Location
1 Terminal Drive, Kenner, LA 700621
Year Completed
November 2019
CMAR
(JV) Hunt-Gibbs-Boh-Metro
The $1.3 billion Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Long Term Development was one of the largest and most complex Louisiana state projects in recent years. In 2015, the New Orleans Aviation Board, along with the Mayor of New Orleans, approved a plan to build a new North Terminal campus that would include two concourses, 30 gates, a new parking garage, and multiple facilities to accommodate a continuously increasing number of travelers to New Orleans.
Approach
VGP was directly in charge of the team responsible for Quality Assurance and coordination with the Contractor’s Quality Control Team to ensure the implementation of sufficient testing and inspection throughout the project and ensure the contract work was accurately executed according to the plans and specifications.
As construction continued, the Owner decided to add the third concourse with an additional six gates. VGP was tasked to help with the design and construction management to fast-track the completion of additional work. VGP’s initial involvement with the project, as a subconsultant to the WSP USA Program Management Team (The Owner’s Representative), was to provide Civil Resident Engineering Professional services for the originally designed terminal construction. As construction continued, the Owner decided to add the third concourse with an additional six gates. VGP was tasked to help with the design and construction management to fast-track the completion of further work.
This challenging project required a diligent approach, commitment, and effective coordination between the Owner, the Engineer of Record, the CMAR Contractor, and all major stakeholders. VGP was directly in charge of the team responsible for Quality Assurance and coordination with the Contractor’s Quality Control Team to ensure the implementation of sufficient testing and inspection throughout the project and ensure the contract work was accurately executed according to the plans and specifications.
VGP’s other responsibilities, as the Resident Engineer, included review, process, and tracking of thousands of Requests for Information and Submittals; review and process of monthly Pay Applications, daily Inspection and Testing Reports; review, negotiation and tracking of change orders; value engineering, constructability reviews and assistance with the design; differing site conditions mitigation; coordination with the project’s stakeholders; and construction progress reporting.
We are proud to state that the Owner was fully satisfied with the services provided by VGP, and that VGP services were retained until completion of the project. VGP has built a valuable relationship with the Owner and its representative; VGP was offered an extension of its services under the Owner’s new program manager. In our new role we will be providing administrative, professional and QAQC services as a subcontractor to Burns-McDonald.
