TERMINAL REBIRTH

摘要

The 9/11 terrorist attacks had an immediate impact on Kansas City International Airport's $258 million terminal improvement program, which was just about to get off the ground as the horrifying events in New York City, rural Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., unfolded. Walton Construction Co., the last member selected for the KCI Building Team, received a notice to proceed with construction on August 6, 2001, barely a month before the terrorist attacks. "9/11 required a lot of rethinking, not just on our part, but by the Kansas City Aviation Department, the designers and the program manager," says Walton project manager Lee Turner. They considered shelving the project for a year, but ultimately the work was resumed after a six-day delay.