Dive Brief:
- The U.S. arm of London-based Balfour Beatty broke ground on the Jacksonville International Airport’s approximately $340 million Concourse B project and parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport in Florida, Balfour Beatty announced on May 13. Dallas-based Jacobs Solutions is the prime designer on the project.
- Concourse B has three major phases, per the release, including the phase one security checkpoint expansion that was completed in Fall 2023. Phase two calls for taxiway whiskey and ramp construction and the planning, design, construction and relocation of airfield equipment. Phase three entails the construction of the 190,000-square-foot Concourse B.
- The new concourse will feature six additional gates, as well as new restaurants, per the release. The parking garage will add 2,000 additional spaces and contain six levels of parking, which are located next to the existing structure. The work will also include changes to the rental car pickup and drop-off area, which will reduce traffic closer to the terminal.
Dive Insight:
The old Concourse B was demolished in 2009, and work on the new project was originally slated to begin in 2014, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record.
But the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic held up those plans. In 2023, the project was delayed once again by staffing shortages and the requirement of a new environmental review.
With that assessment now complete, the project has been cleared to progress once again.
Jacobs’ role in the project, as prime designer, includes overall project management, the company told Construction Dive. It won its first general engineering consulting contract on the job in 2011, and earned the nod again in 2019. It will also manage mechanical, electrical and plumbing aspects of the project.
For its part, Balfour Beatty has completed more than 20 projects at the airport. The new concourse and parking garage adds to its aviation project portfolio and expertise within the U.S., the company said. The firm announced it won the work in 2019.
Balfour Beatty expects work to finish in 2026.