Jacksonville International Airport
Concourse Replacement
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Project Name: |
Concourse A & C Replacement |
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Background
Information:
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- Owner: Jacksonville Aviation Authority
- Location: Jacksonville, Florida
- Contract Value: Over $11 million
- Partnered With: Guarantee Electrical, one of our FEC
partners
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Description:
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- All distribution, lighting, power, fire alarm, CCTV,
card access, lightning protection, data/communications., WIFI,
public address, and emergency power
generation systems for this 250,000+ sq ft. of New Concourses.
- Each new concourse included passenger waiting areas,
airline gates, passenger loading bridges, restrooms,
concession/vendor spaces, airline tenant offices,
airline operations offices, airport operation offices,
and a food court.
- Project included more than 20 electrical rooms, 10
mechanical rooms, and 5 data/communicatio. rooms.
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Challenges:
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- Project required replacement and removal of existing
feeder loops that had to be shut down and completed in
extremely tight time constraints (after last flight,
before first bag) below grade, in existing manholes, at
night. A specialized team had to work extremely fast
while maintaining a high level of safety.
- The addition of more than $2 million in additional
change orders, all while having to maintain the original
schedule.
- Major coordination between the 6 specified systems
subcontractors had to take place on a daily basis.
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Summary:
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This was a successful project for both White Electrical and
our partner Guarantee Electrical. The project was finished
ahead of schedule, and under the Jacksonville Aviation
Authority's budget. The project earned the Rem DuBose Joint
Venture of the Year Award for 2009, for White Electrical and
Guarantee Electrical. The project netted several awards for
Balfour-Beatty, the general contractor, as well. |
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