"John Wayne Airport panel recommends expansion manager"

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Airport panel recommends expansion manager
Turner Construction Co. would handle $512 million JWA project.
By JIM RADCLIFFE 
The Orange County (CA) Register


SANTA ANA - Turner Construction Co. should handle day-to-day operations of
the $512 million expansion and refurbishment of John Wayne Airport, the
Orange County Airport Commission decided Wednesday evening.

With a unanimous vote, the panel recommended that Turner become the
primary-management firm. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider
the issue on March 7.

If the board approves the recommendation, the airport director then would
negotiate a contract with Turner and return to the supervisors for approval
of that accord, airport spokeswoman Jenny Wedge said today.

John Wayne Airport's 15-year-old, 440,000-square-foot terminal will add
300,000 square feet. The number of permanent gates will go from 14 to 20,
and a 2,500-slot parking lot will be built in addition to other
improvements.

Construction is to begin this year and take five years.


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