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Operational Readiness and Airport 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.
Meet our team
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Melvin Price
Associate Director, Airport Operational Readiness
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Brian Kissoon
Trials Advisor, Airport Operational Readiness
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Rafah Kafaja
Principal Consultant
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ShowcaseMeet 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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NewsAn Operational “Dress Rehearsal” to Ensure a Successful Airport Concourse Opening
In advance of the spring 2021 opening of the West Gates of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Jacobs supported the operational trials to ensure that all facilities, systems and equipment were operationally ready; the processes were defined, and the staff were knowledgeable and capable. This “dress rehearsal” was designed to identify areas of improvement in time to implement remediation measures prior to opening.
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ShowcaseMeet Rafah Kafaja
With over a decade of experience in aviation, Rafah got her start working with airlines in Dubai and Qatar. She loves connecting with people from different backgrounds and cultures and brought her broad depth of industry knowledge to Jacobs in 2017. She is now managing the familiarization, induction and training (FIT) program at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
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NewsReach New Heights on Your Knowledge of ORAT
Jacobs’ Michael McElvaney walks us through the 5 W’s and 2 H’s of Operational Readiness and Airport Transition (ORAT) – the risk-based approach to operational readiness and transition to new facilities.
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ShowcaseMeet 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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