As the finishing touches took place on Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s $1.3-billion terminal in November 2018, construction crews were breaking ground on a $150-million project to build a new passenger terminal and supporting infrastructure for Lafayette Regional Airport.
Although a fraction of the size and cost of its New Orleans counterpart, the Lafayette airport terminal has involved a considerable number of complexities. The project team has been tasked with managing 26 construction phases during a global pandemic and one of the busiest hurricane seasons in history at a commercial airport that operates around the clock.