A replacement for Black Rock Airport, the Andrew Othole Memorial Airport is the culmination of a 15-year effort to build the first entirely new airport in New Mexico since 2005.
This $54-million project focused on providing a checked baggage screening system to replace the explosive detection system in McCarran Airport’s Terminal 1.
The short-term future is bright for contractors, though long-term projections are clouded by economic uncertainty and labor issues, according to industry executives and results from the 2018 Top Contractors survey.