The Metropolitan Airports Commission has selected JE Dunn Construction as construction manager at risk for a $480 million project to fully renovate the central utility plant serving Terminal 1 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The existing facility, which provides heating and cooling to the terminal and its parking structures, dates to the early 1960s and has reached the end of its service life.
The project is part of a $1.47 billion airport modernization program and includes replacing boilers and chillers and expanding the airport’s Energy Management Center. As part of the work, six passenger hold rooms serving gates C6 through C11 will be demolished and rebuilt with greater capacity to make room for the expansion. Because the plant must stay in operation around the clock, the work will be phased to minimize gate disruptions.
JE Dunn will provide preconstruction services including constructability reviews, cost estimating, scheduling, logistics, risk management and early procurement of long-lead equipment. The project also supports the airport commission’s sustainability goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and water use per passenger by 15% by 2030, with a net-zero emissions target for 2050.
Source: Engineering News-Record (ENR)