Airport officials award $28.4M Concourse A extension project
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Six additional gates and 60,000 additional square feet of space are coming to Richmond International Airport.
The Capital Region Airport Commission Sept. 25 awarded the Concourse A Extension Project to W.M. Schlosser Company, Inc., of Hyattsville, Maryland for $28.488 million, which was within two percent of the estimated project cost.
The project, targeted for completion by March 2020, will give the airport a total of 28 gates.
“The Concourse A Extension project award is timely as the airport has seen a consistent increase in flights and passenger traffic since 2013,” said Airport Commission chairman Aubrey M. Stanley. “While we can clearly meet immediate needs, the Commission intends to make critical infrastructure available ahead of demand so that Richmond International Airport can continue to meet growing needs of Virginia’s Capital Region.”
Though not urgently needed, the new terminal will help RIC meet demand for more overnight aircraft parking positions and create space for future growth. Internal space will provide spots for airline operations, customer hold rooms, retail and restaurant locations, office space for tenants and new public restrooms.
The project will be funded by passenger facility charges and Commission funds.
Utilities work should begin late this year, followed by a construction project anticipated to last 15 months.
The airport last month set a new all-time monthly passenger traffic record of 383,272 travelers – the fourth occasion since last October that it set such a monthly record.
