Kansas Airport Authority selects Jviation for taxiway project

The Salina, Kansas Airport Authority announced the selection of Jviation, a planning design, and construction administration firm, to design scheduled improvements to Taxiways Bravo and Echo. “We are really excited to be chosen,” said Ed Young, Jviation senior program manager and the Salina project director. “We really want to invest in this airport and this community. That means a quality program, quality design, quality engineering and quality planning.”

The selection and contracting of a consulting firm for a Federal Aviation Administration funded Airport Improvement Program project involves at least a dozen federal regulations and FAA Advisory Circulars.

The Salina Airport Authority selection committee reviewed five airport consulting firms’ statements of qualifications and interest and narrowed the list to three for interviews.

“Jviation’s commitment to airport development consulting services proved to be a deciding factor,” said Tim Rogers, A.A.E., Salina Airport Authority executive director and member of the committee that made the selection. “The firm will enhance the Airport Authority’s efforts to continue the growth at the SLN Aviation Service Center.”

Contract negotiations will begin immediately with the design work scheduled to be completed in 2014. Bidding will begin in 2015 for spring and summer construction work.

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Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.