Articles Tagged with ''Airport/Transit''

A one-acre, 92-ft-high glass canopy roof and skylight atop New York City’s Moynihan Train Hall was always going to be a centerpiece of the $1.6-billion transit center that expands capacity for the bustling Pennsylvania Station across the street in midtown Manhattan.

With the goal of balancing environmental protection and aviation safety, Short Elliott Hendrickson designed an alternative alignment for the main runway at Duluth Sky Harbor.

This project transformed Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s smallest yet most used Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint into one of the most technologically advanced checkpoints in the world—all while keeping it fully operational, according to the project team. 

No major airport terminal upgrade is easy, especially when the facility must remain fully operational throughout construction.

The $396-million facility rehabilitation program erased years of disrepair and deterioration, restoring the historic station’s appearance and functionality.

Faced with a highly constrained site and a mandate to minimize disruptions to airport operations, the project team developed innovative strategies to phase construction of the new seven-gate concourse even before its strategic design took shape.

Replacing a manual fuel distribution system at Newark Liberty International Airport with a new automated model—while pumping 2 million gallons of jet fuel through a facility hosting 46.1 million passengers and more than 450,000 flights last year—required a sophisticated game plan and great coordination.

The WTC Cortlandt Street Station rehabilitation was the final piece to restore the World Trade Center’s transportation capacity after the Sept. 11 attacks. 

A $60-million expansion and modernization effort has transformed the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport terminal from an outdated, crowded facility where airlines couldn’t grow their operations into a state-of-the-art hub—all without disrupting regular operations.

After polling our judges, ENR MidAtlantic is excited to announce the finalists for Best Overall Project of the Year.