence the design of a facility provides long-term benefits to the operation. The second phase is tactical: we focus on the readiness of the staff, systems, equipment and processes during the transition to the new facilities.
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Meet the team
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Associate Director, Airport Operational Readiness, Los Angeles World Airport -
Trials Advisor, Airport Operational Readiness, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
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Meet Melvin Price
When Melvin was young, he loved watching the planes take off and hearing the jet engines from growing up only 13 miles from the airport. Now that he works in aviation, he never wants to leave. Melvin loves working in aviation in part because it’s a field that is both global and local. Aviation gives people the ability to reach every part of in the world, while also taking people to visit their grandmas.
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An operational “dress rehearsal” to ensure a successful airport concourse opening
Operational Readiness and Airport Transition (ORAT) is a series of processes where checks and balances are put in place to influence a project from an operational and functional standpoint and to identify and mitigate risks in a project before operations.
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Your knowledge is about to take flight with this explanation of Operational Readiness and Airport Transition (ORAT).
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Meet Brian Kissoon
Brian started his airport career in Toronto, where he participated in an operational readiness and airport transition (ORAT) program. He then worked on international concourse projects in Dubai and Mumbai, India. After his project in Mumbai finished, he took two years off from work to learn to be a husband and dad before moving back to Canada and sponsoring his family to immigrate there.
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