Skanska USA/HOK Team Complete $154M Tampa Main Terminal Expansion
The project completed by Skanska/HOK added 55,000 square feet to the terminal’s third-floor transfer level.
TAMPA—Skanska USA and partner global design firm HOK have completed the $154-million expansion and renovation of Tampa International Airport’s Main Terminal.
Skanska and HOK led the redevelopment of the main terminal and concessions program, which was one of the largest elements of the first phase of the Airport’s Master plan expansion. Construction began on the project in 2014. HOK provided architecture, landscape architecture, interior and lighting design and sustainable consulting services for the terminal and airside project.
The work is part of a three-phase expansion and modernization that will allow Tampa International Airport to accommodate up to 34 million annual passengers. The airport served a record 21 million passengers in 2018 and is projected to continue to grow in 2019.
The project completed by Skanska/HOK added 55,000 square feet to the terminal’s third-floor transfer level. The work involved pushing back shuttle enclosures and moving restaurants to the perimeter, thus opening up a central area for shops and lounge seating. Additionally, privacy glass was installed in restaurant and event spaces to allow for more natural light, Skanska reports.
Skanska led the Main Terminal Transfer Level expansion and redevelopment of the airport’s Main Terminal and functional improvements to airsides A, C, E and F. The Transfer Level expansion included raising the former east and west outdoor decks, creating four transfer-level terraces, relocating all four shuttle car lobbies to the airsides and the removal of the former airside D shuttle lobby to create space for a food court. Another key improvement made was to the ticket and baggage claim wayfinding signage.
“Our team at Skanska worked in close collaboration with our design partner on this project, HOK, to deliver a Main Terminal that is more efficient and will better serve the evolving needs of today’s airport passengers,” states Michael C. Brown, Skanska’s EVP, general manager for Florida. “With the delivery of this renovation and expansion, passengers at Tampa International Airport will benefit from more ample seating areas, selection of dining and shopping options and a look and feel that reflects Tampa’s best attributes.”
The redeveloped Main Terminal improves sight lines across the entire floor, creates additional seating areas, intermixes airside concessions, and makes four outdoor terraces accessible to meters-greeters, passengers and employees with two terrace spaces dedicated to restaurants, Skanska officials note.
The airside functional improvements for all gate lounges included power poles, seating options, recycle units plus the interwoven concessions. Overall, the project added 98,000 square feet of new enclosed and useable space and 69 concessions spaces in five facilities. The work also included the installation of 32 new escalators and renovation of all 24 public elevators in the Main Terminal.
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