b'38 MCI SPECIAL REPORT TERMINALSDallas Fort Worth International Airport, says his team served aswith Edgemoor. The consulting firm was there every step of an extension of the Kansas City Aviation Department leadershipthe way for the next four years, and even established a project team, expanding the owners capacity to lead and manage themanagement office in the same building with the design and program while ensuring that MCI leaders remained engaged andconstruction team. Thats always a huge benefit to a program in control of the program. Weve run very large programs, so weof this size because proximity improves collaboration, Cassidy have a deep understanding of financing and scheduling as welladvises. We really focused on problem-solving, not finger as how to work on an active airport, says Cassidy. There arepointing. As problems came up, we just walked down the hall a lot of intricacies and challenges of working around operatingand grabbed a couple of people to figure out a solution. This aircraft that other firms may not understand. ease of collaboration streamlined decision-making, he adds. Klein reports that Paslay hit the ground running, quickly savingWith large programs like this, if youre not making timely millions of dollars when negotiating the design-build contractdecisions, it really hurts your schedule and impacts your ability to react quickly. Beauty and BarbequeThe Kansas City Aviation Department also SAFELY DISCARD LIQUIDS AND OTHER WASTE ITEMS WITH THE sought outside expertise for MCIs impressive $5.65 million public artworks project, which was commissioned through the citys One Percent for Art program. The end result was 28 new pieces75% of them created by artists who lived in or had local ties to Kansas City, including 75% women and people of color. The collection was thoughtfully sourced and curated with help from a committee led by the Kansas City Municipal Arts Commission. The citys connection to the history of jazz is portrayed in Let the Music Take You, a ceramic sculpture by artist George Rodriguez, and Flights, a collection of multicolored fins by Nancy Hou and Josh de Sousa that cascades down the parking garage stairwell. A fountain-inspired installation with LED lights, by Leo Villareal, is a preview of many other fountains passengers will see throughout Kansas City. Along with the city, its Aviation Department and Paslay Group, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill helped ensure that artwork was placed where people will see and experience it, and where it can have the most impact. Integrating and installing the artwork were considered as part of the planning and design rather than an afterthought, notes Lefkovits. Frequent MCI passengers might remember the mosaic medallions inlayed in the floor. So far, 45 of them from the original Terminal A have been repurposed and installed in the new terrazzo flooring.The new terminal is infused with Kansas City culture in two other important ways as well: materials and concessions. Through the design, we tried to reflect this idea of Midwestern hospitalitythe openness, generosity and welcoming that you experience when coming to this part of the country, says ex-cell.com | service@ex-cell.com | (847) 451-0451 Lefkovits. May | June 2023AirportImprovement.com'