b'32 BDLPASSENGER TRANSPORT FACTS&FIGURES Project: New Ground Transportation CenterLocation: Bradley Intl AirportWindsor Locks, CTFacility Size: 13.4 acres; 1.5 million sq. ft.Cost: $210 millionFunding: Customer facility charge revenuesConstruction: Aug. 2019June 2022Total Labor Hours: 574,169 Bradley Intl Builds New GroundKey Components: Car rental facility; additional public parking; future public transportation access Transportation Center BY KRISTEN RINDFLEISCHRental Car Operators: Avis, Enterprise Holdings & Hertz plus their affiliates This summer, Bradley Internationalstate. Levels two through five house leased Developer: Conrac Solutions Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks, CT,customer service facilities and operational Design-Build Partner: Austin Commercialopened a new rental car facility andsupport for nine car rental brands. Architect: PGAL ground transportation center that spans 13.4Roots for the project reach back to Local Construction Partner: KBE Building Corp. acres and includes 1.5 million square feet of2015, when the Airport Authority included Program Manager: WSP space in three buildings: a five-story ready/ a consolidated rental car center in its return garage, a five-story quick turnaroundmaster plan update. Previously, BDL had a Mechanical & Electrical Engineering,facility and a four-story vertical circulation Plumbing, Telecommunications, Security:patchwork of surface lots, which required Burns Engineering building. The entire facility is connected to therental car companies to operate individual terminal by an elevated, covered pedestrianbuses between the terminals and rental Civil Engineering: Urban Engineers bridge and features the airports three-letter Precast Concrete Supplier & Installer:car service areas. identifier, BDL, in bright lights.Bob Bruno, director of Blakeslee Prestress Inc.Fire Protection: Wolverine Fire Protection Co. The ground level of the new facilityPlanning, Engineering contains public parking and providesand Environmental for Code Consulting: Jensen Hughesspace for future connection to publicthe Connecticut Airport Structural Engineering: Walter P Moore ground transportation. Level one is ownedAuthority, explains Fueling & Quick Turnaround Area Systemsand operated by the Connecticut Airportthat consolidating Engineer: Stantec Authority, which operates BDL and fiverental car facilities atBOB BRUNOConstruction Inspections: Terracon general aviation airfields throughout theBDL has improved the November | December 2022AirportImprovement.com'