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San Diego International Airport Terminal 2 Expansion
by Tanja Kern

As the largest improvement project in its 80-plus year history, the San Diego International Airport's ambitious Green Build program will help meet the airport's current and future demand for travel, while improving customer service and serving as an economic stimulus for the San Diego region.

The $1 billion project, designed by architectural firm HNTB and URS, will add 460,000 square feet, 10 new gates to reduce terminal congestion and provide more comfortable passenger waiting areas, enhanced concession and shopping areas, and a new dual-level roadway that separates arriving and departing passengers. The project, which incorporates sustainable design principles, is targeted to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification from the United States Green Building Council, and is moving toward a summer 2013 completion date.

Marrying the existing and new structures so that they blended seamlessly was no easy feat. The existing portions of the terminal utilized hardworking terrazzo flooring and luxurious Jerusalem Gold travertine on the walls, which radiates the sunny San Diego feeling at all times of the day. Designers specified similar materials in the Terminal 2 expansion, adding 40,000 square feet of Jerusalem gold limestone veneer to the walls of the new concourse.

"The veneer goes 15 feet high in most places and terminates into 3 cm thick black granite base," said Tom Page, Vice President of Inland Pacific Tile, Inc. in San Bernardino, Calif.



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