BAC-QUT Reach for the skies
10 Years of Innovation and Leadership
In 2009 BAC and QUT celebrated their first ten years of collaboration and partnership.
The BAC-QUT Partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Cooperation in 2000, launched by the then-Premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie, who described it as a ‘world first’ and ‘a new benchmark for collaborative relationships.... that embed innovation and creativity in airport planning, development and operations.’
Through prudent relationship management and a visionary approach, the partnership has matured to support world-class research in airport innovation. It is a mutually beneficial relationship where each partner contributes to and benefits from a diverse range of projects.
See below for some of the highlights, key projects, personnel and results.
Awards, achievements and recognition
2009 - BAC - Finalist in the Corporate Sustainability Award category in the EPA Sustainable Industries Awards Scheme
2008 - BAC - Innovation in the Practical Realisation of Sustainable Urban Water Management
2008 - BAC - Best Capital City Airport from the Australian Airports Association (AAA)
2006 - BAC/QUT - Best Research and Development Collaboration
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Saving water, saving money
Throughout the world, water is becoming an increasingly valuable resource.
In 2004 BAC set an ambitious goal: to move beyond tokenism to achieve sustainable water management with significant social, economic and environmental benefits. Beginning as a small discrete project, the research has now spawned a range of ongoing innovation programs.
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The Airport Metropolis: Managing the interfaces
The modern airport is emerging as an important sub-regional activity centre, the ‘airport metropolis’, often incorporating retail, manufacturing and tourism facilities as well as the airport itself.
With this comes growing complexity in land use, infrastructure, transport and environmental impacts, and stakeholder relations.
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Saving energy, emissions, money: Strategic Energy Planning at Brisbane Airport
A QUT research team identified a range of strategies for reducing peak demand and total energy use in the DFO building as part of BAC’s drive to set ambitious sustainability benchmarks for all airport operations.
Outcomes include a detailed breakdown of energy uses in the buildings, which can be applied to more than 100 other Airport buildings; a thermal model of the DFO building; and detailed proposals for reducing energy demand and peak load in the building, including cost estimates for implementation and measurement of their benefits.
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Efficient security practises: managing the human factor
The safety and security of aircraft and passengers is BAC’s most important priority.
The most important factor in striving for optimal security and efficiency in baggage and passenger screening is the human factor, especially the vigilance of baggage screeners in picking up all suspicious items.
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Birds and planes: Creating a safe airport environment for both
Brisbane Airport is a large and environmentally diverse facility, bordered by wetlands, water ways and large tracts of mangroves and other vegetation.
The interaction between birds and aircraft, for example, has been a major focus of research, with ‘bird strikes’ being identified as a critical risk factor.
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Ground-breaking research: new surveying techniques assist runway planning
With its size and unique location, Brisbane Airport poses a range of challenges for land reclamation, preparation and construction.
A QUT research project was undertaken in 2002-2003 to research, investigate, evaluate and report on traditional and innovative technologies and survey methodologies appropriate for the collection of spatial data for terrain modelling over the Brisbane Airport site.
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Flying robots: Harnessing the power of pilotless aircraft
A world where combating terrorism, crop dusting and fire fighting can all be carried out by pilotless aircraft is drawing nearer every day.
The Australian Research Centre for Aviation Automation (ARCAA) is a joint initiative of QUT and the CSIRO ICT Centre with major support from the Queensland Government and Boeing. ARCAA is dedicated to researching and implementing new roles for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
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