A group representing some of the country’s largest contractors has landed a contract to build Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s $855 million Terminal F Concourse and Skylink Station project.
The Innovation Next+ design-build team will construct a new, double-loaded concourse building, which means aircraft will be able to access it from both sides. The structure will encompass nearly 400,000 square feet and will include a station for the airport’s Skylink rail system. It will be the airport’s sixth terminal.
Innovation Next+ is led by Atlanta-based Archer Western Construction, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Walsh Construction.
Other contractors on the team include New York City-based Turner Construction, builders H.J. Russell & Co. and Carcon Industries of Atlanta and Dallas-headquartered Phillips|May. Architectural firms PGAL, Gensler and Muller2 round out the design team.
DFW International is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary and ranks as the second busiest airport in North America by passenger traffic, according to Airports Council International. In 2022, more than 73 million people traveled through the facility, which serves as a hub for American Airlines, the largest carrier in the U.S.
The concourse and Skylink station are part of the larger $1.63 billion Terminal F expansion, which started but was put on hold when COVID-19 hit and includes 15 new gates. Other major terminal projects are also in the works at the airport, including the $2.72 billion expansion of the Central Terminal Area, Terminal C, pier expansions off Terminal A and upgrades to roadways.
Last year, DFW Airport CEO Sean Donohue said Terminal C “desperately needs to be reconstructed,” according to WFAA TV Dallas-Forth Worth.
Innovation Next+ anticipates starting construction on the Terminal F concourse in June. The project is scheduled to wrap by the second quarter of 2027.