Design of Controls and Communications Systems
Ben Gurion Airport - Tel Aviv, Israel

Black & Veatch designed the controls and communications systems for the new airside and landside terminals being constructed at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. Black & Veatch was responsible for the conceptual development, as well as the detailed design of procurement specifications and engineering drawings for the following systems:

• Intrusion detection.
  
• Electronic access control.
  
• Closed-circuit television (CCTV).
  
• Fire detection and alarm.
  
• Numerous ethernet and token ring local area networks (LANs).
  
• Public address.
• Telephone.
  
• Intercom.
  
• Master clock.
  
• Cable television (CATV).

In addition, Black & Veatch's design provided the cabling and support for other systems such as Flight Information and Display Systems (FIDS), Baggage Information and Display System (BIDS), Energy Monitoring and Control System (EMCS), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.

Black & Veatch designed an infrastructure to support the communications and controls systems, including communications nodes and a multimedia backbone to support interconnection of the systems and distribution throughout the airport.

Midway through the design of the systems, the Israel Airports Authority commissioned Black & Veatch to study the feasibility of installing an Integrated Communications System (ICS) to support the information transport of systems throughout the airport. Black & Veatch concluded that there were strong advantages and cost savings to be realized with an ICS and recommended that an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) system be incorporated. This highly robust and reliable system will provide a fiber-optic backbone throughout the airport.