Fired Designers’ Suit Boosts Atlanta Battle Allegations fly over Hartsfield terminal budget scope, contract disputes, schedule and future
Months of "bad blood" between the design team of a new $688-million international terminal at Atlantas Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and city officials led to the teams firing earlier this month, the designers countersuit and a flurry of bitter allegations by both sides.
Sources say the planned Maynard Jackson Terminal could be delayed for up to three years, with legal costs and design changes possibly marring the airports $5.4-billion expansion program. Others say the battle may stem from a slowdown in the terminal project linked to the precarious finances of Hartsfields key tenant, Delta Airlines, now teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.