b'TERMINALSSAN39Its really putting this through the lens of the customers thatDuring Covid we were designing to a moving budget target, come to San Diego as well as all the employees that spend theYoung recalls. For instance, plywood at Home Depot had time working there day in, day out, he adds. We just wanted todoubled in price; the price of structural steel more than doubled.make it pleasant and high-performance for each kind of personReducing the height of the 1.1 million-square-foot building by individually. 10 to15 feet substantially decreased the amount of steel needed One major challenge arose when geotechnical engineerswithout compromising the spacious feel, he explains. Gensler surveying the construction site found it was located near thecreated a digital model of the design and used virtual reality active Rose Canyon Fault Zone. This required additional time andtechnology to display it. We were able to put the executive expense to bolster all of the structures to comply with seismicdecision makers inside the model, says requirements.Young. They could literally walk through every iteration of our design like a video game. Another Major Twist For efficient communication, Turner The progressive design-build project was awarded to the jointVice President and Terminal Manager Paul venture of Turner Construction Company and FlatironDragadosCosta appointed captains in all of the major in June 2020, and Gensler was selected to lead the design effort.disciplines. It was their responsibility to With COVID-19 in full force, there were nationwide restrictions onmanage and disseminate information to thePAUL COSTAin-person meetings, and access to building supplies and materialsassociated trades and engineers working on was limited. At the end of the design validation phase, the budgetthe project.exceeded the Airport Authoritys original expectation, partially due to significant price escalations for materials and supply chainThe design validation period that was originally expected to problems caused by pandemic-driven shutdowns.take nine months stretched to 15 months, even though the teams masked up and reported every day to collaborate through the YOUR AIRPORTCOMMISSIONING EXPERTSFOR SAFE, EFFICIENT,AND PASSENGER-READYOPERATIONS.OUR COMMISSIONING EXPERTISEPassenger & Baggage Systems Airside Support & Boarding Systems PARCS/PGS & ConRAC Facilities Network, IT & Security Systems MEP/BMS & Central Utility PlantsEnergy Management & Analyticswww.criticalarccx.com | People First | Accountability | Continuous ImprovementAirportImprovement.comNovember | December 2025'