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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. More than 40,000 airports worldwide facilitate the annual global travel of billions of passengers.

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Hensel Phelps starts $164M Austin airport gate expansion

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The 84,500-square-foot upgrade is one of 61 planned projects worth a total of $6.5 billion at the Texas travel hub.

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How to keep airports functional during construction

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How to keep airports functional during construction 0 qpurcell Mon, 01/15/2024 - 09:56 Airports Gensler's aviation experts share new ideas about how to make the airport construction process better moving forward. For a brief but productive window, airport construction turned into a completely different game.

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Port Authority, New York Governor Toss LaGuardia AirTrain Plan

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A panel chose expanded bus service as the best mass transit option for passengers traveling to and from the NYC airport.

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Paine Field-Snohomish County Airport’s new terminal culminates early plan

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Begun in 1936 as a Works Projects Administration effort, Paine Field-Snohomish County Airport originally was just a 2-runway airfield meant to spur development in the surrounding area. The plan was that someday, it would grow into a major travel destination.

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Heathrow paves the way with low carbon concrete trial

Construction Enquirer

The trial has been designed to test the concrete’s durability and longevity in a true-to-life airport setting and is one of the first of its kind at any airport in the world. It is the first of a number being planned that will test and trial other low carbon concrete materials on the market.

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Travel and coronavirus: Why travelling is essential

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Travel is a joy, but it’s so much more. I need to travel. Predictably for a travel writer, I miss movement. Professional travellers aren’t important. It’s a mistake, however, to assume that just because travel writers aren’t important, travel itself is insignificant. Photo: iStock.

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