Airport Business Magazine honors HNTB aviation expert with "Top 40 Under 40" Award

HNTB Corporation aviation expert, Clint Laaser, RA, NCARB, LEED AP, was named as a “Top 40 Under 40” award recipient by Airport Business Magazine. The annual award recognizes 40 nationwide aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. Laaser is an integral member of HNTB’s national aviation infrastructure team.

Laaser has over a decade of experience in aviation architecture and planning, with most of his career at HNTB. He has extensive expertise throughout all phases of planning and architectural design, including terminal planning and master planning, schematic design, design development, documentation and construction administration for a wide variety of aviation facilities. In addition, his experience includes multidiscipline client and stakeholder coordination, including airlines, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration and other specialty design discipline partners.

During his career, he has worked on many of the country’s most innovative airport developments, including projects at Denver International Airport, where he served as a terminal planner and member of the program management team for the South Terminal Redevelopment Program and the International Terminal Redevelopment Project at Houston George Bush Intercontinental, where he was the lead terminal planner for the new 15 wide-body gate terminal and Federal Inspection Service renovation/expansion. His accomplishments also include serving as project architect for the new HNTB-designed terminal at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport encompassing a 12-gate, 242,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that opened in June 2015.

“It is a tremendous honor for HNTB when our people are recognized by one of our nation’s leading aviation industry publications,” said Laddie Irion, HNTB national aviation market sector leader and senior vice president. “In his 10 years with the firm, Clint has achieved success by maintaining a client focus and a commitment to technical excellence. We are proud to have him on our aviation team.”

Airport Business Magazine is the most widely circulated and audited business publication that targets professionals who manage airports, airport-based businesses and corporate flight facilities in North America. Its more than 17,000 subscribers are critical to the safe operation of the North American air transportation system.

HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and contractors. Celebrating over a century of service, HNTB understands the life cycle of infrastructure and addresses clients’ most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide deliver a full range of infrastructure-related services, including award-winning planning, design, program management and construction management. For more information, visit www.hntb.com.
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Agnes Huff, Agnes Huff Communications
ahuff@ahuffgroup.com; (310) 641-2525