Brad Wilson

Brad sparked a lifelong passion for aviation at a young age while watching planes take off at the Erie Airport with his father. Today, he has 20 years of experience working with PAE and the PDX airport. He leads architectural engineering teams in improving sustainability and building occupant experience. As senior principal, Brad heads PAE’s technical operations and many of the firm’s largest projects. He is very involved in youth sports to support future leaders.

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Approach to resilience at Portland International Airport

The PDXNext project is a US$2bn redevelopment of Portland’s airport, designed for high resilience in the face of growing environmental concerns. Using strategies that address the terminal building along with the airport infrastructure as a whole, the project created a future-ready airport. This presentation will explain how the team doubled terminal capacity while halving energy intensity, and why they included a ground-source heat pump, high-performance façade, and extensive daylighting. Join our presentation to discover how these innovations make PDX a future-ready building and how these strategies can be implemented in other projects.

The audience will learn:

• Impact: learn about the critical role that an airport plays in a region’s resilience
• Planning: explore Portland International Airport’s seismic and climate resilience planning process and how it reinforces the port’s guiding principles
• Analysis: understand how the airport infrastructure, structures and building systems were analyzed and prioritized
• Implementation: learn about the airport’s proactive approach to resilience and how it’s being implemented through the PDXNext program