Airport will defer or cancel close to $900 million in projects in next four to five years, with delayed construction of the $690-million Airside D terminal the biggest casualty.
The design team for Pittsburgh International Airport’s planned 650,000-sq-ft new terminal had nearly reached the 60% design mark in March, and the owner was preparing to release preparatory enabling contracts.
The contractor agreed to settle with the Justice Dept. by paying a $1 million settlement over claims it misrepresented its use of a disadvantaged business as a subcontractor on a terminal building project at Peoria International Airport project.
The virus impact on aviation, port, rail, bus and bridge traffic puts $20 billion of planned capital spend at risk, said Rick Cotton, regional Port Authority executive director at NJ airport briefing.
Working to keep his company’s projects moving amid an unprecedented viral pandemic, Webcor Builders President and CEO Jes Pedersen says the company is learning as it goes.
Projects continue for now even as COVID-19 drops ridership and the future is cloudy, but agencies prepare planned jobs to be ready for anticipated federal stimulus.
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is in the midst of implementing a $4.2-billion Capital Improvement Program at Orlando International Airport, the largest in airport history.
At the King George the Fifth dock site on the River Thames, a contractor is using smart sensors to monitor the strength of concrete it’s casting to form 75,000 sq meters of slab over water to extend the footprint of London City Airport.