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.
Standing in the way of a new Ferry Homeport at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was a substandard Pier C, which led to a $50-million project to demolish the old 81-ft by 690-ft timber structure and replace it with a modern steel pipe pile and concrete deck pier.