b'TERMINALSPIT 9FACTS&FIGURES Project: Terminal ModernizationLocation: Pittsburgh Intl AirportOwner/Operator: Allegheny County Airport AuthorityCost: $1.7 billion New Terminal: 811,000 sq. ft.Parking Structure: More than 1 million sq. ft.Groundbreaking: Oct. 2021Expected Completion: Fall 2025Notable Features: 4 outdoor terraces; undulating ceiling with small lights that mimic local star constellations; 12-lane TSA checkpoint; 1,300-ft dual-level roadway bridge; interior pedestrian bridge/tunnel that links security checkpoint & airside areas; multi-story parking garage & new surface lots that triple covered parking & increase overall parking capacityNotable Strategies: Building new terminal on top of existing tunnels; closing down taxiway to create construction entranceTerminal Architecture & Engineering: Gensler + HDR, JV in association with luis vidal + architectsProgram Management: JacobsExecutive Management: Paslay GroupGarage & Customer Service Building When Cassotis was hired at PIT inWe had an airport that was built toArchitect & Engineer: Michael Baker Intl 2013, she saw an airport that had beenbe a major connecting hub for the USConstruction Management: PJ Dick/Hunt; Turner Construction abandoned by the very airline that askedAirways passenger, Hoback says. ThatInfo Technology/Special Systems/Security/the community to float the bonds to buildtime was gone. Life Safety Design: Burns Engineeringtheir design. The original airside terminal hasWood-Look Ceiling: Armstrong World Industries Her advice to the Airport Authoritya central core with four concoursesBaggage Systems: Daifukuboard was, and still is, that PIT can beextending from it like the letter X, and aExplosives Detection Machines: Smiths a great origin and destination airport.half-mile train ride separates it from theDetectionThe hub model is not the only model oflandside terminal. We have lots of moneyEscalators: Schindlersuccess, she explains. tied up in infrastructure that doesnt servePlatform for Stakeholder Engagementan O&D market, Cassotis says. For& Operational Readiness: CitiriFrom an infrastructure perspective, theAutomated Parking Guidance System:large, empty and outdated terminal noinstance, the airport has two separateTKH Securitylonger met the needs of or reflected thebaggage systems that arent linked, andParking Access & Revenue Control: Scheidt community it was supposed to serve. Ineight miles of baggage belts.& Bachmannthe early 1990s, just 20% of traffic at PITShe considers the TerminalSnowmelters: Two Trecan 20-SG Snowmelters was origination and destination (O&D);Modernization Program an opportunityKey Benefits: Improved passenger experience; today, it comprises 98%.to create a facility that takes care of thelayout designed for origination & destination traffic (vs. origination and destination traveler.previous connecting traffic); enhanced sustainability; 40-yr life expectancy with flexibility for future expansion AirportImprovement.comNovember | December 2025'