Gary H. Lott, P.E.
VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS
SOUTH CAROLINA BRANCH MANAGER
Mr. Lott, the Vice President - Operations, is responsible for the corporate operations with a focus on the aviation electrical work. He is the Branch Manager of the KEY Columbia, South Carolina office.
He has extensive experience in all phases of design, construction services and project management of airfield systems and electrical systems. He has performed project management, pre-design phase services, design phase services and construction phase services for runway edge lighting systems, runway centerline lighting systems, touchdown zone lighting systems, taxiway edge lighting systems, taxiway centerline lighting systems, airfield guidance signs, elevated runway guard lighting systems, in-pavement runway guard lighting systems, apron floodlighting systems, airfield lighting computer control systems, airfield lighting control systems, airfield lighting vault equipment, airfield lighting vault distribution equipment, airfield lighting vault generator systems, NAVAID systems (beacons, wind cones, AWOS, PAPI, ODAL, SSALR, MALSF, MALSR, ALSF, ILS with localizer and glide slope antenna), roadway lighting systems, high mast lighting systems, roadway sign systems, parking lot lighting systems, electrical distribution systems, and emergency generator systems. Projects include airports, roadways, parking lots, and military facilities.
Mr. Lott has acted as the Project Manager/Senior Electrical Engineer for various projects designed under his responsible charge including:
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Comprehensive Engineering Services for Runway Safety Area Improvements and Airfield Standards Program - Runway 15R-33L NAVAIDS, Baltimore, Maryland. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services associated with the NAVAID systems in the project. The work included Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with RAILS (MALSR) for Runway 33L and Runway 15R, Glide Slope and Localizer for Runway 33L and 15R, Runway Visual Range (RVR) system, Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems for Runway 33L and 15R, and Supplemental Wind Cones for Runway 33L and 15R.
McGhee Tyson Airport Runway 5L-23R Reconstruction, Phase 1, Alcoa, Tennessee. Responsible for the electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of Runway 5L-23R High Intensity Runway Lighting (HIRL), Touchdown Zone Lighting (TDZ) and Runway Centerline Lighting (RWCL), Medium Intensity Taxiway Lighting (MITL) for runway/taxiway intersections and new taxiway connectors, runway distance remaining signs, airfield guidance signs, in-pavement weather information system, airfield lighting vault equipment improvements, and in-pavement infrastructure for the FAA ALSF-2 system and FAA MALSR system in the 500' of the rehabilitated/reconstructed runway pavement..
Mobile Downtown Airport Partial Parallel Taxiway A, Mobile, Alabama. Responsible for the electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services for the LED medium intensity taxiway lighting system, LED mandatory hold bar signs, LED runway exit signs, LED runway distance remaining signs, LED taxiway guidance signs, LED taxiway ending markers, relocated high intensity runway lights, constant current regulators to serve the airfield lighting systems and modifications to the airfield lighting control and monitoring system.
Greenwood County Airport Runway 9-27 Pavement and Lighting Rehabilitation, Greenwood, South Carolina. Responsible for the electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of a medium intensity runway lighting system for Runway 9-27 and medium intensity taxiway lights for the associated runway/taxiway intersections
Mid Delta Regional Airport Airfield Improvements, Greenville, Mississippi. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of medium intensity taxiway lighting in a base and conduit system, relocation of high intensity runway lights, relocation of airfield guidance signs and L-849E Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) for Runway 36R.
Berkeley County Airport Runway 5 Extension, Berkeley, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of relocating existing LED medium intensity runway lights, relocating LED medium intensity threshold lights, new LED medium intensity runway lights, new LED medium intensity taxiway lights, new airfield guidance signs, relocation of an Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) system, new 5 KV cable, new counterpoise and new identification tags for all of the taxiway lights.
Athens-Ben Epps Airport Runway 27 Extension - Airport Paving and Lighting, Clarke County, Georgia. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of medium intensity runway lighting, medium intensity taxiway lighting and airfield guidance signs.
Athens-Ben Epps Airport Runway 27 Extension - ILS Glide Slope and Localizer, Clarke County, Georgia. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of instrument landing system (ILS) including the glide slope antenna with shelter and the localizer.
Lancaster County Airport Runway Reconstruction, Lancaster, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the medium intensity runway lighting (MIRL) system. The system included base mounted fixtures and the wiring was routed in a conduit system.
Alexandria International Airport Airfield Electrical Vault, Airfield Lighting, Navigational AIDS Replacement and Associated Improvements, Alexandria, Louisiana. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of constant current regulators for the airfield systems, the Airfield Lighting Computer Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS) to control the lighting systems, LED high intensity runway lighting system for both runways, LED medium intensity taxiway lighting systems for all taxiways, LED Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems, LED Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) system, wind cones, can plazas, cable, conduit and counterpoise.
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport at Adams, Field (LIT) Airfield Lighting and Signage Improvement Design, Little Rock, Arkansas. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the LED sign system for the airfield, medium intensity taxiway lighting systems, in-pavement runway guard light, elevated runway guard lights, constant current regulators, and modifications to the airfield lighting computer control system.
Aiken Municipal Airport Airfield Lighting Rehabilitation Including ODAL Modifications, Aiken, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of LED medium intensity runway lighting system, LED medium intensity taxiway lighting system, airfield guidance signs, 2-box PAPI systems, modifications to the ODAL system, airfield lighting vault equipment, and special grounding systems. Provided pre-design analysis of the airfield lighting systems.
Summerville Airport Runway 6 Extension Project, Summerville, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of LED medium intensity runway lighting with a base and conduit system,LED medium intensity taxiway lighting with a base and conduit system,airfield guidance signs,relocation of the Runway 6 PAPI unit, L-854 radio control unit, vault panel board, TVSS unitand constant current regulators to serve the runway and taxiway lighting systems.
DeQuincy Industrial Airpark Airfield Lighting Rehabilitation, DeQuincy, Louisiana. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the LED medium intensity runway lights, LED medium intensity taxiway lights, LED airfield guidance signs, single channel Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems, LED Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL), LED mid field wind cone, constant current regulators to serve the airfield lighting systems and NAVAID systems, S-1 plug cutouts in cabinets, radio control unit and relay control cabinet.
Columbia Metropolitan Airport Airfield Electrical Project, West Columbia, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the airfield signs, elevated runway guard lights, in-pavement runway guard lights, constant current regulators in the north and south airfield lighting vault, and a computer control system for the airport lighting systems
Gwinnett County Airport Taxiway “W”, Gwinnett County, Georgia. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of a medium intensity taxiway lighting system for Taxiway W, pre-cast airfield lighting vault, electrical distribution system and relocated the constant current regulators serving the airfield lighting systems.
GSP International Airport Airfield Signage Replacement Project, Greer, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the removal of the existing airfield signs and installing new LED airfield guidance signs. The existing concrete sign pads were utilized where possible and some new concrete sign pads were designed to accommodate the new LED signs, while other new signs were added to the airfield to assist the pilots and increase safety.
Camden Airport Runway and Taxiway Lighting, Camden, Arkansas. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the base mounted medium intensity runway lights, medium intensity threshold lights, medium intensity taxiway lights, conduit system, 5 KV L-824C cable, counterpoise, and the relocation of mandatory hold bar signs.
South Lafourche Leonard Miller, Jr. Airport Approach Lighting System, Galliano, Louisiana. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of a simplified short approach lighting systems (SSALR) for the main runway approach end.
Cobb County Airport - McCollum Field Airport Extend Partial Parallel Taxiway A & B, Kennesaw, Georgia. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of medium intensity taxiway lighting and airfield guidance signs for Taxiway A and Taxiway B.
Griffin-Spalding County Airport Beacon Project, Griffin, Georgia. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of a medium intensity airfield rotating beacon and 51’ beacon tower.
McEntire Joint National Guard Base Construct North Overrun, Hopkins, South Carolina. Responsible for the airfield electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of runway threshold lights and runway end identifier lights (REILS) for the runway overrun.
Renovation and Upgrade Support for Facilities and Base-Wide Systems, Joint Base Balad, Balad, Iraq. Responsible for the electrical design build documents and construction phase services of the airfield lighting systems and NAVAID systems for the Balad airbase. Construction phase services included shop drawing review, responding to request for information (RFIs) and coordination with the electrical contractors.
GSP International Airport Economy Parking Lot, Greer, South Carolina. Responsible for the electrical engineering design phase services and construction phase services of the area lighting for the Economy Parking Lot including the expansion of the existing parking lot service panel and the relocation of FAA lines.