Balfour Beatty US has begun building a $140m pedestrian walkway at Sacramento International Airport (SMF).
The 400m-long skybridge will connect terminal B to concourse B, leading to an existing automated people mover.
It will contain 1,800 tons of steel, four moving walkways, four escalators, and three elevators along a panoramic corridor.
Balfour Beatty is engaged under the construction manager at-risk method, which means it’s working for an agreed guaranteed maximum price, something the airport says is a first for a major project in Sacramento County.
The project got a $33m grant through the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County supervisor, said: “With passenger numbers on track to break records again this year, this project is essential to meeting the demands of today and tomorrow.”
Kyle Frandsen, Balfour Beatty Sacramento’s vice president, said: “The Sacramento International Airport is our local airport, so we take great pride in bringing this project in for a nice smooth landing and turning it over to the community.”
The walkway is the first item in a $1.3bn programme of works at the airport, which will create an estimated 800 jobs during its first four-year phase.
SMF accommodated 13 million passengers in the 2023 – 2024 fiscal year.
