Main Terminal Infrastructure Upgrades
Item No. 6h_supp
Meeting Date: October 13, 2020
Project Purpose
• Upgrade the Main Terminal to meet current fire & building
code
• Improve passenger safety by upgrading several life safety
systems
• New, reliable means of providing emergency power for a
majority of the airport
• Remove a large amount of asbestos fireproofing and other
asbestos containing materials
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History
• Main Terminal built in
1970s
• North Extension added in
1980s
• South extension added in
2000
• All code requirements
met at time of
renovations
Major Scope
• Install new fire sprinklers throughout the Main Terminal
(Ticketing, Esplanade, Mezzanine, and Baggage Claim) and
above both the departure and arrivals drives
• Add additional fire standpipes to meet current code
• Significant amounts of asbestos fireproofing remain in the
Main Terminal
• Install new smoke control exhaust
• Replace the existing emergency power generating system
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Budget
• Initial Budget: $350,000,000
• Current Range: $300,000,000 -
$400,000,000
• The number of phases required,
complexity of work, and need to
minimize passenger impacts increases
cost.
• Overall duration of the project.
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Preliminary Design Objectives
• Design smoke control system for the Main Terminal and
Concourses B, C, and D to determine emergency power load
requirements
• Evaluate means and methods of replacing the emergency
power generating system
• Evaluate ways to minimize passenger impacts
• Provide estimate for project budget
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Next Steps
• December 2021 – Complete Preliminary Design
• Q1 2022 – Update Commission on findings of preliminary
design and request full design funding
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