Concourse Expansions Cold-Formed Steel Engineering

In 2019, DIA undertook a large expansion project for two of its three concourses. Concourses B and C were increased by 126,000 square feet and 530,000 square feet respectively.

Salas O’Brien undertook the challenge of designing a wide variety of CFS and CFS/steel hybrid panels and incorporating the two systems into one panelization process. The panel design allowed the client to receive the steel members directly from the supplier for insertion into the panels and for the panels to be constructed off-site due to project site space constraints. The off-site fabrication component had its own set of challenges, including coordinating the structural steel within the CFS panels to allow for reasonable panel sizes and execution and design for special structural considerations for loads incurred during transportation to and installation at the project site.

Salas O’Brien’s CFS expertise, combined with our extensive project track record at DIA, minimized the CFS trade’s envelope impact on airport operations and allowed for faster
enclosure.