When Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) announced in August that the last structural steel beam was placed for the six automated people mover (APM) train stations, it was just the latest in a procession of construction milestones achieved over the past year for the $5.5-billion Landside Modernization Program (LAMP).
Billions of dollars of construction had already been ongoing over the past decade at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), including an approximately $2-billion new midfield concourse, a $980-million revamp of Terminal 1 and a $546-million upgrade of Terminals 7 and 8.