Terminal Concourse Expansion
An 18-gate concourse built airside next to active gates, with every tie-in made overnight so no scheduled flight lost its gate.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Our role
- Construction manager at-risk
- Delivery
- CM at-risk
- Scale
- 18 new gates
- Completed
- 2024
An 18-gate concourse built airside next to active gates, with security, baggage and jet bridge tie-ins made overnight so no scheduled flight lost its gate.
The concourse was built inside the secure area of a busy airport. Every worker and delivery passed security screening, cranes had to stay below protected airspace, and work beside active gates had to be coordinated with airlines and ground handlers. The new concourse connected to existing security, baggage and fueling systems, and airlines had published schedules from the new gates before construction was complete.
The approach.
- 01
Airside logistics planned first
Badging, screened deliveries, crane heights and escort plans were approved before mobilization, so security never became the bottleneck.
- 02
Overnight tie-ins by the hour
Baggage, fueling and jet bridge connections were made in overnight windows with hour-by-hour plans and a ready backout.
- 03
Airline dates on the schedule
Each gate had an airline opening date in the schedule, and the airport saw weekly which gates were under pressure.
- 04
Operational readiness trials
Airport and airline staff ran trial days with mock passengers and bags before the first revenue flight.
The outcome.
“Airlines sell seats months ahead. Our schedule had to be just as fixed, and the airport had to be able to see that it was.”
Project executive, Jacob Wiseman
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