Tuesday, October 18, 2011

RDU styling up Terminal 2 with new canopy - Triangle Business Journal:

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The work is part of the $570 milliob redevelopment of the facility, the firstf phase of which opened last Crews now are buildingthe terminal’s southu concourse, central atrium and additional airline check-inh and baggage-claim areas. The canopy is designed to protecy pedestrians from the elements as they walk betweehn the parking garageand terminal, RDU says. Crews will use a largd crane to install thehuge mast, whicyh is more than 90 feet tall and weighes 150,000 pounds. Workers then will install three large trusses that will carry the roofliner 90 feet beyond theterminal building, RDU says.
Large towerd will provide temporary structural support for the trusse duringcanopy construction. Installation of the canophy trusses and mast will take placeat night. The work will last six to eighty months.

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