Harry Reid International Airport Terminal 3
Unique airport design eases congestion and increases operational flexibility
Project Facts
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Owner | Clark County Department of Aviation |
| Size | 2,145,000 SF |
| Status | Completed 2012 |
| Capacity | 14 gates |
Overview
The primary commercial airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, Harry Reid International Airport is the 8th busiest airport in the world measured by aircraft movements. It serves over 47 million passengers and moves 223 million tons of cargo per year. The facility functions as a stand-alone terminal comprised of 14 gates and is almost a half mile long. Due to the seismic volatility of the area and its length, the terminal building was divided into six segments using isolation joints.
Services
About the Project
Due to unique occupancy and baggage demands, the design and engineering called for over 110 individual brace frames. Other numbers are impressive as well: there are over 10 miles of drilled piers, five miles of outbound baggage conveyors, three miles of inbound conveyors, 60 different types of wall framing, 11 pedestrian bridges, and over 817,000 square feet of terrazzo flooring.
The project included an underground air traffic service (ATS) station and tunnel to connect passengers from the new terminal to the existing 26 gates in Satellite D as well as a people mover system to connect to Concourse D. A new central plant was connected to the terminal using a quarter-mile long Utilidor tunnel.
Our secure design services included a threat assessment and damage estimate and design implementation of the structural hardening recommendations. Multiple threat levels were evaluated for considerations including size, location, and impact.
Construction began in 2006 and took six years to complete. Terminal 3 and the associated civil roadway projects cost $2.4 billion to build and is one of the largest public works projects ever completed in Nevada’s history.
