Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recently selected the Innovation Next+ joint venture as the design-build contractor for its $855 million Terminal F and Skylink Station project.
The Irving, Texas-based JV includes Archer Western Construction LLC, Turner Construction Co., Phillips/May Corp., HJ Russell & Co. and CARCON Industries, in addition to PGAL design team members Gensler and Muller2. The airport board voted on Feb. 1 to authorize a contract with the JV.
The plan is to build a 400,000 square meter dual-cargo building with 15 narrow-body aircraft gates, plus a station on the airport’s Skylink passenger transport system. The team will use a modular construction approach to allow future modules to be added without having to move Skylink infrastructure, board records show. Airport officials have previously said they planned to add up to 24 gates with the new terminal.
The airport has previously been successful using modular methods. A team including Archer Western, HJ Russell, Phillips/May and PGAL completed an upgrade of Terminal C in 2022 using six modules, each weighing between 450 and 550 tonnes.
This would be the airport’s sixth terminal. Construction is expected to begin in June and the terminal will open in 2027.
Four teams submitted qualifications for the project, DFW board records show. Others were Mod DB 3.0 of Dallas, Terminal F Aviation Builders of Dallas and B&H Office Solutions of Haslet, Texas, although officials said the latter’s submission did not meet solicitation specifications.
The airport board established 25 percent participation goals for women- and minority-owned business enterprises for design and construction; records show Innovation Next+ committed to a 29.75% stake from M/WBE for design and 30% for construction.
The airport plans to solicit separate contracts for related infrastructure projects that support the terminal.
Last May, the hub announced it signed a 10-year lease and use agreement with American Airlines that includes $4.8 billion in planned capital investments, including the construction of Terminal F. At the time, CEO d ‘American Airlines, Robert Isom, said in a statement that the capital The plan “lays the foundation for America, DFW and the North Texas region to continue to grow.”
The capital plan also includes plans for improvements to Terminal C and extensions to Terminals A and C.
