Fri July 08, 2016
Work on Cheyenne Airport Terminal to Start in Late 2016
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) Crews are set to begin work to make way for a new passenger terminal at the Cheyenne Regional Airport. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that the airport's assistant director of aviation, Jim Schell, said ground work should begin in about four to six weeks....
Fri July 08, 2016
Kona Readies for Int'l. Flights
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) Gov. David Ige and state transportation officials are moving forward with plans to have Kona International Airport ready to receive international flights by the end of the year....
Wed June 15, 2016
Construction Begins on New La Guardia Terminal
The New York Post is reporting that Vice president Joe Biden returned to La Guardia Airport — which he once said reminded him of a “third-world country” — on Tuesday to help break ground on the new main terminal....
Fri March 11, 2016
$6B Atlanta Airport Expansion to Include Giant Canopies
ABC News is reporting that two giant, translucent canopies spanning several lanes of roadway and sidewalks outside the domestic terminal will be among the most visible aspects of a $6 billion expansion and renovation project at the world's busiest airport during the next 20 years, officials announced Thursday....
Lori Tobias - Thu October 22, 2015
One More Phase Takes Off at O’Hare International Airport
Yet one more phase of the nation’s largest airport construction project was finished earlier this month with the commissioning of Runway 10R-28 L and the new South Air Traffic Control Tower at O’Hare International Airport....
Mon September 21, 2015
Albany Insures Timely, Efficient Runway Rehabilitation
The business of an airport is to get people where they need to go, safely and on time. When an airport needs improvement, it needs to get the work done quickly, efficiently, and correctly. Money talks, and the Albany International Airport made sure that its runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening Runway 01-19....
Lori Tobias - Thu September 10, 2015
Key Cog in Multi-Billion Dollar Elgin O’Hare Project Opens
Three new interchange ramps on the $440 million I-290 interchange project on Illinois Route 390 opened recently, moving the massive undertaking one step closer to the finish. Work on the highway, formerly known as the Elgin O’Hare Expressway, has been ongoing since 2013 and expected to be completed in 2017....
Wed September 02, 2015
Cleared for Landing: McCarthy Improves Atlanta Runway
With more than 58,000 employees and 250,000 daily passengers, Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta consistently ranks as one of the world’s busiest passenger airports. After withstanding 30-plus years of airplane taxiing, takeoffs and landings, it was time to replace a 9,000-ft....
Eric Olson - Wed August 19, 2015
McClam & Associates Expands Runway at S.C. Airport
A project to lengthen the runway at the Fairfield County Airport in central South Carolina is set to upgrade the facility, and help it stay economically competitive. Luckily, the contractor, McClam & Associates, is up to the task....
Irwin Rapoport - Tue August 11, 2015
Cleared for Takeoff: LaGuardia’s $4B Venture
New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, starting in 2016, will be the subject of a $4 billion demolition and rebuilding project — to be done by a private-public partnership initiative (P3). The major components of the work will take 39 months to complete, following the groundbreaking early in the new year....
