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Airport Construction Advisory Council (ACAC): The ACAC continues to support construction activities throughout the NAS and inte rnationally. We brief weekly on current projects in the NAS. Automation of Construction Notice Diagrams: Multiple meetings and edits have been conducted for the detailed requirements in which myself, the ACAC, and Runway Safety office were involved in. I am currently waiting on the draft of final requirements to be completed in order to review. Root Cause Analysis Team (RCAT): Bridget Gee is the RCAT Industry Co - Chair on the RCAT. The RCAT met on September 22nd. We reviewed the current A and B runway in cursions in the NAS , as well as began a data dig on category C incursions. My FAA counterpart and myself briefed the RCAT results at the Runway Safety Council (RSC) meeting on October 12th. BNA CAR : BNA due to the airport being expanded twice since the c ontrol tower was opened in 1981. The expansions have resulted in multiple runway and exit areas having limited or completely obstructed views from the tower. The inability to observe aircraft exiting the runways, or holding in position makes it difficult f or BNA controllers to effectively control traffic. The CAR was submitted to the ERC 10/6. Timely Airport Maintenance Notification CAR: This CAR was in briefed on June 21st. Research and outreach are currently being conducted. This CAR is also part of the Top 5 , additionally two SRM panels will be commenced this month. Work is ongoing. Airport Construction CAR : The RTCA Airport Construction Task Group's final report is with AJV. I am currently awaiting review and commit by AJV. Once completed, we will be able t o finalize our recommendations. Runway Safety Call 2 Action Communication Initiative : Runway Safety Best Practices Workgroup – We identified and reviewed Runway Safety best practices and will make recommendations for formalization where appropriate. The group in collaboration with the Runway Safety group and the Runway Safety Council will formalize the "best practices." I sit as the co - lead for this workgroup. Work is ongoing. Runway Incursion Preventi on Shortfall Analysis (RIPSA): RIPSA is funded b y the Runway Safety group. This Runway Incursion Reduction Program (RIRP) is tasked to investigate, develop, test, evaluate, and deploy low cost runway incursion prevention technologies. This is the result of the NTSB recommendation to "require, at all air ports with scheduled passenger service, a ground movement safety system that will prevent runway incursions; the system should provide a direct warnin g capability to flight crews." Currently, research is being conducted for 15 airports without any surface surveillance system, which should be completed at the beginning of 2017. The hope is to have a low cost technology solution to reduce the risk of runway incursions and be production ready within the next three years. NBAA A rticle : I recently conducted an interview with the NBAA to comment on an informational video, which highlighted HNL airport and its infrastructure. Article will be out shortly.