Constructing a cruise terminal at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was a surreal experience for the project team, but pandemic disruptions did not derail work on the Norwegian Cruise Line Terminal B, now a soaring landmark at the Port of Miami that can handle cruise ships carrying up to 5,000 passengers.

In constructing its new integrated operations center (IOC), Dallas Fort Worth International Airport needed a facility that would provide 360-degree oversight of all its airport operations.

Working with 269 piles from a previous contract, the project team built a port that will provide 50 years’ worth of service to Vietnam, enhancing its role in the global supply chain.

Despite design changes and a worldwide pandemic, work on Sound Transit’s operations and maintenance facility remained on track.

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.