Airport terminal grant funding is just year one of five-year $5B program.

This year’s Best Projects contest covered work completed between May 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021. In other words, the period of time that saw the COVID-19 pandemic at its most virulent and impactful to broad sections of the U.S. economy, including the construction industry.

Opening of Concourse B closes the city's 60-year-old airport building, marking completion of Phase 1 of its $4.1-billion terminal replacement program.

Despite an earthquake, a pandemic and design changes, the first phase of Salt Lake City International Airport’s (SLC) $4.1-billion upgrade opened to passengers on time on Sept. 15.