Operational Services

Baggage Handling Systems

Parsons offers In-line Explosion Detection Systems (EDS) baggage screening as well as comprehensive Baggage Handling Systems (BHS). Since December 2002, airports and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS / TSA) have had to provide 100% bag screening in lobbies and other areas where movement of bags and passengers are impeded and awkward. Parsons works with clients to take this function from the lobby / passenger areas and relocate it to a more efficient area, like the bag room.

Parsons builds a team that best serves each customer's BHS needs. Some tasks provided include subcontractor coordination, layout of the baggage system, coordination with stakeholders and the DHS / TSA, systems integration and simulation. Our goal is to give each of our clients a single-source solution for critical BHS security requirements.

Baggage Handling Services include:

• 100% In-line EDS Checked Baggage
• Screening Engineering
• Integration and engineering for sophisticated BHS, including retrofit projects
• In-line EDS security screening design and protocols
• Scope Development
  • Engineering work
  • Schedules
  • Budgets
• Project Coordination
• Coordination of technical disciplines on the project
• Procurement of materials and equipment
• Construction planning assistance
• Facilitation of procurement coordination with vendors / subcontractors
• Preparation of bid analysis to help determine supplier availability and capability
• Assign personnel from other technical support groups within the company

Aviation Maintenance Solutions

Parsons provides total technical solutions for airport maintenance. The aviation industry is constantly seeking engineering solutions for the proper maintenance of sophisticated aviation equipment. As the level of technology has increased, airlines and airports are looking for better ways to utilize their resources. Parsons can provide the expertise required to extend the service life of expensive, specialized equipment.

As labor costs have escalated and aviation support equipment has become more complex, airlines and airports are faced with the increasingly difficult challenge of providing routine and emergency maintenance services.

Smaller airports are unable to support a fulltime maintenance staff to maintain their own equipment. At larger airports, where a maintenance staff is better utilized, the cost to train and retain experienced mechanics is increasing annually.

Outsourcing management of this critical function to Parsons provides technicians who are trained in multiple disciplines for these important tasks. This flexibility and responsiveness leads to more efficient use of manpower and lowers the cost of operations.

Maintenance services include:

• Total technical solutions for airport maintenance programs
• Comprehensive maintenance solutions to properly maintain sophisticated aviation equipment
• Passenger loading bridges
• Preconditioned air systems
• 400 Hz ground power
• Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• New generation conveyor systems with Explosive Detection Systems (EDS)
• System knowledge and expertise on sophisticated equipment to extend service life
• Technical services providing the end user with experienced personnel
• Software and hardware modifications for enhanced EDS security protocols
• 24/7 maintenance services with centralized dispatching