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Portland International Airport, Terminal Expansion and Renovation

Portland, OR

Project Categories

Aviation

Business Type

New Airport Terminal and Renovation

Size

776,000 square feet

Among the largest projects in the airport’s history, this major renovation and addition to the terminal will double the size of the current ticketing and lobby area. The complex phasing of design and construction was done while the facility was fully operational.

Architect

ZGF Architects

Owner

Port of Portland

Services

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Special features

Open loop ground source heating and cooling system providing fossil fuel free heating for 95% of the year
Decommissioned steam heating plant replaced with new heating plant in the resilient portion of the terminal building
Installation of an emergency generator in the seismically resilient portion of the terminal building

Media Coverage

KGW: PDX, ZGF Architects release new renderings for the new main terminal

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