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1 Architects Engineers Planners 14 Sand Hill Road Sandy Hook, CT USA Aircraft Hangars / Cargo / Cooler Terminals ARC International Associates Inc. Architects Engineers Planners, specialists in Airport Facility and Material Handling Systems Project Development have been involved with over 50 Airport Hangar / Cargo / Cooler Terminals. We have performed the full scope of services required for the Master Planning, Design Development, Construction Documents and Construction Implementation Management of the project works. The following provides an upper management outline of the project development process. ARC divides a Airport Hangar / Cargo / Cooler Terminal Project into the following Program Development categories: Part 1 - Master Planning, Concept Design, Design Development - Phase 1 Report Part 2 - Building Facility Architecture and Engineering Part 3 - Architectural Engineering Infrastructure for the Maintenance and Material Handling Systems Part 4 - Facility Maintenance Systems and Building Design and Engineering Part 5 Maintenance and Material Handling Systems Specifications Engineering Part 6 - Tender Evaluation, Contract Negotiation and Award Part 7 - Project Implementation Management Our expertise includes the following main components of Aircraft Hangar / Cargo / Cooler Terminal development:! Project Program Development! Overall Site and Facility Master Planning! Facility Planning, Cost & Numerical Analysis! Building Architecture, Design and Program Management! Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering! Fire Protection and Security Systems Engineering! Cooler Terminal Systems Engineering! Material Handling Systems Engineering! Customs X-ray & Inspection Systems Design Development The following are some sample projects executed by ARC: arc-djt@att.net Page 1 of 9

2 Executive Air - Aircraft Hangar Danbury International Airport CT USA Aircraft Hangar Architecture and Engineering ARC was responsible for the development of the Master Plan and Turnkey Architecture and Engineering for the Executive Air Aircraft Storage Hangar including the definition of Terminal Architecture & Engineering, Aircraft Layout and Maneuvering studies and full Site Civil Engineering. The facility is a prefabricated structure with a spread foundation on a stabilized sub-soil base. Civil engineering involved water runoff retention systems and subsoil foundation stabilization of high clay content existing soil conditions. ARC was also responsible for the development of the overall foundation Structural Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical HVAC and Fire Protection Engineering. ARC acted, as the Project Director for the Architecture, Engineering, Surveying, and Construction Management required for the coordination and execution of the project works.! ARC was responsible for Site Civil Engineering, Building Architecture and Engineering, and Project Construction Management! ARC was the lead project coordinator of the different organizations and companies involved including the Department of Aviation, the City of Danbury P&Z, Engineering, Health, Building and Fire Departments. In the role of Architect / CM ARC coordinated all Submittals and Permits, Department of Environmental Protection permits and project CL&P Power and Civil Infrastructure Permitting and Construction Management.! Aircraft Hangar Area of Operations : 1,100 sm, (11,000 sf)! Aircraft Hangar Terminal Building Project Value : US$ 950,000 Page 2 of 9

3 Floriculture Redistribution Centre Dubai International Airport - UAE Master Plan Floriculture Redistribution Centre Dubai International Airport United Arab Emirates ARC was responsible for the development of the Master Plan for the Floriculture Redistribution Centre including definition of Terminal Architecture & Engineering, Cooler Flower Facility Design & Engineering, and Material Handling Systems Design & Engineering. The project Master Plan incorporated the implementation of the Building and Material Handling Systems in three phases. The design year was established for Phase 3 completion in ARC performed the numerical analysis for Terminal and Material Handling Systems design year capacity analysis. This analysis was used in the development of the Architectural and Engineering Master Plan documents. The terminal incorporates the past experience of ARC s work on cargo handling with new innovative handling considerations for high-speed automatic sortation in Cooler Room environments. ARC s past development of X-ray full size ULD scanning was also incorporated into the Master Plan for security scanning of all ULD containers prior to loading onto outbound aircraft. ARC was responsible for the development of the numerical analysis, overall structural, electrical, mechanical preliminary engineering, and the Cooler Room BTUH computerized calculations. ARC acted as the Project Director for the Architecture and Engineering Master Plan organizing the local Architects and Engineering efforts.! ARC was responsible for Master Plan Development, Building Architecture and Engineering, Material Handling Systems, and X-ray Engineering Design Development! Cargo Terminal Area of Operations : 93,000 sm, (1,000,630 sf)! Total Project Value : US$ 109,000,000 Page 3 of 9

4 Taiwan Air Cargo Terminal Company (TACTC) - Taiwan Air Cargo Terminal Project Overall Master Plan Chaing Kai-Shek International Airport, Taiwan, Republic of China ARC developed the overall master plan for presentation and proposal to the Taiwan Air Cargo Terminal Company. The Master Plan involved planning for sequential implementation of an estimated $ 250 million USD investment over a period of 5 years. The master planning development was conceived from Douglas Tobin s past experience in the Cargo Handling Systems developed for SATS Terminals 1A thru 4A - Singapore, Hong Kong Kai Tek Terminal 2 - Hong Kong, and MAS Cargo Terminal Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia. The design was based upon a modular systems implementation program involving workstation, storage, import and export modular components.! ARC - Responsible for Master Plan Development! Cargo Terminal Area of Operations: 86,224 sm (928,000 sf)! Building Project Value: US$ 38,000,000! Material Handling Systems Project Value: US$ 144,000,000 Page 4 of 9

5 Advance Cargo Systems - Aerofloral / Frontier Airlines Cargo SA X-Ray Facility - Cargo Terminal Building Miami International Airport, Miami FL, USA ARC was involved with the first full size ULD Container X-Ray system installed in the US. ARC developed the overall master plan for the Building Works, X-Ray Operation, Cooler Room and Material Handling Systems. The automated conveyor system receives ULD s at the airside with automatic queuing through the X-Ray tunnel. X-ray inspection of the freight allows fast processing and clearance through US Customs; at full operation one container can be processed each minute. Containers that are determined to require further inspection are routed to the Cooler Room where the freight is broken down at four ULD workstation X-Ray positions. ARC was responsible for the development of the numerical analysis, the Cooler Room BTUH computerized calculations, the Material Handling Systems Engineering. ARC acted as the Project Director for the work, organizing the separate General Contractors, Material Handling Systems Contractor, and the Cooler Room Contractors. The project was constructed on a fast track basis with a total of 6 months from start of the design build to completion and operational start-up.! ARC responsible for Master Plan Development, Cooler Room Design, X- Ray Systems Implementation, Building Architecture and Engineering Construction Management, Material Handling Systems Engineering! Cargo Terminal Area of Operations : 1,800 sm (19,370 sf)! Phase 1A - X-Ray Building Project Value : US$ 1,600,000! Phase 1B - X-Ray Systems Project Value : US$ 1,200,000! Phase 1C - Material Handling Systems Value : US$ 750,000! Phase 1D - Cooler Room Value : $ 250,000! Total Project Value : US$ 3,800,000! Project Completion : Beneficial Use and Occupancy 7/1999 Page 5 of 9

6 Aerofloral - Aerokool / Frontier Airlines Cargo SA Cargo Cooler Terminal Building - Miami International Airport Cargo Area, Miami FL, USA ARC was commissioned to develop and implement the Master Plan for the Aerofloral Cargo Cooler Terminal. ARC acted in the position of Project Director, Master Planner, Project Architect and Engineer, and Construction Manager. The project called for the ability to handle a projected 747 Cargo Aircraft load 7 times per day with customs clearance through X-Ray machines at 10 Breakdown Workstations. The Material Handling Systems were engineered by ARC and incorporated automated queuing to the breakdown stations. The entire facility was developed as a number of segmented Cooler and Freezer Rooms. Future implementation of automated sortation and flower automated pre-cooling were also developed in the Master Plan. The Cooler Facilities incorporated 15,300 sm (165,000 sf) of controlled atmospheric conditions for the large quantities of flowers and perishable goods processed through the terminal by the various freight handlers utilizing the facility. The systems incorporated 1 degree C. (34 deg. F.) controlled humidified atmospheres for approximately 80% of the terminal with the remaining space developed as a controlled temperature freezer wherein temperatures could be brought as low as -10 degrees C. (15 deg. F.). The low temperature freezer was developed to provide precooling or accelerated cooling of the flowers after arriving from the aircraft to prolong flower shelf life. ARC acted as the Construction Manager for the overall project organizing and controlling the Building General Contractor, the Material Handling Systems Contractor and the Cooler Room Contractor.! ARC responsible for Master Plan Development, Cooler Room Design, X- Ray Systems Implementation, Building Architecture and Engineering Construction Management, Material Handling Systems Engineering! Cargo Terminal Area of Operations : 15,300 sm (165,000 sf)! Phase 1D - Cooler Room Value : $ 1,250,000! Total Project Value : US$ 6,500,000! Project Completion : Beneficial Use and Occupancy 9/1998 Page 6 of 9

7 Tampa Airlines Cargo SA WFS - Cargo Terminal Building 708, Miami International Airport, Miami FL, USA ARC developed the overall Master Plan for the Tampa Airlines Cargo Cooler Terminal. ARC was responsible for the Cooler Room Architecture and Engineering and developed Cooler Room Terminal BUTH Calculations for processing of 5 Wide Body Aircraft daily with the provision of 32 Precooling skid positions. The project involved the Cooler Building Construction, the Material handling Systems, X-Ray Customs clearance systems for Flower Freight, Bulk Freight and Rack Storage Systems. The Tampa Airlines Cargo Terminal incorporated 7,435 sm (80,000 sf) of cargo operations with 4,647 sm (50,000 sf) of Cooler Facilities and 1,860 sm (20,000sf) of Offices. ARC acted as the Construction Manager coordinating the Building Contractor, Material Handling Systems Contractor and the Cooler Room Contractor in their respective parts of the overall project.! ARC responsible for Master Plan Development, Cooler Room Design, X- Ray Systems Implementation, Building Architecture and Engineering, Construction Management, Material Handling Systems Engineering! Cargo Terminal Area of Operations : 9,290 sm (100,000 sf)! Phase 1A - Building Project Value : US$ 750,000! Phase 1B - X-Ray Systems Project Value : US$ 500,000! Phase 1C - Material Handling Systems Value : US$ 550,000! Phase 1D - Cooler Room Value : $ 1,100,000! Total Project Value : US$ 2,900,000! Project Completion : Beneficial Use and Occupancy 2/1998 Page 7 of 9

8 Carisam International Cargo Terminal, Miami FL USA Carisam International Cargo Terminal Miami Free Zone, Miami FL, USA ARC developed the overall Master Plan for the World Duty Free / Carisam Cargo / Cooler Terminal. ARC was responsible for the overall Cargo / Offices Master Plan the Cooler Room, Building Systems interface Architecture and Engineering, Material Handling Systems Engineering, and Directing the Project Construction. The Carisam Cargo Cooler Terminal incorporated 12,100 sm (130,000 sf) of cargo operations with 3,700 sm (40,000 sf) of Cooler Facilities and 2,800 sm (30,000 sf) of Offices. Wire Guided High Density Fork Lift Storage Systems were incorporated in 6,500 sm (70,000 sf) of the cargo / cooler operations. ARC acted as the Construction Manager coordinating the Building Contractor, Material Handling Systems Contractor and the Cooler Room Contractor in their respective parts of the overall project.! ARC responsible for Master Plan Development, Cooler Room Design, Building Architecture and Engineering, Construction Management, Material Handling Systems Engineering! Cargo Terminal Area of Operations : 12,100 sm (130,000 sf)! Phase 1 - Building Project Value : US$ 7,500,000! Material Handling Systems Value : US$ 1,200,000! Cooler Room Value : US$ 1,100,000! Total Project Value : US$ 9,800,000! Project Completion : Beneficial Use and Occupancy 2/1995 Page 8 of 9

9 Building Architecture and Engineering Cargo and Material Handling Systems Design & Engineering Fabrication Engineering Automated Systems Engineering Controls & Software Development Flow & Capacity Numerical Analysis Simulations Container Handling Systems Engineering Cargo and Cooler Terminal Building Architecture & Engineering Fork-Lift and Racking Systems High Bay Storage & Retrieval Systems Multi Level ETV Storage Systems Lifts & Scales Tilt-Tray Sort Systems Please feel free to contact ARC: ARC International Associates Inc. Douglas J. Tobin P.E., R.A. Architects Engineers Planners 14 Sand Hill Road Sandy Hook, CT Fax. Web: ARC-Aircraft-Hangars-Cargo-Coolers Ariel.doc D:arc-base-web\ARC-Cargo-Documents Page 9 of 9