Gerard Geurtjens

Gerard has built extensive experience in project, program and portfolio management over the past 20 years at organizations such as Royal Schiphol Group, transavia.com, ABN Amro Bank and Berenschot Consultancy. In his current job he is responsible for the delivery of the new A-pier, Schiphol's largest and most complex project at the moment.

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Lessons from major construction projects to keep airports future ready

Schiphol has a very large capital investment portfolio of billions of euros for the coming years to maintain the level of quality and service but also to create maneuvering space to replace or refurbish existing assets. The presentation discusses the learning points from completed or ongoing major projects and how they are used to ensure that this enormous task is completed as efficiently as possible to secure Schiphol's future.

The audience will learn:

• Organize major projects in a separate division without losing contact with the main organization
• Procurement and tender strategy are a key success factor
• An airport asset is a set of IT systems with walls around it: systems integration is a key success factor
• Long-term availability and commitment of people, contractors, engineers and advisors are key success factors for major projects