A five-person committee has been appointed by the Lafayette Airport Commission to evaluate Statements of Qualifications for architecture and engineering firms interested in projects at the airport, including the building of the new terminal. A request for qualifications will be issued in the near future and the committee will convene to review the RFQ before the airport commission approves it, according to a statement sent by the commission on Monday.
The committee consists of Lafayette Airport Commissioners Paul A. Guilbeau and Paul Segura, airport executive director Steven Picou, airport airfield manager Anthony Hebert and Kam Movassaghi of Lafayette-based Engineering and Management Consulting.
The committee's appointment comes weeks before the close of a 1 cent sales tax approved by voters last year. The tax began in April and ends on November 30. An estimated $30 million is expected to be collected from the tax toward the new terminal.
“Lafayette Airport Commission policy requires one hired independent person who must be an engineer, airport planner or professional knowledgeable of the services required,” says Lafayette Airport Commission Chairman Matt Cruse in a statement. “Mr. Movassaghi certainly fits that description and the commission is pleased he has accepted the position. He has a keen interest in the airport and the things the commission is trying to accomplish. His knowledge and years of experience will be invaluable as we move forward with the new terminal and other upcoming projects.”
Movassaghi recently retired as president of C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates and has served as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. He has held several engineering positions both in the United States and overseas and he has received 14 awards and honors related to engineering since 1992.
“I am very interested in being part of the process of evaluating Architecture and Engineering firms for Lafayette Regional Airport. I consider the opportunity a privilege and am happy to do all I can to make these projects successful,” says Movassaghi.
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