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BUSINESS NEWS VIRGIN ISLANDS PORT AUTHORITY SELECTS STANTEC AS FIRST EVER SOLE CONSULTANT FOR ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX AIRPORTS Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected by the United States Virgin Islands Port Authority as the first sole consultant for both the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas and the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix. The firm will provide comprehensive airport consulting services for ongoing development and improvement programs at both airports simultaneously. Design and construction oversight efforts will include a wide range of infrastructure projects funded by the Airport Improvement Program which is administered by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Southern Region. Stantec’s service offerings will also include technical advisory services for the oversight of VIPA’s Public- Private Partnership Airport Terminal Redevelopment Program, a five-year redevelopment program to expand and modernize both airport terminals. “Stantec has a long history of supporting

and delivering airport infrastructure and aviation terminal expansion projects in the Caribbean,” said Dave Dargie, vice president and aviation leader for airport infrastructure in the Caribbean. “We look forward to supporting the Virgin Islands Port Authority in its long-term vision for the future, and the growth and development of its aviation facilities throughout the Territory.” Traditionally, VIPA has utilized separate consultants to service their two international airport facilities. The decision to utilize a single unified consultant supporting both airports will allow for an effective and efficient transfer of information from project to project and airport to airport. This marks a major turning point in VIPA’s approach to how it manages and oversees improvements and redevelopment at its airport facilities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Efficiencies are gained as the project team can work nimbly and interchangeably between VIPA’s airports. Funding and regulatory agency engagement can also be streamlined as project elements can be bundled

throughout the various processes. Collaboration and interface with VIPA’s staff members will also be streamlined as client interface is facilitated to meet the ever-changing needs of project delivery and implementation. Stantec will base a qualified team of aviation professionals in the Territory to support this expansive development program. “Selecting Stantec as the singular consultant for the Cyril E. King and Henry E. Rohlsen Airports will streamline our engineering services and capital program needs,” said Preston Beyer, director of engineering at VIPA. “We are projecting increased travel demand in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and having a unified extension of our team will help us prepare and support that growth.” Airports and aviation represent a key market for Stantec. The firm is a leader in airport infrastructure, providing integrated, in-house services for nearly all aspects of airport infrastructure planning, design, and construction. Stantec’s aviation team has extensive experience delivering projects in the Caribbean.

demonstrate that this linkage is real and not B.S. through making examples out of people who are advancing your goals. 5. Set the pace and be a positive example for any and all behaviors you want out of your people. You want people to be responsive 24 hours a day – show that you are. You want people who help the other guy or gal when they need it – jump in and help! You want people who go the extra yard to demonstrate excellence – do it yourself. Effective leaders always use “do as I do” versus “do as I say,” because they know it is the only way to be a real leader. 6. Be resourceful! Effective leaders can pull a rabbit out of their hat every once in a while. That means they find the capital when new capital is needed. They sell the project when a new project is essential. They make an unhappy client happy because they figure out what they are unhappy about and fix the problem. That takes a “can- do” attitude and willingness to confront what has to be confronted, and never giving up! Scrappiness – for lack of a better word – is the hallmark of good leadership! When leaders don’t do these things, the organization suffers. Growth can stall and morale will decline. At some point leadership has to act like leaders versus just talk a good game. Mark Zweig is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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3. Communicate, communicate, and communicate. Effective leaders are not “one and done” communicators. They constantly repeat and restate in different ways what they feel is essential for everyone on their team to understand. A popular cliché I see overused today is that leaders are good “story tellers.” They have a way of making people understand what can be done and what has to be done through stories. Good leaders are also speedy communicators. They don’t hold back on sharing information that needs to be shared and get it out there quickly. And they are good writers. One tactic I encourage firm leaders to do is to put a weekly memo together for all employees that tells them what is happening in the company and where it is going. The discipline of doing this every single week without fail helps keep everyone’s priorities crystal clear and their heads on straight. 4. Sell the vision of the promised land. Good leaders are effective sales people. Most importantly, they can sell their own people on what the promised land looks like and how doing what it takes to get there is going to benefit them personally. I think a lot of ineffective leaders assume that everyone who works for them understands this (that if the company does well, they will do well). In my experience, many employees don’t get this. They don’t all have the perspective and they don’t all have trust in management (because of past experiences) that they will share in the rewards for the organization’s success. You need to

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