Concourse Expansion and Terminal Area Development – Austin Straubel International Airport

Green Bay, Wisconsin

This multiple phase project began in 1999 with an airport master plan, including terminal area master planning.  In early 2001, Mead & Hunt developed an architectural design and refined the terminal planning completed two years previous.  This multi-phase plan was further refined in late 2001 to include more stringent security requirements due to the September 11 attacks. 

Mead & Hunt needed to maintain airport operations during construction, which required tearing down the existing four-gate concourse piers.  Our firm renovated an adjacent old terminal and constructed an elevated pedestrian walkway to connect the security checkpoint to the renovated holdroom.  Airline operations and aircraft power was shifted to the old terminal while one concourse was demolished and a new one constructed.

Specific design elements include:

• Two new six-gate energy-efficient concourses and modern piers.
• An expanded security checkpoint lobby, ticket lobby, baggage make-up area, and new door access control system, CCTV modernization, facade blast hardening, explosive detection devices.
• An updated audio system to enhance security procedures.