Denver International Airport

By Paul Stephen Dempsey, Joseph S. Szyliowicz, Andrew R. Goetz

Book Overview

Denver International Airport: Lessons Learned is the analysis of a megaproject from inception to reality, addressing finance, politics, egineering, design and all other facets. Book records the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071581847
• ISBN13: 9780071581844
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 557 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Tome on DIA covers all bases

Lessons Learned is a long-winded tome on DIA and the complexities of airport management and design. Most of the book's facts and information are derived from already published sources. I would have liked to have seen exclusive interviews with the actual people involved in the making of DIA (politicians, workers, et al) -- this book is simply devoid of the investigative touch. Nevertheless, a lot of time and work went into writing Lessons Learned, of which the authors deserve credit. DIA is a story worthy of the 500 plus pages of material, unfortunately Lessons Learned drifts off into territory that will only interest those involved in airport design and management -- some of the technical discussion is boring and does not pertain to DIA directly. The book does explain in detail the political maneuvering within Denver that went into the making of DIA -- this material is the most interesting part of the book. In conclusion, if you share an interest in DIA or airports, get this book. I did and I don't regret it.