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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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Wood Wizardry in Oregon: Innovation Raises the Roof for PDX Terminal B

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Drones, self-propelled modular transporters and a curtain wall that really does hang off the roof like a curtain are all notable technologies that made installing an 18-million-lb timber roof possible at Portland International Airport.

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Mass Timber Roof Tops Portland Airport Core

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The airport’s $2-billion makeover tops off with a locally sourced, 18-million-lb mass timber roof.

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Airport/Transit Best Project: Canpotex-Portland Terminal Potash Storage Shed

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The Portland Bulk Terminal’s newest storage facility offers an elegant solution to the challenges of receiving potash by freight rail and then reclaiming the material and transporting it out by ship.

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Best Airport/Transit and Project of the Year Finalist: P-310 Dry Dock 1 Super Flood Basin

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s Ricker’s Wharf location in Portland, Maine, marking completion of one of the most unique structures the company has ever built. On June 21, 2021, a barge carrying a new docking entrance for the super flood basin at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard left contractor Cianbro Corp.’s

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Best Airport/Transit - East Segment of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project

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To create the new MAX Orange Line, part of the existing light rail system in Portland, Ore., workers added seven miles of track from southeast Portland to Milwaukie.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

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Airports K-12 Schools Hospital Design Trends Office Buildings Designers Architects Biophilic Design Biophilic design supports the health and wellbeing of individuals by connecting people to nature. Skanska’s office, Portland, Ore.