Airport Terminals

Design Portfolio
May 2023
AECOM Buildings + Places
Transportation + Civil Infrastructure

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 An experience that Longer hold times drive

Passenger
encompasses far more a new kind of space.
than travel from point A An aircraft is entered in one locale
to point B. and exited in another; this abrupt

Experience
change of location is quick and
Long lines, delays, and antiquated
efficient, yet it can be disorienting. For
infrastructure have taken their toll on
long-haul international flights, time
the passenger experience, making us
zones, cultures, and languages can all
forget that flight is one of mankind’s
abruptly change, leaving passengers
great achievements. At AECOM, we
Since the first commercial flight
jet-lagged, culture shocked, and
strive to rekindle an enjoyment of air
unable to communicate. Well-designed
travel through the airport terminal
in 1914, air travel has dramatically experience.
terminals can gently acclimate
passengers and soften the impact
changed the world by bringing Airports have complex pragmatic
demands that must be met. We view
of being in a place that’s new and
different. Today’s terminal is a place to
mankind closer together and fueling this as the baseline of design—the do just about anything. In Guangzhou

unprecedented economic growth.

starting point of a project. We mesh Terminal 2, the headquarters for China
functional concerns with aspirational Southern Airlines, passengers can rent

Airport terminals are the nexus of opportunities to create spaces

that elevate the human condition.
airside hotel rooms and small capsule
hotel rooms to sleep. In development
this transformation—the new front An elevated passenger experience
enhances the terminal’s functional
are six theaters, an Omnimax theater,
restaurants, and concessions.
door of every city. areas by increasing checkpoint Passengers can be measured and
throughputs and raising post-security have clothing made within four hours.
dwell times, ultimately increasing
non-aeronautical revenues. In an age
of multiple travel options, a premium
passenger experience becomes the
differentiator.

Massport Terminal B Expansion United Concourse, East Boston, MA

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 Overview:
Many airlines employ a hub and spoke Safety and security
arrangement where passengers
are foremost.
must transfer from one flight to
another. Unlike origin and destination At AECOM, safety and security are the
foundation of our work. We accomplish

About AECOM
passengers who come to the airport
and depart shortly after, transfer this through integrating
passengers usually spend more multiple layers of security into our
time in the terminal due to their terminal designs to provide a sound
layover. We designed the East Coast environment and seamless public
hub of Southwest Airlines at BWI space. While setback and hardening
Thurgood Marshall Airport for this are keywords in secure design, airports
type of passenger. There is a central as civic buildings need to have a public

#1 #4 #4
food court between the piers where and open sense of place. We utilize
passengers transfer, and we worked structures such as water features,
with BWI to link and integrate all of the berms, and landscaping to provide
airside piers with concession areas. vehicular separation.
Transferring through BWI is a very nice
experience and passengers can shop,
Inside the terminal, security and Engineering News- Architectural Record Interior Design
CCTV systems are integrated within
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gallery, all without leaving the secure technology. The hallmark of sound
airside of the terminal. security design is to provide an
unobtrusive facility that also reaps

50K+ $13.1Bn
Greater longevity is

150+
ancillary benefits. At BWI Marshall
achieved through an Airport, AECOM relocated the A and
immersive approach B security checkpoints as part of an
to design. expansion effort. Without increasing

Terminals today have become

TSA staffing levels or checkpoint
Countries Employees Revenue 2022
lanes, the replacement checkpoints
shopping malls with runways and
saw an increased throughput of 16
ground transportation. From our
percent. The light, airy, and column-
experience, providing an inclusive
free space was credited with reducing
environment that offers a full range
the stress level of passengers and
of services, concessions, and
increasing TSA productivity. Our
facilities is more beneficial to airports,
goal is to provide a safe and secure
passengers, and businesses. Airports
environment that is imperceptible to
are becoming their own separate
the passengers in order to enhance
world where almost anything is
the overall passenger experience.
possible. We strive to open space and
capture movement, bringing impact
and efficiency into an overall design
concept. We create spaces that are
immersive and expressive, all while
celebrating travel. Simply put, airports
are the new travel destination of the
21st century.

Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai, UAE

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BOS

Boston Logan
Client Size
Massachusetts Port Authority 7 new Contact Gate Positions,
122 Ticket Counter Positions, 7

International Airport
Services Departure Lounges in two phases,
Full Service A/E 3 Airline Clubs, new International
− Architecture Arrivals Hall CBP
− Interiors
Boston, MA − Security Systems Status
Under construction
Terminal E Modernization (International Air Carriers) (completion 2023)

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 The project elements include and outbound bag systems,
the incorporation of seven international arrivals/CBP and
wide-body gates, envisioned all other public and non-public
to be implemented in two terminal functions to support this
phases. It includes the design significant terminal addition. The
and engineering of all terminal project also includes airfield taxi
components, including a new lanes, roadway frontages, airport
security checkpoint, public roadway infrastructure, and limo/
concourse and departure lounges, taxi pools.
airline clubs, concessions, inbound

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BOS

Boston Logan
Client Size
Massachusetts Port Authority 87,000 sq. ft., 3 New Gates,
3 Airline Clubs, Concessions,

International Airport
Services Baggage Systems, passenger
− Architecture amenities and International
− Interiors Passenger Processing
− Engineering
Boston, MA

Terminal E Enhancement - A380 Project

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Client Benefits Work Performed
− Raised the bar on design quality AECOM, as prime consultant provided
at a national airport. full architecture/engineering (A/E)
services for the renovation and
− Designed on time and on budget. expansion at Logan’s Terminal E.
The program for this $175-million
− Acclaimed as the best project ever project includes three new gates
delivered at Massport. to accommodate Airbus A380s, an
expanded security checkpoint, new
− Strengthens Logan’s position in the concessions, upgrades to the inbound
international market. and outbound baggage systems, and
processing for international arriving
− Provides Massport with three new passengers, without checking bags.
gates that can accommodate Also included are three new airline
A380s and other new large aircraft. clubs that have direct jetbridge
access to the aircraft from the premier
− Proved to Massport that utilizing
lounges. The project includes 100,000
building information modeling (BIM),
square feet of new construction and
and lean design and construction
over 200,000 square feet of renovated
practices (which manage and
terminal area.
improve the construction
processes, with minimal cost and
maximum value by considering
customer needs) save both time
and money.

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Terminal E, Logan Airport’s
international terminal,
expands as new global
destinations and a steady rise
in international travel help
boost the local economy.

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 LIM

Lima Jorge Chavez

Client Size
Lima Airport Partners (LAP) 5.5 million sq. ft.

International Airport
Services Program
− Terminal Planning New Terminal
− Architecture
− Interiors
Lima, PERU − Airside Engineering
− Urban Design
D-E Connector − Master Planning

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BOS

Boston Logan Client Size Awards

International Airport
Massachusetts Port Authority 9 Contact Gate Positions, 39 Ticket ENR New England Best Projects
Counter Positions, 9 Departure of 2014 - Airports/Transit
Services Lounges, 8 Checkpoint Lanes,
− Architecture 1 Airline Club
Boston, MA − Interiors
− Engineering

Terminal B Expansion (United Airlines)

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 As prime consultant, AECOM provided
full planning and A/E design services
to Massport for the design of major
improvements to Logan’s Terminal
AECOM did a remarkable B to consolidate the operations of
United and Continental airlines. The
job working with us to 97,000-square-foot terminal features
design a beautiful terminal eight new departure lounges, new
ticketing and baggage claim areas, a
that meets the functional new passenger security checkpoint,
requirements of Massport, and a state-of-the-art baggage
handling system.
the airlines and passengers
alike. This project is unlike The project features many amenities
and conveniences unlike any other
anything our customers terminal at Logan. The terminal
have seen before.” incorporates many features to enhance
the passenger experience and
Houssam Sleiman, PE, Massport Director convenience, including integrating flight
and passenger information displays into
concessions and passenger boarding
areas, fitting all departure lounge seats
with mobile device charging capabilities,
and establishing special informal
lounge seating areas that are equipped
with functional workstations and
comfortable seating.

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BOS The merger of American Airlines and an enlarged three-carousel outbound
Client

Boston Logan
US Airways was accommodated by bag area, expanded bag claim hall, 18
upgrading Terminal B facilities to meet contact gate positions for AA, and Massachusetts Port Authority
the airlines’ needs, while providing holdrooms that met passenger seating
Services

International Airport
improvements to passengers’ traveling and boarding requirements at the gates.
experience. This terminal upgrade − Architecture
expanded the facilities at Terminal B to Design disciplines involved in the
− Interiors
accommodate the merged American project included geotechnical; civil;
− Engineering
Airlines entirely on the Pier B side. architecture; structural; mechanical,
Boston, MA The Terminal B Airline Consolidation electrical and plumbing; fire protection/
life safety; baggage systems; security, Size
scope expanded Pier B to provide a
Terminal B Optimization (American Airlines) single central 8-10 lane checkpoint communications and IT; FIDS/BIDS;
fueling; environmental permitting;
21 Contact Gates,
that replaced three smaller individual 8 Checkpoint Lanes
checkpoints, an enlarged consolidated sustainable design/LEED; code
ticketing hall, reconfigured vertical compliance; cost estimating; simulation
circulation, existing CBIS/CBRA feeding modeling; and scheduling.
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 BOS

Boston Logan
International
Airport (JetBlue)
Boston, MA

Terminal C to E Connector

Client
Massachusetts Port Authority

Services
− Architecture
− Interiors

Size
150,000 sq. ft., 3 New Gates, Concessions and
Passenger Amenities

AECOM provided interior design

and architectural services for the
expansion and renovation to Logan’s
secure connector between Terminals
C and E. The project entails a total
transformation of the east end of
Terminal C in the form of a new
retail rotunda.
The project included shell space
for high-end concessions, a secure
concourse, departure lounges
and a complete renovation and
enhancement of the connector. This
$60-million project also included new
toilet rooms, new terrazzo throughout
as well as passenger amenities and
enhanced interior finishes and lighting.
The project is targeted for LEED Silver
certification.

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CAN Following the international competition
to plan and design its new terminal Client Size

Guangzhou Baiyun
facility, the GIARH declared AECOM Guangzhou International Airport 4.52 million sq. ft., 46 Aircraft Gates,
the winner, saying the firm’s design Relocation Headquarters (GIARH) 14 Hardstand Aircraft Positions
captured the spirit of aviation and

International Airport
respected the culture and landscape Services
of China. Indeed, the symmetry of
the sweeping metal roofs and arched − Architecture
skylights resonates with the grandeur − Planning
Guangzhou, China found in classical Chinese architecture. − Engineering

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Guangzhou Baiyun
International Airport
is one of the major
gateways to China,
and the largest airport
in southern China.

The planning is also very Chinese In addition to its role as a major gateway
in nature, recalling mandalic temple to China, Guangzhou is also the home
constructions of the dynastic period. and operational base for China Southern
Airlines. These factors have had a
In most airports, arrival curbs are tremendous impact on Guangzhou’s air
located under departure curbs in traffic. Its average passenger flow has
a dark and uninviting space. The increased an average of 5.2 percent per
Guangzhou arrival and departure curbs year and has now reached 45 million
are separated, easing vehicular traffic passengers per year. Correspondingly,
congestion and enabling the arrival air traffic has seen a 15 percent
curb to receive sunlight and air. The increase per year and air cargo capacity
new Guangzhou Airport thus celebrates has risen. This increase in activity has
arrival as well as departure. made Guangzhou Baiyun International
Airport the second busiest airport in
A central ticketing hall provides a grand
China based on passenger flow, and the
sense of entry for the complex and is
third largest based on cargo movement.
designed to make the airport a center
Our design is expandable and will allow
for commerce, as well as transportation.
the airport to continue to grow, from
It includes a commercial center
60 contact gates in Phase 1 to more
containing five- and three-star hotels,
than 130 contact gates in the future.
office buildings, the airline headquarters,
A second central ticketing terminal is
and a convention center. Here, business
also planned as the number of airlines
travelers are able to transact business
coming into Guangzhou expands.
using state-of-the-art facilities. The
lower level of the ticketing hall contains
a shopping mall and railway station.

This project was completed by URS, which became a part of the

AECOM family of companies in October 2014.
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KWI
Client Services Size

Terminal T4 Kuwait Cengiz Insaat −

−
Terminal Planning
Architecture
592,000 sq. ft.
New Terminal

International Airport
− Interiors
− Landscape Architecture Program
− Building Engineering
New Terminal, 650-Car Parking
Garage, Support Buildings
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

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KWI
Client Services Size

Terminal T2 Kuwait Foster + Partners − Terminal Planning

− Architecture Performance Design
8 million sq. ft. New

Program

International Airport
− BIM Management

New Terminal Design

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

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CTG
Client Services Size

Rafael Nunez Cartagena Airport −

−
Terminal Planning
Architecture
500,000 sq. ft.

Program

International Airport
− Interiors
− Building Engineering
− New Terminal + Support Buildings
− Airside Planning
− Cargo Building
− Landside and Airside Civil
− ATCT
Engineering
Cartagena, Colombia − Security Systems Design

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 Client Services Size

Chinchero JV Natividad Chinchero (Hyundai,

ICA, Power China, HV Contratistas)
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture
500,000 sq. ft.

Program

International Airport
− Interiors
− Building Engineering
New Terminal
− Airside Planning
− Landside and Airside Civil
Engineering
Cuzco, Peru − Security Systems Design
− Vertical Transportation
− Asset Management

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BDL
Client Size

Bradley International Airport Connecticut Airport Authority

Services
1 million sq. ft. New (all phases)

Program
Windsor Locks, CT − Terminal Planning New Terminal Design
− Architecture
− Interiors

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 CIX
Client Services

Chiclayo Aeropuertos del Peru (AdP)

Size
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture

International Airport
− Interiors
− Building Engineering
400,000 sq. ft.
− Airside Planning
− Landside and Airside Civil
Program Engineering
Lambayeque, Peru New Terminal + Support Buildings − Security Systems Design

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DCA
Client Services

Ronald Reagan Metropolitan Washington Airports

Authority (MWAA)
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture

International Airport
− Interior Design
Size − Airside Civil
− BHS
115,000 sq. ft. New
− MEP
285,000 sq. ft. Renovation
− Security
Arlington, VA New Public Secure Hall
− Structural Engineering
New Security Checkpoint

Secure National Hall

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 AECOM transformed the existing generating non-aeronautical
iconic Caesar Pelli National Hall- revenue for the airport and
Terminal B/C from a non-secure creating a 21st-century airport
landside terminal environment experience for passengers. The
to a secure airside terminal creative solution requires the
environment. This transformation creation of two security screening
affords passenger movement checkpoints that are sandwiched
among gate piers conducive between the elevated departures
to a hub-type operation and roadway and arrivals roadway of
will energize National Hall as Terminal B/C, while adjacent to
passengers now cleared through both the north and south existing
security screening will be more pedestrian bridges that connect to
inclined to explore and consume an the regional Metro station.
enhanced concessions program,

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PHL
Client Program

Philadelphia Confidential

Size
New Terminal Headhouse

Services

International Airport 247,000 sq. ft. New

52,000 sq. ft. Renovation
−
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture
Interiors
− BHS Systems
Philadelphia, PA

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BWI
Client Services

BWI International Airport Maryland Aviation Administration

Size
−
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture
Interiors
− BHS Systems
Baltimore, MD 138,000 sq. ft. New
− MEP Engineering
44,000 sq. ft. Renovation
− Structural Engineering
Terminal A-B Connector Design Competition

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PBG

Plattsburgh
Client Services Size
Clinton County, NY + − Terminal Planning 100,000 sq. ft. New
McFarland Johnson − Architecture 35,000 sq. ft. Renovation

International Airport
− Interiors
− BHS Systems Program
− IT/COMM New Terminal

Clayton County, NY

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JFK AECOM provided architecture and
interior design services for this Client Services

John F. Kennedy
$1.3-billion terminal complex located
on a 42-acre site adjacent to the Port Authority of New York/New − Architecture and Design
existing American Airlines facility. Jersey; American Airlines − Engineering

International Airport
Specifically, the new 2.28-million- − Planning and Consulting
square-foot, 56-gate project consists Size − Program Management
of a terminal and three concourses. − Construction Management
2.28 million sq. ft., 56 Gates,
The 56 gates comprise 38 for large 3 Concourses, Baggage System
Jamaica, Queens, NY jets, including the Boeing 777, and
18 gates with covered jet bridges for
regional jets operated by American
American Airlines, Terminal 8 Replacement Eagle. There are international,

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domestic, and swing-gates among the
38 gates allocated to the large jets. The
The building’s four concourses, three
extending from an central terminal area
The new terminal is connected
to the monorail transit system at A project designed to
full terminal was constructed in four
phases to allow continued operations
and one connected to the terminal by
a 320-foot underground tunnel with
JFK International. AECOM worked
closely with the monorail design accommodate a new
at JFK. moving walkways, will process 14
million passengers a year.
and construction teams to ensure
coordination. Approximately class of jet, process
more passengers,
The finished terminal includes three 110,000 square feet were devoted to
primary levels: arrivals and baggage The terminal also includes a customs concession space, creating a virtual

and provide an
handling; departures; and clubs, and immigration facility with 22 mall for shops, restaurants, and other
lounges, and offices. customs positions, 48 immigration retail outlets. Also included were two

improved passenger
positions, and seven baggage claim Admirals Clubs, two Platinum Business
A new two-level roadway provides carousels, each with 250 linear feet for Centers, a first-class arrivals lounge,
separation between arrivals and
experience from arrival
baggage pickup. It has the capacity to and a 10,000-square-foot lounge for
departures, each level with 1,200 serve up to 2,400 people per hour. use by other carriers.
linear feet of curb space. There are
24 curbside check-in positions and
200 check-in positions at the main
to departure.
ticket counter.

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The 1 million-square- JFK

foot project will more John F. Kennedy

than double the existing International Airport
terminal’s facilities and Jamaica, Queens, NY

functions. Terminal 1 Expansion

Terminal One Group Association The program entails a 1 million-square-

(TOGA) commissioned a feasibility foot expansion designed to more than
study to review the possible expansion double the facilities and functions of
of their existing facility. We provided the existing terminal. The expansion
A/E services over a 14-month period includes a head house sized to double
for the development of a conceptual the number of existing ticketing
design and pre-schematic design in positions and house consolidated SSCP
support of the project. The design and FIS functions. The overarching
considered apron utilization, aircraft theme of the proposed concept is
maneuverability and parking; sizing and to have the two parts function as
configuration of ticketing positions one unified facility in its operations,
and associated queuing; location passenger level of service and flow, and
and sizing of a consolidated security architectural aesthetics. The successful
screening checkpoint (SSCP) and functionality of any terminal expansion
associated queuing; holdroom sizing depends on a well-orchestrated working
and passenger movement; quantity, relationship between the terminal
type, and location of concessions; and the adjacent landside and airside
vertical circulation; location and sizing components. It is critical during design
of airline lounges; spatial requirements that the landside and airside portions of
for support functions such as airline the project are developed in unison with
ticket offices and operations; expansion the terminal expansion so that these
of the existing arrivals and departures elements work seamlessly.
level roadways systems; and utility
relocations and upgrades required It is the desire of the ownership group to
to support the expanded terminal have equality of amenities and finishes
facility. An overall construction phasing throughout the unified facility. As such,
strategy focused on identifying tasks part of the program involves renovation
and minimizing impact to existing of the existing concourse and airline
terminal and aeronautical operations. lounges to provide the same customer
Client level of service and experience on both
concourses and to aesthetically unify
Terminal One Group the facility as one.
Association (TOGA)

Services
Architecture, Engineering

Size
1,000,000 sq. ft.

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Client Services

Thurgood Marshall Maryland Aviation Administration

Size
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture

BWI International Airport

− Interiors
− BHS Systems
120,000 sq. ft. New
− Security Systems
85,000 sq. ft. Renovation
− Structural Engineering

Baltimore, MD Program
New Terminal
D-E Connector

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Client Services

Thurgood Marshall Maryland Aviation Administration

Size
−
−
Terminal Planning
Architecture

BWI International Airport

− Interiors
− BHS Systems
40,000 sq. ft. New
− MEP Systems
38,000 sq. ft. Renovation
− Security Systems

Baltimore, MD Program − Structural Engineering

New Terminal Pier Extension

Pier E Extension

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Thurgood
Marshall BWI
International
Airport
Baltimore, MD

Terminal A | B

Client
Maryland Aviation Administration

Services
− Architecture
− Engineering

Size
560,000 sq. ft.,
26 Contact Gates

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 A $500-million
renovation project
requiring a completely
new approach to
security requirements
with no change to
footprint.

After years of record growth, the The terminal was the crown jewel of
Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) the $500-million terminal expansion
and Southwest Airlines (SWA) turned program, which included 26 new and
to AECOM to provide programming, remodeled gates serviced by a new
design, and construction phase services ticketing lobby, new curbside roadway,
for a terminal expansion at Baltimore/ bridges, skywalk, parking circulation, and
Washington International Thurgood taxiways.
Marshall Airport (BWI). The expansion
would encompass 586,000 square feet In mid-design, the events of 9/11
and allow an additional 200 flights per required a radical rethinking of the
day. In 2000, we began programming the security components of the project.
new terminal and developing a design Our design team worked closely with
that addressed a highly constrained site the MAA, SWA, and government
with limited room between the existing agencies (which later coalesced into
terminal roadway and runway. Our team the TSA), to analyze the new demands
provided full design services, including for fully integrated baggage screening,
architectural, civil engineering, structural and increased/expanded security
engineering, HVAC, plumbing and checkpoints. We then modified the
fire protection engineering, electrical design to address these new realties, all
engineering, security and special while staying within a reduced footprint.
systems design, as well as baggage
This project was completed by URS,
handling systems.
which became a part of the AECOM
family of companies in October 2014.

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CMI

John Glenn Columbus Client Services Size

International Airport
Columbus Regional − Architecture 320,000 sq. ft.
Airport Authority − Engineering

Columbus, OH

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 Improvements are designed
to accommodate a forecast
increase from 6.4 million to
10 million annual passengers.

John Glenn Columbus International The design opens the windowless

Airport is modernizing its entire terminal ticketing lobby to natural light to provide
complex and selected our team to an inviting space and reduce lighting
design the improvements that will costs. New finishes, flooring, skylights,
bring a new face to Port Columbus. and multi-story windows will bathe the
The $80-million program includes terminal in natural light and bring the
renovating the public spaces of three terminal into contemporary design
concourses, new security screening standards. The program includes
checkpoints, redistribution of their options for the latest in common use
concession spaces, and an overhaul of passenger processing (CUPPS) and
their existing ticketing lobby. Building self-service (CUSS) as well as provisions
systems upgrades for communications for self-baggage tagging and drop. The
infrastructure, HVAC, and lighting are CMH Terminal serves American, Delta,
included. Air Canada, Southwest, United, and US
Airways among others.

This project was completed by URS,

which became a part of the AECOM
family of companies in October 2014.

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 KCI
Client

Kansas City
Kansas City International Airport’s In July 2017, AECOM was one of four
Kansas City
three-terminal layout was designed in proposals considered for the new
International Airport
the 1960s and opened in 1972 before $1.5-billion terminal designed to

International Airport
passenger and baggage screening encompass 750,000 square feet, 42
were required. The last two KCI Master gates and a new parking structure.
Size
Plans recommended building a new, 750,000 sq. ft.
single terminal for added convenience 42 Gates, 6,000-Car Garage
Kansas City, MO and efficiency. Subsequently, the city
issued an RFP for a public-private Services
partnership (P3) development of the
Terminal Design Competition new single terminal.
Design (P3 Design Competition)

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Client Services

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Airport | Allegheny

Airport Authority
Full Service A/E

International Airport Size

500,000 sq. ft. New
500,000 sq. ft. Renovation
Pittsburgh, PA Terminal Expansion
New Security Checkpoint
New Building Systems
Terminal Design Competition

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Client Services

Atlantic City International, South Jersey

Transportation Authority
− Architecture
− Engineering

Terminal Expansion and Mini FIS Size

74,000 sq. ft. Expansion, FIS, 3
Departure Lounges
Atlantic City, NJ

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 AECOM provided full A/E services with three bag claim devices (one
for the planning, programming, swing for international arrivals),
design, and engineering of a three new baggage service offices,
two-level 74,000-square-foot and an expanded meeter/greeter
expansion of the Atlantic City area. The FIS is sized to process a
International Airport Passenger B767 arriving international flight.
Terminal. The program includes The project was designed to
three new departure lounges accommodate future expansion of
and jet bridges, a mini-federal an additional concourse for seven
inspection station (FIS) to process to nine gates as demand at the
arriving international flights, new airport continues to grow.
post-security retail concessions,
a new loading dock, new airport
operations space, an expanded
airside apron accommodating
wide-bodied aircraft, an automated
exit lane, a new inbound bag room

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UPS Airlines
Worldport
Expansion
Louisville, KY

The creation and multi-phased

expansion of Worldport (previously
named Hub 2000 in Phase 1), the
mega hub at the heart of UPS’s global
transportation network, was executed
by AECOM as lead architect/engineer
and Hunt Construction Group as
construction manager.

Phase 2 North Expansion

The Worldport North Expansion was a
1.1-million-square-foot addition to the
original Hub 2000 structure designed
previously by AECOM.

Phase 3 South Expansion

The Worldport South Expansion design
began with a concept development
study performed in 2006. When
constructed, this phase will consist
of a 300,000-square-foot addition to
the existing high bay structure, a final
aircraft unload wing at 450,000 square
feet, and connections to the existing
original Grade Lane Hub sort building.

Client
United Parcel Service

Services
− Architecture
− Engineering

This project was completed by URS, which became a part of

the AECOM family of companies in October 2014.

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 One of AECOM’s earliest terminal also included an extensive taxiway
ONT projects, the Ontario International apron expansion, expanded surface Client

Ontario
Airport continues to rank among parking, and the design of roadway Los Angeles World Airports
the busiest airports in the world and and taxiway systems and other
provides a vital link in the Los Angeles airfield improvements conforming Services

International Airport
World Airports network. AECOM to the new location. The new
was commissioned to respond to terminals were designed as a two- − Master Planning
the airport’s anticipated growth by level, 530,000-square-foot complex − Architecture
providing the master planning, design, composed of two main terminal − Interiors
and engineering services required for buildings, or nodes. − Building Engineering
Ontario, CA the expansion of the airport’s terminal − Airfield Design and
The design incorporated several Engineering
area facilities.
forward-thinking concepts, including
The project included a two- telecommunication links for future
Size
terminal passenger facility able electronics, increased airport security
to accommodate 10 million features, and utility connections 530,000 sq. ft., 26 Gates
passengers annually. Development for retail.

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 Spaceport
America,
Terminal and
Hangar Facility
Upham, NM

Client
New Mexico Spaceport Authority

Services
− Building Engineering
− Master Planning
− Design Criteria

Size
110,000 sq. ft.

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Spaceport America
demonstrates our AECOM and world-renowned The 110,000-square-foot, LEED Gold

ability to pioneer architectural firm Foster + Partners

joined together to lead an international
facility is both a terminal and a hangar
for the commercial spaceline, Virgin

complex and unique

team with the unique honor of Galactic. It includes state-of-the-art
designing the world’s first purpose- engineering and architectural features
built commercial spaceport: The highlighted by an underground

buildings, understand
Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space at labyrinth passive thermal storage
Spaceport America. At the building’s cooling system, a 46-foot-high
dedication ceremony in 2011, Virgin mechanically stabilized earth wall, and

clients’ needs, and Galactic founder, Sir Richard Branson,

remarked of the finished product, “We
knew the building had to be a landmark
an innovatively simple structural steel
framing system specifically developed
to create a signature architectural form

cultivate creativity. of iconic architecture and at the cutting

edge of environmentally sustainable
design. They succeeded on every
at the least cost.

AECOM was responsible for all of the

front….It’s truly a 21st-century building project management and engineering,
for a 21st-century business.” including structural, mechanical,
electrical, fire protection, plumbing,
and civil. Initially, AECOM worked with
the State of New Mexico to develop a
site plan and design criteria to attract
the project to the state.

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LAX
Client Size

Los Angeles International Los Angeles World Airports

Services
15,350 sq. ft. (Roadway and Light
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Airport, Central Terminal

Custom-Designed Light Poles

− Architecture
− Landscape Architecture

Improvements
− Lighting Design
− Cost Consulting

Los Angeles, CA

Development and Modernization Program

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The Los Angeles International Airport and architecture, the design draws
(LAX), one of the world’s busiest from key existing airport elements
airports, is undergoing a major such as the 1960s architecture of
renovation. As part of a multi-phase the Theme Building and the 60-
project, AECOM is working with Los foot polychromatic light pylons that
Angeles World Airports (LAWA) in define the airport’s entry. The Central
several capacities to deliver the multi- Terminal Area has been articulated
year master plan implementation as with an illuminated glass ribbon that
program managers and as architects defines the roadway edge and is
to provide design and design support modulated with white sculptural light
for several components as the master poles every 60 feet—establishing an
plan project progresses. unprecedented ceremonial airport
experience. This illuminated ribbon is
One of the early assignments for synchronized with the entry pylons,
AECOM was to develop a strategy and the light poles emulate the Theme
that would have immediate impact Building’s optimistic architecture. In
to address one of LAX’s most visible addition to the light ribbon are three-
challenges: its collection of terminals, dimensional super-graphic terminal
which were designed over time with identifiers.
no architectural cohesion. For the 61
million passengers who travel in and
out of LAX annually, LAX can seem
disjointed and difficult to navigate.
Working with one of the
As the master plan progresses and
access, terminal upgrades, and
world’s busiest airports
parking are updated, AECOM has
designed a system that provides
to address long-term
architectural hierarchy. Through an
artful integration of lighting, graphics,
planning and immediate
solutions. The project amplifies at LAX’s largest
and newest terminal, Tom Bradley
International. A series of aerodynamic
metallic canopies have replaced
the existing structures and created
a new curbside environment. The
improvements include a 1,000-foot
roadside canopy, three entry pavilion
canopies with integral skylights, and two
new escalator and stair canopies that
link the arrival and departure levels. The
scheme functions as a kit of parts that
has been easily phased and extended
as future enhancement projects have
rolled out.

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AECOM, in association with Fentress Architects

SEA
Client

Seattle-Tacoma
AECOM led the design team for the The North Satellite (NSAT) modernization
Port of Seattle
468,000-square-foot expansion and is a 50-percent expansion and complete
modernization of this 40-year-old architectural redesign with seismic
Services

International Airport
satellite concourse. The Port of Seattle upgrade and all new building systems
partnered with Alaska Airlines to (MEP-FP, comm, security, PCAir, and − Architecture
envision new processes and operations 400 Hz power). The project adds eight − Civil
in a facility with Alaska as the sole airline contact gates (total of 20), Alaska’s − Geotech
Seattle, WA tenant, at their home airport. flagship lounge, holdrooms, − Aircraft Fueling
− Regulated Materials
− Comm/Security
North Satellite Modernization

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 renovated transit station, concessions, The NSAT modernization also upgrades
art, expanded baggage handling, and the loop transit system serving the
airline/airport offices and support North Satellite with a full renovation of
spaces. the 10,000-square-foot Concourse
C station. Completed in 2019, the
Construction on the $500-million $7-million station renovation has four
project was done in two phases to new widened escalators, new elevator,
maintain Alaska’s operation. Phase 1, updated building systems and finishes
the expansion, opened in 2019. Phase to improve safety, energy efficiency,
2 renovated the existing facility and and reliability. Open circulation and
opened in 2021. The project achieved integrated glass art intuitively guide
LEED Silver. travelers between the station and main
concourse.

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 IST

Istanbul Airport
Istanbul, Turkey

Air Traffic Control Tower

Our winning submission for The ATC tower will stand as a landmark
Istanbul Airport’s Air Traffic Control for Istanbul Airport, which is set to be
(ATC) tower saw us partnering with the world’s largest new airport in terms
Pininfarina — the design house of annual passenger capacity. The
renowned for its car designs for Ferrari competition’s scope was to deliver
and Alfa Romeo, among others. concept designs for the tower that
showcased contemporary sustainable
This collaboration combines the
architectural design and reflected the
expertise of AECOM’s architectural
history and multicultural character of
and engineering teams with
Istanbul city.
Pininfarina’s distinctive architectural
style that, influenced by automotive The AECOM and Pininfarina design
design, epitomizes speed evokes the aerodynamic forms used
and movement. in automotive and aviation design, and
includes an elliptical tower that will be
visible to all passengers flying in and
out of the new airport. The tower shape
is inspired by the tulip, which has
been the symbol of Istanbul for many
centuries and is an important cultural
reference in Turkish history.

Client Size
Istanbul Grand Airport 295 feet, 65,000 sq. ft., 17
stories, Control Room, Cafeteria,
Services Gym, Offices, Conference and
Meeting Rooms
− Airside Designer
− Master Planning
− Airside Infrastructure

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Air Traffic
Control Tower
of the Future
National Deployment

Design Competition

Client
Federal Aviation Administration

Services
− Architecture
− Engineering

Size
225 feet tall tower
Administrative Base Building 10,700 sq. ft.

The FAA has more than 100 aging control towers that
need replacement in the near future. In response to that
challenge, the FAA launched an international design
competition to totally rethink how the towers work and
what they look like.
Out of a field of over 100 submissions, AECOM was
shortlisted by the FAA as one of six firms competing
to design the next generation of ATCTs. AECOM’s
innovative design proves that we think outside of the box
and have the right talent to innovate across all disciplines
to design and deliver cutting-edge solutions to complex
architectural and engineering problems.
Our design proposed an intelligent approach to create
a high-profile prototype that can be designed, built
and operated sustainably. In addition to being uber-
constructable – it is just as easily de-constructable.
The design innovations offer a unique solution that is
scalable, modifiable, modular, repeatable and can be
rapidly constructed on any site in the U.S. Where the
norm over time has been to design a single prototype
and then tediously site adapted to in any given location
– AECOM’s approach is to design all of them at once by
creating a streamlined design process revolving around
an intelligent, interactive, and automated design tool that
redesigns the prototype – literally – to any site, any place,
any climate, and any context. The future is now.

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DAY

Dayton
International
Airport
Dayton, OH

Air Traffic Control Tower

Client
Federal Aviation Administration

Services
− Architecture
− Engineering

Size
225 feet tall tower
Administrative Base Building 10,700 sq. ft.

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 ORD

Chicago O’Hare
International Airport
Chicago, IL

North Airport Traffic Control Tower

Client Services
Federal Aviation − Architecture
Administration − Engineering

Size
250 feet tall tower

The North Airport Traffic Control Extensive analysis, modeling, and full-
Tower (NATCT) at Chicago’s O’Hare size mock-ups at the FAA’s Technical
International Airport is one of two new Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
control towers needed (in addition to allowed the designers and engineers
the existing control tower) to effectively to closely coordinate the location and
control the new, reconfigured, size of the two columns to minimize
and expanded runway system the visual obstructions. The cab of
being completed under the O’Hare the control tower was modified from
Modernization Program. the traditional concentric shape to
an elongated oval shape. This design
The NATCT, in combination with the provided improved visibility in the East-
existing and a future south tower, West direction, the primary directions
provide the City of Chicago with an air traffic controllers’ need to see for
opportunity for a new image from afar: a managing traffic on the new north
gateway, an icon, a lantern—a landmark Runway, 9L/27R. The entire tower is
that provides wayfinding within the vast constructed of cast-in-place concrete
six-and-a-half square mile airport. The to take advantage of the inherent
form of the tower was derived from a strength of monolithic concrete
combination of functional requirements structures.
and the desire to create a new icon
that was recognizable from far away The entire facility has been designed
roads and thoroughfares, thus guiding to resist air-blast effects from the
and orienting people to their airport detonation of explosive weights
destination. The unique design of the located 300 feet and 100 feet from the
control tower cab, which has only two face of the buildings in accordance with
columns supporting the roof, provides FAA Order 1600.69B.
air traffic controllers with enhanced,
unobstructed views of the airport.

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BOS AECOM provided architectural and resurfaced with updated and upgraded
interior design services to renovate an finishes to meet the client’s aesthetic Client

Boston Logan International

existing vacant club space at Logan’s requirements. New ceilings and floors Massachusetts Port Authority
Terminal E into a new 6,000-square- were installed to offer an atmosphere
foot first class lounge for Air France, of quiet repose and casual dining while
Services

Airport, Terminal E
within a limited budget and a 12-week waiting for flight departures.
timeframe. − Architecture
To meet the high standards of Air
− Interior Design
All new lighting and air handling were France lounges, internationally,
provided to coordinate with the plush leather seating was provided
Boston, MA updated layout. The existing kitchen throughout the club. Natural, white
Size
and toilet rooms were also upgraded maple veneer paneling, millwork and 6,000 sq. ft.
Air France Lounge to modern standards and codes. furnishings adorn the lounge and offer
Existing built-in counters were adapted the traveler ultimate comfort and ease.
to meet accessibility codes and
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Boston Logan
International
Airport,
Terminal E
Boston, MA

British Airways Lounge

AECOM provided design development

and architect of record services for
the new British Airways Lounge at
Logan International’s new Terminal E
addition. The new 10,000-square-foot
premium passenger lounge, located on
the fourth level immediately above the
new British Airways Gate 12, presents
exceptional passenger amenities.

The Lounge provides a private

entrance and elegant Reception with a
custom tile backwall. First class dining,
club dining and servery afford hot and
cold food service. Supporting food
offerings is a full-service kitchen, with
cooking, food prep, dry storage and
cold storage. Three general lounges,
a study and business center provide

Client
Massachusetts Port Authority

Services
− Architecture
− Design

Size
10,000 sq. ft.

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 quiet relaxation and work areas. The
Horseshoe Bar provides a sit-down
and stand-up bar with panoramic views
of downtown Boston and ample table
and banquet seating. Other amenities
include toilet rooms and showers.
Custom light fixtures and original
art provide a unique touch. Wi-Fi
and power are provided throughout.
Passenger boarding of Gate 12 aircraft
is accommodated directly from the
lounge.

The AECOM design team did a great job on

our Boston lounge. They were a pleasure to
AECOM work with and paid attention to every little detail.
The results were excellent.”
Joe Xenakis, Airport Manager, British Airways

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HKG

Hong Kong
Singapore Airlines contracted AECOM leasehold for the lounge had very low
to develop three VIP lounges in London, floor-to-floor heights, and was located Client
Hong Kong and Manila. AECOM was directly above the immigration counters. Airport Authority Hong Kong

International Airport
contracted for the full design services Installation of showers and restrooms
for architecture and engineering created, as well as the implementation
Services
services, including full construction of kitchen ventilation and general air-
administration and cost control. conditioning units demanded innovative − Architecture
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong solutions to optimize the design, and − Engineering
The project in Hong Kong, highlighted create spaces that reflect the new
here, was particularly challenging as the Singapore Airlines lounge concepts.
Singapore Airlines Lounge

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  he new first and business
T The award-winning design is being
implemented across the globe. AECOM

class lounges in Hong Kong services included complete design of

all furniture and partition walls. AECOM

were a big challenge to inspected and approved all items

incorporated into the design of the

implement the new vision lounge.

and criteria, as there are

several site constraints.
AECOM architecture was
able to transform our ideas
into a reality.””
Lim Hong Choo, Senior Manager Properties, Singapore Airlines

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