Argus Consulting was born from a love of aviation. Over the last 20 years, we have been a significant contributor in setting standards for aircraft fueling facilities and systems across the United States. More than 70% of the top commercial airports in the country now feature fueling systems designed or modified by Argus.
This has earned Argus the reputation as a design and management leader for commercial aviation fueling systems. We have:
- Designed storage tanks with a total capacity of 250,000,000 gallons
- Engineered pumping capacity of 500,000-gallons-per-minute
- Profiled 1,000,000 feet of jet fuel distribution piping
- Developed designs for more than 1,000 aircraft gate positions
- Retained institutional knowledge of fueling systems at many of the U.S. busiest airports
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Chris M. Straub, PE
Commercial Aviation
Chris Straub leads the business development efforts for Argus Consulting and serves as a project manager for the planning, design and construction oversight of new hydrant systems, tank storage systems, truck loading and unloading, leak detection systems, hydrant cart test stands and overall system surveys. As a professional civil engineer licensed in seven states, Chris is an expert in managing design and construction projects for airport fuel storage and distribution systems. He also has extensive environmental management experience. In that role, Chris has prepared numerous Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plans (SPCC), Facility Response Plans, supervised direct push sampling activities, managed underground storage tank upgrade and closure projects, conducted site remediation and directed fuel line closure and remediation projects. Chris has a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.