LAWA Celebrates the Ground-Breaking of LAX’s Midfield Satellite Concourse South
New concourse to add eight gates to airport through first-of-its-kind off-site construction and relocation building technique
At a ceremony attended by members of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, Los Angeles World Airports executives and staff, and members of the design and construction team, the newest addition to Los Angeles International Airport’s multi-billion-dollar capital improvement program broke ground July 25. The project, Midfield Satellite Concourse South, is an extension of the west gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal and will add approximately 150,000 square feet and eight gates for narrowbody aircraft. Utilizing a first-of-its-kind construction technique called off-site construction and relocation, MSC South will be built in nine segments roughly a mile and a half away from the project’s site and then carefully delivered and assembled in place. The OCR technique is both innovative and adaptive, saving public funds and time with a high degree of building control and supervision.
“It is a testament to LAWA’s consistent focus on innovation that LAX’s new Midfield Satellite Concourse South is being delivered with a first-of-its-kind off-site construction and relocation technique that will enable an accelerated project timeline, save money and be flexible enough to adapt to meet future needs if required,” said Justin Erbacci, chief executive officer at LAWA. “MSC South is original in both the way it is being constructed and in its overall design, which celebrates our transformation while paying tribute to the architectural legacy of our airport.”