JFK International Arrivals, Terminal Landside

Cost: $77 million

Development Team

Lessee, Operator, Developer: JFK International Air Terminal LLC, Jamaica, N.Y., a Joint Venture of LCOR Inc., Schiphol USA and Lehman Brothers
Lessor: The Port Authority of NY&NJ, NYC
Architect, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Engineer: an association of TAMS Consultants, Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Ove Arup & Partners of NYC
Construction Manager: AMEC Construction Management Inc., NYC
Prime Contractor: Granite Halmar Construction Co., Inc., Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
Electrical Contractor: Hellman Electric Corp., Bronx, N.Y.

John F. Kennedy International Airport has been undergoing extensive renovation for a decade.

The cornerstone of the Kennedy Airport renaissance has been the construction of a new Terminal 4 to replace the original International Arrivals Building. Work on that massive project began in 1997, and the finishing touches were completed last year.

One of those touches was the renovation or reconstruction of all landside development - roads, ramps, parking lots and toll plazas - in and around the terminal. That work was completed last year at a cost of $77 million. The prime contractor on the project was Granite Halmar Construction Co. of Mount Vernon, N.Y., which performed 90 percent of the work itself.

The project was comprised of two major elements, the on-grade work and work on the elevated structures. The on-grade work involved the complete reconstruction of the main ground-level parking lots for the new terminal. The elevated work involved the demolition of the existing ramps connecting the airport to the Van Vyck Expressway and the Southern State Parkway and replacing them with steel-framed ramps with cast in place decks and parapets.

The project included pouring approximately 30,000 cu. yds. of concrete and about 70,000 tons