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Carter Strothman
Vice President
Capital Programs & Infrastructure
With more than 25 years of experience in facility planning, design, construction and commissioning, Carter has worked on and managed a variety of projects across the country. He has extensive experience with site and facility planning, programming and development, client and user operations, public and private technical and implementation planning, and stakeholder coordination. His civil/structural engineering and design-build training and experience provides him with a unique understanding of project and program implementation that includes virtually every aspect of a project; from master planning, concept development and programming – through planning, design, construction, and commissioning. He has excellent communication skills and a working knowledge of numerous code and design standards to address issues related to the aviation industry.
Carter has worked on numerous projects in the role of Program Manager and Owner/Tenant Representative, where he is responsible for assuring facilities achieve the owners’ and users’ design and operational needs. Over the last ten years, Carter has been engaged in and leading his Facilities Services staff in the role of Program Manager for capital improvement programs at Los Angeles International Airport, Atlanta international Airport, the New Orleans International Airport, and the Chicago Midway and O’Hare International Airports; with Los Angeles being the first of its kind Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain program. On the Los Angeles PMAS-ConRAC program, Carter is serving on the program management team as the Principal and as on-call Subject Matter Expert. He also provides support to the on-site project manager. In Chicago, Carter is currently the Program/Project Manager for the RACTR role where he is managing his on-site support staff, leading the service center site redevelopment project, and managing the integration of the CDA-Program Management Team and the Rental Car Companies.
Q & A with Carter
What Do You Love About This Industry?
I love being able to leave a mark on society… that is engineering in a nutshell. Our job is to manage an improved society, to leave it better than when you arrived. With airports you touch many modes of transportation, and you have the greatest impact on the travelling public. It’s a very good feeling to leave a project better than we found it.
What professional project are you most proud of?
A mix between the San Jose rental car facility project and my work at ORD on rental car facilities. San Jose gave me the opportunity to use my design, build skills and my technical and communication skills to drive a first of its kind facility.
What is your work motto?
Honesty. Be helpful, leave things better than you find them. Do unto others as you would have done onto you. Try to improve the things you touch as you go through life.
