Owner
City of Phoenix
Architect
Jacobs Facilities
Engineer
Jacobs Engineering
GC
Jacobs Construction Services
Completion
2006
Contract Value
5.8m
Building Type
Transportation
Facade
Thermal aluminum frame and laminated glass façade designed to mitigate or soften blast loads
Glass
Laminated and blast resistant
Description
This $89 million air traffic control tower includes state-of-the-art technologies and an unobstructed view of the 5th busiest airport in the world
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The new air traffic control tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the third tallest in the world. As Phoenix continues to boom as one of the fastest growing metropolises in the nation, the airport now serves over 100,000 passengers and 1,500 aircraft daily with the latest in aviation technologies. The tower nearly doubles the height of its predecessor originally built in the 1970’s, which was operating with partially blocked views of the airport. The new structure sits east of Terminal 3 and provides air traffic controllers with unobstructed views of the airfield to monitor takeoffs, landings, ground events and electronic surveillance. A 39,000 square foot TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) facility is also housed within the new structure. The project’s combined technologies maximize efficiency, which translates to fewer delays for passengers both arriving and departing. Annual passenger travel is expected to grow upwards of 50 million by 2010.
Enclos installed 60,000 square feet of 4mm aluminum composite material, 7,000 square feet of prefinished corrugated aluminum cladding, 3,000 square feet of pre-patinated copper, and 2,000 square feet of extruded aluminum channel. Fabrication services were provided by Enclos vendor/partner Riverside Group from Ontario, Canada. |
