b'TERMINALSFNL55by passengers using these groundthe project, he comments. To navigate transportation connections to DEN.this situation, Ditesco established Leaders at FNL point to this datadetailed drawdown schedules and closely as clear evidence of significant localcoordinated with the airport and FAA to demand for scheduled commercial airensure all funds were used properly within service. Moreover, they note that FNL isthe required timelines.well-positioned geographically, with theKinney explains that the facility wasFACTS&FIGURES same population base north of Denverdesigned to be functional and comfortableProject: New Terminalas Colorado Springs Airport (COS) haswithout exceeding budget constraints Location: Northern Colorado Regional Airport, in to the south. In contrast, COS has moremodest in size but aligned with FNLsLoveland, COthan 100 commercial flights a day. strategic goals for future growth. DesignSize: 19,400 sq. ft.To bring plans for a new terminal todecisions were largely budget-driven,Cost: $22 millionlife, FNL selected Hensel Phelps aswith the focus on general aviation playing a key role. They did not over-build, heFunding: Approx. $16.8 million in Coronavirus Aid, construction manager at risk, VFLARelief & Economic Security (CARES) Act funding; $2 Architecture + Interiors for architect andsays of the project designers. They kindmillion from airport reserves; $1 million each from interior design services, and Ditesco asof under-built, if anything.cities of Fort Collins & Lovelandits owners representative. Dibble, FNLsCurrently, general aviation is FNLsConstruction: July 2023Oct. 2024on-call engineer since 2019, providedmainstay. Tenants include three majorKey Components: Ticketing counters; TSA construction administration servicesflight schools, several helicoptersecurity checkpoints; a 2-gate departure/arrival and civil engineering. Together, the keyoperators and roughly 300 basedlounge; concessions spaces; baggage carousel project members focused on verticalaircraft, including several corporate flightConstruction Manager at Risk: Hensel Phelpsconstruction and considered how todepartments. The airfield logs around 150Architecture: VFLA Architecture + Interiorssupport long-term growth through sitecorporate flight operations per month.Interior Design: VFLA Architecture + Interiorsdesign and regional connectivity. What makes FNL uniquely positioned Construction Administration & Civil for further success, Kinney says, is itsEngineering: DibblePlotting Strategic Growth abundance of undeveloped land. A lot With fortuitousOwners Representative/Construction of timesyou have to choose whichManager: Ditesco federal fundingmarket you are going to cultivatesecured, theGeotechnical Quality Assurance Testing: corporate aviation, general aviation,Terraconairport focusedgeneral aviation specialty, scheduled on infrastructureLandscape Architecture & Land Planning: servicebecause you have limitedRipley Design upgrades. Thespace, he notes. financial opportunityCost Estimator: Rider Levett Bucknallpresented itself withWith hundreds of undevelopedMechanical & Electrical Engineering: JOHN KINNEY acres, FNL has land to accommodateSwanson Rinkthe CARES dollars and a lot of latitude as to how thoseit all. Theres room for every userStructural Engineering: KL&A Engineer & dollars could be spent, says Airportgroup, which is really cool and its quiteBuildersDirector John Kinney, noting that thediffusing, because so often, some ofSustainability Consultant, LEED airport commission chose to invest in athose groups get alienated and they getConsultant: Mead & Hunt (Ambient Energy)new terminal building. very frustrated, Kinney says. The airportSeating & Furniture Design: VFLA Interiorseven has space to add a parallel runwaySeating Suppliers: Arconas; Slate, an Elements Like designing theand expanded corporate aviation terminal, the financialStudiofacilities, in addition to new facilities forTile: Bedrosians; Ceramic Technics; DalTile; structure to pay forscheduled commercial service.the project requiredPorcelanosa careful coordinationThe announcement of CARES ActCarpet:Shaw Contractand oversight.funding providedLuxury Vinyl Tile: InterfaceJason Wooldridge,support for theQuartz Agglomerate Countertops: Cambria project manager atJASON WOOLDRIDGE project and added a sense ofAcoustic Panels: Felt Right Ditesco, says it wasurgency. ThatsWallcoverings: MDC; Koroseal challenging to manage three separate federal grant funds alongside localnot something thatDecorative Metal Panel: MOZ funding. Not only did we have multiplejust falls in your lapLighting: Hubbardton Forge; Kuzco Lighting; funding sources that needed to beevery day, saysMARIO MARACCINI Camman Lightingseparately tracked, but two of the grantsMario Maraccini,Key Benefits: Improved passenger experience; expired three-quarters of the way throughsenior project engineer with Dibble.increased operational efficiency; support for scheduled commercial service in the futureAirportImprovement.comJuly | August 2025'