b'26 MLI BAGGAGEMLI Operations Manager Joseph Goetz, AAE,Major ChangesACE. The airport reinvented its entire outbound baggage handling system, Mortenson executed the neededincluding updated ticket counters and the addition of a 14,600-square-renovations as Construction Manager at Riskfoot circular baggage makeup facility with a TSA screening room. (CMAR). It partnered with Bush ConstructionSecurity screening and handling for checked bags were relocated from of Davenport, IA, and Chicago-based R.M.the ticketing lobby to the new precast concrete facility at the backside Chin & Associates to round out its projectof the terminal, which houses an updated conveyor system.team. The airport has committed to usingJOSEPH GOETZ The new system, designed by Swanson Rink and built by G&S local contractors and labor, whenever possible, throughout theAirport Conveyor, feeds baggage into the relocated screening multiphase project. device and out onto a circular belt, with two lanes for airline Before construction began, Mortensonbaggage carts to load and pass each other. The system also worked with airport leaders and Alliianceincludes two touchscreen human-machine interfaces designed by on budgeting, scheduling/phasing andAdvanced Control Systems (ACS).schematics. It also met at length with TSAThe new ticket counter conveyors have custom stainless-steel and airlines about details for the impendingwainscoting and pony walls, as well as a transformation. Randy Clarahan, marketmassive 292-foot makeup incline carousel.executive for Mortenson, served as a resource for the airport, providing guidanceRANDY CLARAHAN The baggage handling system has a throughout the year-long construction. very large makeup carousel with three synchronized drives that will accommodate Goetz was MLIs main liaison for internal and external partnersa significant amount of volume growth over to ensure the project scope, schedule and budget were followed. the years, notes Randy Dirks, senior project manager for G&S. RANDY DIRKSAirport Improvement Ad 2025.indd 1 6/10/2025 8:52:21 AMJuly | August 2025AirportImprovement.com'