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PROJECT OF THE MONTH
Key Features
of Terminal 5
Throughout the terminal, ORD
installed electrochromic glass from
View that allows the windows to tint
throughout the day.
" That's helpful for
two major
reasons, " Hoxie said. " One is environmentally
it's better. It does more to
reflect ultraviolet light and minimize
the amount of heating that's occurring
because of sunlight passing through
glass. But it's also helpful for people
inside the building, because it allows
the light level to remain fairly consistent
across the day. "
As part of the project, the Department
of Cultural Affairs and Special
Events and the Chicago Department
of Aviation are commissioning the
largest single acquisition of art by
Chicago artists in the last 30 years.
The $3.5 million art project will be
displayed in three different locations
throughout the terminal featuring
more than 20 artists.
Steele said the old terminal was
built in a vastly different time for
air travel.
" Airplanes are bigger now, there's
more of them. So, the newer terminal
standards are much larger than in the
past, " Steele said. " So, the concourse
of the new wing is about twice as
wide as the original building, and it
has fewer columns. So, there's bigger,
longer spans with much more open,
easier flowing space, longer views
into the terminal, which accommodate
better intuitive wayfinding where
you need fewer signs. "
Steele said the new terminal also
has much bigger windows with views
out onto the airfield.
" You get great views of airplanes
coming into the gates or taking off
at the nearby runways, which was
really exciting for people that are
traveling and seeing the airfield
operations, so clearly through the
windows, " Steele said.
" The gates are also designed to hold
multiple sized aircraft as big as A380
down to the smallest regional airplane,
and that's due to arrangement of how
the gates and bridges work makes the
terminal extremely flexible for use
by the airport, " Steele said. " Older
terminals tend to not have that kind
of flexibility. "
Technology
" Technology-wise, I think the complete
replacement of the baggage handling
system is something that you may not
feel directly as a customer but makes
a huge difference to the smoothness of
your journey, " Hoxie said.
Hoxie said Terminal 5 is one
of many terminal buildings in the
country that had check baggage
inspection systems retrofitted into
them after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
This new baggage handling system
clears a lot of the inefficiencies that
were introduced with that retrofit,
which occurred after 9/11, and provides
more capacity and a more reliable
way to screen, scan and sort bags.
" It also has provisions for storing
bags that arrive early, " Hoxie said.
" So, if you were connecting on a flight
across O'Hare and you and your bag
arrive eight hours early, there's actually
a place to put that bag, as opposed to
on a cart in a corner of a baggage area,
increasing the likelihood that then it
will make your downline flight. So
overall, the baggage handling system,
while not particularly sexy, is really
important to running a reliable airport
terminal. "
Parking
" Also, at Terminal 5, in June of 2022,
we broke ground on a new six-level
parking facility, " Hoxie said. " That is
in construction now and is expected
to be completed in 2024. "
The new garage will more than
double the amount of available parking
at the terminal and expand the capacity
to offer a mix of short and longterm
parking options.
" It will have electric chargers. 20
percent of the garages' spaces will
be ready for electric vehicles when it
opens, " Hoxie said.
Handling a MultiDimensional
Project
For an airport to undergo a multi-phased,
multi-dimensional project
that is the magnitude of O'Hare 21,
Hoxie said there are many things that
need to be considered.
" When I think about Terminal 5,
a couple of things stand out, " Hoxie
said. " One is that there were extensive
alterations and renovations made to a
building that needs to operate every
day 24 hours a day. Therefore, I think
making sure that whatever designs are
undertaken are constructable around
the live operation is really a critical part
of any planning and design process. It's
one thing to imagine something can be
built in architecture and engineering
space, but can it be built while still
allowing thousands of people to use the
building each and every day, right? If
it requires you to take the roof off for
six months, that probably isn't a terribly
good design. So, I think anytime
you're building around a live operational
environment like this, there
really needs to be a lot of thought put
into how that is going to be constructed
before one gets too committed to
any specific design or alteration. "
Steele added, " It's a tremendous
challenge in that there are so many
stakeholders and users, and technical
requirements for the airport, plus the
phasing that's involved with building
something this complex within
a working terminal. So, it's a lot
about keeping communication clear
between all the various parties, make
sure everybody's clearly communicating,
talking to each other, understanding
what the others saying. So that
when every decisions are made, they're
made on the basis of good information
and understanding, keeping people
informed about when things are happening,
how things need to happen to
accommodate the construction, plus
continued operation. "
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of May/June 2023
Inside the Fence
Industry Update
Newark Liberty International Airport’s Very Jersey Terminal A
Practical ICS Integration for Airport Operators
DFW Uses Passenger360 for Multilingual Wayfinding
How to Address Competing Audio Needs at Airports
Address Today’s Traveler Needs: A Holistic Approach to Credential Security
Is Profiling Still a Four-Letter Word
MCO Goes Secure with dormakaba Exit Lane Breach Control Technology
Prepare Your Airport for AAM
Taking a Look at O’Hare 21
TPA Goes Electric with BYD
Airport Guru
Legal Matters
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May/June 2023 - 4
May/June 2023 - Inside the Fence
May/June 2023 - Industry Update
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May/June 2023 - Newark Liberty International Airport’s Very Jersey Terminal A
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May/June 2023 - Practical ICS Integration for Airport Operators
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May/June 2023 - DFW Uses Passenger360 for Multilingual Wayfinding
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May/June 2023 - How to Address Competing Audio Needs at Airports
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May/June 2023 - Address Today’s Traveler Needs: A Holistic Approach to Credential Security
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May/June 2023 - Is Profiling Still a Four-Letter Word
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May/June 2023 - MCO Goes Secure with dormakaba Exit Lane Breach Control Technology
May/June 2023 - Prepare Your Airport for AAM
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May/June 2023 - Taking a Look at O’Hare 21
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May/June 2023 - TPA Goes Electric with BYD
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