Construction of new single-terminal KCI reaches halfway mark

The new single-terminal Kansas City International Airport is halfway finished.

Get a peek inside the nearly $2-billion construction project.

INDEPENDENCE.A MILESTONE PASSED IN AMAJOR PROJECT AT K-C-I...AND TONIGHT -- WE HAVEA LOOK INSIDE THECONSTRUCTION OF THENEW TERMINAL.MY CO-ANCHOR DIA WALLIS LIVE AT THE AIRPORTWITH MORE -- DIA?THE BIG NEWS -- WHICHTHE AIRPORT ANDCOMPANIES INVOLVED ARECELEBRATING --THE PROJECT IS TWOYEARS IN -- AND NOW TWOYEARS AWAY FROMCOMPLETION.AND ACCORDING TOTHOSE INVOLVED -- IT ISON BUDGET AND ONSCHEDULE.THE SINGLE TERMINALWILL REPLACE K-C-I'SMULTI-TERMINAL SYSTETERMINAL 'A' WAS THEFIRST TO GO...THIS IS VIDEO OF IDEMOLITION ROUGHLYTWO YEARS AGO.IT'S THAT MOMENT WHICHKICKED OFF THECONSTRUCTION OF THENEW SINGLE TERMINAL.FROM THEN TO NOW --WE HAVE AN INSIDE LOOKAT THE PROGRESS.ARIEL ROTHFIELD TOUREDTHE CONSTRUCTIONTODAY.ARIEL?DIA, WE ARE STANDINGOUTSIDE OF THE TERMINALWHERE PASSENGERS WILLBE DROPPED OFF.WHEN THEY GO INSIDTHEY WILL BE STEPPINGINTO A NEW KCI TERMINALUNLIKE THE CURRENTONESWHILE THE NEW TERMINALSTILL LOOKS LIKE ACONSTRUCTION SITE,YOU CAN SEE HOW OPENAND LIGHT IT WILL BEWHEN COMPLETED.WE WALKED THROUGH THENEW TERMINAL, AS IF WEWERE A PASSENGERWALKING TO OUR FLIGHTTHERE WILL BE 70 CHECK-IN COUNTERS AND 18SECURITY LANESFOR ALL 39 GATESFOR EACH GATE, THEREWILL BE 110 TO 130 SEATS,WITH BATHROOMSNEARBY IN FACT, THISNEW TERMINAL WILL HAVEDOUBLE THE AMOUNT OFRESTROOMS POST-SECURITY THAN THECURRENT TERMINALSHAVE NOWTerry Cassidy/ Paslay ManagementGroup PrincipalYou can really see now whatthe buildings are going to looklike.

In a year from now you'lsee a lot of concrete andboarding bridges.

Most of thconcrete will be in place andthe glass boarding bridges willbe coming in.

So it will stalooking more like an airportthen a construction site.TONIGHT AT 10, WE"GIVE YOU A FIRST-PERSONVIEW AND WALK YOUTHROUGH THCONSTRUCTION ZONE,WHICH HAS REALMATERIALIZED OVER THELAST YEAFOR NOW REPORTINGLIVE.

ARIEL ROTHFIELD.

41ACTION NEWSI TALKED TO THE SENIORMANAGING DIRECTOR FOEDGEMOOR FOR A STATUSCHECK " STARTING WITHSOME OF THECHALLENGES.Geoffrey StrickerSenior Managing DirectorEdgewood Infrastructure & RealEstate"First and foremost, COVIDover the last year has been achallenge that no one couldhave predicted.

But I'm soproud of the team and howthey worked and managedand put safety first."NEXT - WE TALKED ABOUTTHE TIMELINE AND COSTOF THIS PROJECT."We are on schedule.

We areon budget.

The aviationdepartment last fall sold thefinal series of bonds to pay forthe project and they actuallygot a lower interest rate thanthey did for the first seriesso,financially we're in greatshape."WE ALSO GOT A PREVIEWOF SOME OF THE DETAILSTHAT WILL DEFINE THISSPACE."Kansas City is the city offountains so we will have afountain designed in the newterminal.

We wanted to makesure that the restaurantsreflect Kansas City so thatwhen you land, you knowwhere you are.

Things like thatis what people wanted to see.They wanted to maintain theconvenience that exists todayin the current airport so we'veworked hard to bring thoseelements into the newterminal."TWO YEARS IN - IT WASTIME TO OPEN UP THISCONSTRUCTION SITE -WHERE EDGEMOOR ISCONFIDENT THEY'REBUILDING THE TERMINALOF THE FUTURE."We're getting there.

We'vegot two more years.

We're onbudget.

We're on schedule.It's going to be a great assetand you're going to love thisnew terminal.

You're going tohave a phenomenalexperience coming in and it'sgoing to represent the best ofKansas City."I TOLD HIM I WASSKEPTICAL ABOUT THBUDGET " BUT I LEARNEDA COUPLE THINGS I WANTTO SHARE WITH YOU.THEY BROKE THETERMINAL UP INTO 14SEPARATE BUILDINGS TOMANAGE THE TIMELINEAND THE COSTANOTHER NOTE " THEYWERE NEGOTIATING TGUARANTEED PRICE "BUT IT WAS LOCKED INLAST FALSO " IF THE NEWTERMINAL HERE AT K-C-I ISOVER BUDGETEDGEMOOR COVERS THEADDITIONAL COSONE FINAL NOTE " THISPROJECT IS ON TRACK TOBE WATER TIGHT THISUMMER.THAT MEANS WORK WILLKEEP GOING ONMATTER WHAT THEWEATHER ISTHERE'S MOREPROGRESS AT THIS SITWHICH YOU DON'TIMMEDIATELY SEE.