Item No. ____8d_supp_____
Meeting Date: February 13, 2017

Safedock Upgrade and Expansion
Project - C800779
Commission
February 13, 2018

What is Safedock?
• Visual docking guidance and ramp information display.
• Guides pilot to nose stop saving fuel & reducing congestion.
• Scans ramp area for obstacles to aircraft docking.

• Docks planes following adjacency rules and can dock
without personnel (unavailable ground crew, bad
weather...).
Aircraft Safety and Guidance Units
2

What is Safedock?
Display, video camera and
lasers.

Mounted on/near
stairwells, on buildings,
on posts, or on jetbridges.
Connected to power and
network.

What it Looks Like
3

Why Is It Needed?

Near Miss
4

Jet Engine Damaged by Truck

Actual Collision
5

Safedock History at SEA
First Airport in US to install Safedock
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2005-2007
2007
2012
2015
2016
2017

Delta Airlines realignment on Concourse A
Alaska Airlines trial on D1-D4
American Airlines realignment on D7-D9
Alaska Airlines safety measure for tight gate space
Plan to upgrade old and expand to more gates
NSTAR includes Safedock at all gates at NSAT
How We Got Here
6

Safedock Initiatives
at North American Airports
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Miami
Atlanta (Delta gates)
Toronto
LaGuardia
San Francisco
Chicago
Los Angeles

18
155
152
41
41+
10+
28+

expansion
new
expansion
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new
expansion
expansion

We Are Part of a Trend
7

Recommended Plan
• Airport-Wide advanced Safedock units
• Larger Pilot/Ground Crew Ramp Information Display
• Video Cameras
• Obstacle Scanning & Alerts
• Leverage IAF project by procuring units they install
• Complete the installation of Safedock units airport-wide for
operational consistency

• Gate Operating System
• Leverage data for operations and gate usage analysis
• Link to other systems
Plan: Airport-Wide Units and Gate Operating System
8

Why Airport-Wide?
• Airlines Support:
- Delta's General Manager, Corporate Real Estate request
- International Carriers request
• Icelandair, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Lufthansa, ANA and
Emirates.
- American Airlines support their gates
• North Satellite is installing units on all gates
- Standardizes Safedock units at all Alaska gates
• Airport-wide deployment creates consistency in operations
Installation Justification
9

Cost and Schedule
• Cost
Advanced units with cameras & scanning + GOS + interfaces +
infrastructure + installation
= $29,200,000

• Schedule
• Commission Authorization for Design, GOS, IAF units
• Commission Authorization for Construction
• Substantial Construction Completion

Q1 2018
Q1 2019
Q1 2020

How Much / How Long
10