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Final Destination in Sight for $8B LaGuardia Modernization Aileen Cho

Skanska-Walsh and Delta projects must coordinate $8 billion of work on 180 acres. Photo courtesy of Skanska

Two adjacent construction programs worth a total of $8 billion on 180 acres of an active airport in New York City are chugging along, thanks to alternative project delivery methods and unexpected help from the pandemic that reduced active congestion at one of the country’s busiest aviation hubs. With major milestones completed this year, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is now pursuing a planned rail connection for LaGuardia International Airport. The joint venture of Skanska-Walsh is building a new terminal B and two concourses, one of which has opened. Delta is building a new terminal in place of two old ones, including four concourses, one of which has opened. Skanska-Walsh completed an 850,000-sq-ft headhouse for the $4-billion new Terminal B in June. It also finished the first phase of a new western concourse in July. “We still have to finish the second phase of the second