Preparatory work is underway for a summer installation of a new concourse at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport using prefabrication and modular methods—a first for U.S. airports, say officials. Three self-propelled modular transporters (SMPTs) will deliver six modules of the new five-gate concourse to the site, with the anticipation of saving up to four months on the schedule as compared with traditional methods.
Crews with a joint venture of the Walsh Group’s Archer Western, H.J. Russell, Phillips/May and PGAL began demolition of the old 72,000-sq-ft Terminal C extension with five gates in March. Construction of the three prefabricated modules for the new Terminal C High Gates has begun, says Julie Ludeman, DFW senior project manager.