First Project In Airport Experience Program Begins In July

Officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport have selected the first round of design consultants for the field's major renovation campaign, called the Airport Experience Program. The renovations will modernize and restore the Main Terminal and concourses to improve airport functions and improve the overall passenger experience.

Proposed improvements include restoring the terminal's domed ceilings; replacing inbound baggage claim systems; overhauling Lambert's roadway sign program; modernizing ticket counter operations; constructing new restrooms, upgrading security screening checkpoints, installing new floor, ceiling and wall finishes; improving passenger circulation areas and adding new restaurants and other concessions.

Selected Consultants include:

• Kwame Building Group of St. Louis: Program Management.
• Teng & Associates, Inc. of St. Louis: Dome renovations design, Main Terminal Ticketing Hall Main Terminal Ticketing Hall and Mid-Level architectural renovations design; Concourses Architectural Renovations design.
• Kozeny-Wagner, Inc. of St. Louis: In-bound conveyers and baggage claims design/build.
• Apple Designs, Inc. of Raleigh North Carolina: Entrance monuments and wayfinding signage design.
• Burns and McDonnell of St. Louis (Office): Main Terminal Ticketing Hall and Mid-Level Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Special Systems (MEPSS) Renovations design; Concourses Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Special Systems (MEPSS) Renovations design.

The first project is the restoration of Lambert's historic domed ceilings which is scheduled to begin in mid-July. Replacement of the in-bound baggage system and Wayfinding signage projects will begin early 2009.

The other proposed projects will start after completion of their respective design phases. Lambert will make a formal announcement about the first projects in the Airport Experience Program in July.

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