Update on South Terminal Construction
New Press Release from Orlando International Airport Provides Update on South Terminal Construction
The following is a press release from the Orlando International Airport.
Orlando International Airport South Terminal Construction Progresses
July 5, 2018
From: OrlandoAirports.net
Progress is being made with crews working seven days-a-week to prepare the site for vertical construction in the fall. So far:
Nearly 75% of the 4,000 total piles are in the ground
Two million cubic yards of dirt have been moved
Construction workforce has grown to more than 500 on site daily
The terminal scheduled for completion in 2021 will provide 19 new gates for domestic and international flights and increase capacity to more than 50 million passengers annually at Florida’s busiest airport.
“This is one of the top two projects in the country,” said Orlando airport director Phil Brown, drawing from a new ranking by the Airports Council International while giving a broad update on Central Florida’s most expensive public-works project.
Eclipsing the $2.3 billion for rebuilding Interstate 4, the $2.8 billion construction of a new terminal complex a mile south of the original A and B terminals of Orlando International has about 1,800 workers at the 300-acre site. The peak workforce is expected to be about 2,500.
Airport director Phil Brown. (Kevin Spear / Orlando Sentinel)
Terminal C at the new complex is to open in 2021, Brown said, with 19 gates out of a projected 60 gates.
Eclipsing the $2.3 billion for rebuilding Interstate 4, the $2.8 billion construction of a new terminal complex a mile south of the original A and B terminals of Orlando International has about 1,800 workers at the 300-acre site. The peak workforce is expected to be about 2,500.
Airport director Phil Brown. (Kevin Spear / Orlando Sentinel)
Terminal C at the new complex is to open in 2021, Brown said, with 19 gates out of a projected 60 gates.