Global Best Projects Winner, Airports/Ports: MIA North Terminal Development Program

Photo by Steven Brooke

Builders of Miami International Airport's new $1.1-billion North Terminal transformed a 50-year-old building into a mile-long, 3.2-million-sq-ft transportation hub. The seven-year effort—broken up via five separate contracts—required demolishing two concourses and doubling the length of another concourse.

The joint venture team used a phased, gate-driven schedule to trim two years from the original construction timetable. At peak, crews produced $30 million worth of construction per month, delivering the project on schedule and with no claims.

Location Miami

Project Team

Owner Miami-Dade Aviation Dept., Miami

Designers Bermello-Ajamil & Partners, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Corgan Associates, Dallas; Leo A. Daly, Miami; Rodriguez and Quiroga, Coral Gables, Fla.; and Wolfberg Alvarez, Coral Gables

General Contractor Parsons-Odebrecht Joint Venture, Miami

Program Manager Sequeira & Gavarrete, Coral Gables, Fla.

Scott Judy is Deputy Editor for Regions, and editor of ENR Southeast, one of Engineering News-Record's 10 Regional publications. His roughly 27 years as a construction journalist began with an 11-year stint covering Midwest construction projects. In 2000, Judy helped launch the publication now known as ENR Southeast. He often delves into controversial aspects of the construction industry such as bankruptcies and fatal accidents, and wishes he would never have to cover another accident but suspects that he might.

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