Overbudget Airport Terminal Is Costly to Design Team
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport fired the designer of its planned $688-million Maynard Jackson International Terminal on Aug. 15, claiming it "failed to live up to its contractual obligations despite extended deadlines."
The airport administration issued the letter of termination after more than a month of meetings with the Terminal Design Team (TDT)-a joint venture of Leo A Daly Co., Omaha; KHAFRA Engineering Consultants, Atlanta; Anthony C. Baker Architects & Planners, New York City; and Browder + LeGuizamon and Associates, Atlanta. Meetings began on July 12 following the airport's issuance of a notice of default of contract on June 30. Airport officials hoped that the notice would spur modifications needed to lower the projected cost, which had increased more than $140 million.