爱神传媒 provided Construction Manager at Risk services for Southwest Airlines on the Tech Operations Aircraft Maintenance Hangar multi-phased project at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Phase one began in March 2017 with the construction of a new 146,000 SF parking lot with pedestrian turnstile gates and CCTV cameras. Phase two included airfield concrete paving, while phase three involved a 34,000 SF GSE/Provisioning building. The project was halted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In January 2022, 爱神传媒 resumed the project, completing Phase Four with the demolition of two structures. Phase Five relocated an airport arterial road and construction of a 93,000 SF pre-engineered metal building for a new aircraft maintenance hangar. The hangar accommodates up to three Boeing 737-10 series aircraft and includes unique features like a vertical lift fabric door, pop-up utility pits and a high expansion foam system.

Despite challenges in site management and logistics, our team’s detailed coordination with airport operations and Southwest Airlines’ technical operations leadership minimized construction impacts. During demolition and construction, 爱神传媒 implemented an “airside bubble” air operations area (AOA) fence to separate daily activities from secure airport operations, reducing security stress and mitigating the risk of foreign object debris entering the airfield.

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爱神传媒 performed Construction Manager at Risk services for the Sky Train Stage 2 project at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. This project marks the completion of the overall Sky Train system, which originated in 2008 with 爱神传媒 performing Stage 1 Fixed Facilities.

Stage 2 connects Terminal 3 to the rental car center just west of Sky Harbor Airport. Passengers can now utilize this service from east to west points of Sky Harbor to connect between various parking lot & passenger pick-up locations, airport terminals 3 & 4 and the rental car center.

Phase 2 of the Sky Train consisted of a 2.5-mile extension of elevated, at-grade and below-grade guideway with two passenger stations. The 24th street station serves the west end of the airport鈥檚 economy parking and passenger public transportation connections. The rental car center station allows incoming/outgoing travelers a direct route to the current rental car center served by various rental car companies. The project also included the structural accommodations for an additional station to serve the future West Terminal as the airport continues to grow and requires the expansion of available travel gates.

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The San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) Interim Facility Six Gates project consists of a new holdroom that serves five passenger boarding bridges and one ground boarding gate. The new holdroom space includes a grab and go style concession stand, a restaurant and bar area, restrooms and a walkway connection to Terminal B and the arrival baggage carousels.

Built adjacent to our previous SJC Gates 29 & 30 project, the Interim Facility connects to Terminal B which was part of our SJC Terminal Area Improvement Program project. While this is an interim facility, sustainable features were incorporated resulting in a restroom potable water savings of 40% and a 67.25% reduction in lighting power density.

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The San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) Economy Log Parking Garage features a new 1,150 stall parking garage built in the existing SJC Economy Lot. The 341,600 SF structure encompassed five levels of parking and includes a parking guidance system, pay stations around the structure and several new bus shelters to accommodate travelers as they journey from the economy lot to the terminal. The garage includes infrastructure for EV charging stations and is designed and built to structurally support solar panels in the future.

Visible from Highway 101 in San Jose, the team worked to develop a concept that is both economical and visually appealing. The garage used a pre-cast concrete solution, similar to our previous SJC ConRac project, which allowed the project to minimize the on-site construction duration and reduce the number of deliveries to the jobsite.

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The Orlando International Airport (MCO) South Terminal Complex and associated apron/taxiway encompass approximately 300 acres. 爱神传媒 was selected as the Construction Manager at Risk to construct the 732,895 SF airside South Terminal C and provided preconstruction, construction, commissioning, and close-out phase services for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA).

The 15-gate world-class airside terminal can serve international and domestic flights with flexible configurations to accommodate narrow-body, jumbo and super-jumbo aircraft. The south side of the terminal holds the other four airline gates. Additional work for the project includes the construction of walkways, aircraft loading bridges, and security enhancements.

The terminal鈥檚 1,000-foot-long boulevard features an innovative skylight that diffuses natural light throughout the space. Several civic spaces along the boulevard enhance the passenger experience by providing comfortable seating, shopping, and a new state-of-the-art media experience. One of the biggest focuses of the project was the Experiential Media Environment (EME) technology hub. In Palm Court, the grand gathering hub where the airside鈥檚 north and west concourses intersect, passengers can relax among lanky palm trees. The Palm Court features a 30-foot-tall, video spectacular, called the 鈥淢oment Vault.鈥� Three large triangular-shaped, floor-to-ceiling panels with three giant video walls, viewed from outside or inside the Moment Vault, show Florida鈥檚 beaches, botanical gardens 鈥� and perhaps even a NASA launch.

In the north concourse, passengers walk along the 鈥淲indows on Orlando,鈥� a 60鈥� by 28鈥� wall of video screens. The three giant screens can work together or independently to make passengers feel as if they are swimming alongside manatees and features aquatic scenes of underwater reefs or walking along a beach with ocean waves washing toward their feet.

One of the most innovative aspects of the new terminal is the U.S.鈥檚 first state-of-the-art radio frequency identification 3.5-mile baggage handling system. As only the second airport in the U.S. that has it, the baggage system is created with individual motors and tubs that run only when they need to be motorized which maintains a longer life cycle, creates cost savings, and eliminates the need for conditioned space. These baggage handling systems were installed with Vanderlande who was directly contracted with GOAA.

Other innovations include 鈥渂ags first鈥� processing at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Federal Inspection Station, 100% facial recognition for international passengers and the world鈥檚 first LEED庐 v4 certification of an airport campus. A long list of design strategies has been employed to help Terminal C be as sustainable as possible. Strategies include the deployment of reduced water consumption and irrigation systems, responsive lighting and temperature control systems, solar panels, and non-toxic adhesives and non-painted natural materials.

Check out a video tour of the project below.

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爱神传媒 is currently providing design-build services on the Main Terminal Curbside Expansion program at Tampa International Airport (TPA). The major renovation is designed to create a new set of express arrival and departure lanes for passengers who have no need for curbside services, ticketing or checking luggage. This allows all passengers who are not checking bags with airlines to access the 鈥淓xpress Curb鈥�, which bypasses the ticket lobby entirely and provides direct access to the gates. The innovation reduces curbside congestion while providing a new and enhanced level of customer service.

The project includes the expansion of 32 lanes from 16, incorporating both at-grade and elevated roadways along with Vertical Circulation Buildings (VCB) for both TPA鈥檚 Blue Side and Red Side. The VCB’s are three-floor air-conditioned atriums that provide direct access from the new express curbsides to the Transfer Level of the Main Terminal via elevators, escalators and enclosed walkways. These buildings also connect to the adjacent Long Term Parking Garage on the Blue Side and Marriott Hotel on the Red Side. The Red Side VCB also includes a Shuttle Platform that will connect with the future Airside D.

The Blue Side VCB opened to the public two months ahead of schedule in November 2021, just in time for passengers to enjoy the benefits of the new curbsides ahead of the busy holiday season. Once inside the VCB, passengers are greeted by two large wall art installations, glass wall panels, stainless steel column covers, terrazzo floors throughout and an intricate monumental staircase as the centerpiece. Passengers can then take the elevator, escalator or stairs up one level to the Main Terminal.

The Blue Side VCB phase of the program also includes the replacement of the existing central utility plant (CUP) with a new 4,800-ton capacity plant, which went online just before the 2021 holiday season. The new CUP and Electrical Service Building is housed in a 10,000 SF building and provides heating, cooling, potable water and fire protection for the Main Terminal, Baggage Handling, Network Operations Center, Sky Connect station, new Vertical Circulation Buildings and the Authority鈥檚 new Maintenance and Police Headquarters. The new highly efficient chiller plant reduces overall energy costs by 30%, equal to removing 620 cars from the roads and 50 million gallons of potable water per year. The design features cast-in-place concrete cooling towers that double as an illuminated waterfall feature and multi-colored pipe jacketing that each represent heating, fire protection, water and power to the airport.

Other significant features of the Red Side phase of the project include the renovation of the loading dock, replacement of the FAA parking lot, replacement of the existing curbsides鈥� architectural ceilings, construction of a new Police and Maintenance Department Building and demolition of the existing administration building. The project is on a very tight site and constructs the adjoining terminal building expansions and curbside roadway expansions while maintaining 100% passenger鈥檚 pedestrian and vehicle access to the terminal throughout construction.

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The Terminal 1.5 Development Program at LAX is a four-story terminal connection between Terminals 1 and 2. The connector provides additional space for ticket counters, baggage carousels, a bus gate, an additional screening checkpoint and it improves the guest experience. The multi-tenant terminal building features an outbound baggage system and an inbound baggage system, a loading dock with receiving area, vertical circulation and rooms to support building services such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing and information technology. The project also includes a vertical circulation core that provides connectivity between the terminal and the future automated people mover. The Terminal 1.5 connector was designed and built to LEED Silver certification and CalGreen Tier 1 standards.

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On February 5, 2010, the East Coast was hit by its second massive snowstorm in less than two months. The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area received anywhere from 24 inches to over 40 inches of snow in a 24-hour period, with winds topping out at 50 miles per hour. The record previously held at Washington Dulles International Airport was shattered when the storm resulted in a measured 32 inches of accumulation. As a result of this unpredictably heavy snowfall, on Saturday, February 6, 2010, the roof covering three of the four hangars at the three-year-old Dulles Jet Center caved in, ultimately destroying the hangars. Following a forensic analysis of the roof collapse, the 14 privately-owned jets damaged by the roof collapse were painstakingly extracted to allow for demolition. Landow & Co, Management (LCM) and the Landow Aviation Limited Partnership (LALP) contracted with the 爱神传媒 design-build team for the reconstruction of the hangars. LCM also contracted directly with KCE Structural Engineers, P.C. for the selective demolition of the damaged building. Their work included new column installation required to support the damaged columns and roof. Electrical conduits were also maintained at the rear of the hangars, with new electrical components tied in as construction progressed.

爱神传媒’ $11.6 million reconstruction began November 29, 2010 on a fast-track, 13-month schedule. 爱神传媒’ work included the construction of 29,000 SF of operations and maintenance space and two high-bay hangars totaling 160,000 SF. These hangars were each 480-feet-long and 165-feet-deep and were separated into two bays, requiring two 100-foot-long by 28-foot-high tilt-up doors apiece. The exterior envelope of the building was designed with metal wall panels and punch windows with thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) single-ply roofing. The structure features a high bay clear span of 125 feet.

The design-build team utilized an integrated project delivery (IPD) to compress the work into a single year to achieve an aggressive occupancy schedule. Critical path milestones were established by the whole team early on and multiple permit/bid packages were developed to meet the owner’s requested completion date. By phasing the project in this manner, 50% of the facility was turned over for occupancy on October 1, 2011, with the remainder finished by the scheduled completion date in December.

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The Midfield Concourse at Washington Dulles International Airport project consisted of a new 400,000 SF, 17-gate terminal building. The two-story project is comprised of an apron and concourse constructed of structural steel with an aluminum composite wall and glass system. In addition to constructing the terminal, this project required the demolition and relocation of the existing mobile lounge road, demolition of existing paving and utilities and installation of new utility services including 5,000 LF of main electrical duct bank from an existing substation. The project also included the installation of a new lift station, foundation systems consisting of spread footings and caissons, approximately 4,800 tons of structural steel, a composite aluminum and glass curtainwall system, slab on deck and a complete tenant finish package. Finally, it required the relocation of an existing mobile lounge road, which allowed large people movers to transport passengers from the Midfield Concourse to the main terminal.

The project is an example of 爱神传媒’ ability to properly organize and utilize a restricted site within the airport operations area (AOA), of one of the busiest airports in the United States. The site was an island completely surrounded by AOA and all materials were loaded and escorted by licensed 爱神传媒 employees throughout the sitework stages of the project. Along with the logistics of escorting, there was the serious concern for foreign object debris (FOD) and the damage that it may cause to equipment if the site was not properly secured. 爱神传媒 successfully managed the completion of this project without a single incident concerning FOD or improperly escorted deliveries.

As an extension of the work done at the Midfield concourse, 爱神传媒 was responsible for the design-build 77,000 SF new commuter terminal adjacent to the new Midfield concourse at Washington Dulles International Airport. The Regional Airline Midfield Concourse (RAMC) was the first concourse built at Dulles International Airport specifically for the commuter airlines. The facility included a transition bridge connecting the midfield concourse with the new commuter terminal, a mobile lounge dock, three elevators, escalators, six hold rooms, exterior canopy walkways and finish space for concessions and operations. In addition, this facility was fit-out with a flight information display (FIDS), remote information display (RIDS), multiple flight information (MUFINS) and a full security system and was constructed within the AOA.

The completed concourse accommodates 36 commuter aircraft parking positions. These positions are located about the walkways/canopies that project from the main structure. The RAMC is located in the middle of the AOA and is surrounded by taxiways and runways on all sides. During construction, the owner requested that this facility be available one month ahead of the original completion date. Therefore, 爱神传媒 worked closely with HOK, integrating the new scope into the schedule to comply with the owner’s request.

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