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Client: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Project Type: Infrastructure - Aviation
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Scope: Planning, Design, Program Management, Engineering Management, Con-struction Management
Status: Completed 2000
Details: KBR was Engineer of Record on the APM and designed the guideway system, stations, infra-
structure, and the integration of the APM with the existing terminals, as well as modifying passenger boarding bridges.
The APM system consists of two independently operated bi-directional loops with an ultimate capacity of 8,500 passengers per hour per direction, and a maximuim headway of two minutes and maximum travel time of nine minutes between furthest terminals.
The APM structure includes -
4.81 miles of dual-lane guideway
372 columns
150,000 cubic yards of concrete
Structural spans up to 237 feet
12 stations
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DFW Airport Skylink Automated People
Mover
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, USA
Fast-track Design-Build Construction Program to Install the Worlds Largest Automated People Mover System
Client: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Project Type: Infrastructure - Aviation
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Scope: Planning, Design, Program Management, Engineering Management, Con-struction Management
Status: Completed 2000
Highlights: Achieved a demanding fast-track design-build schedule including a 23-month design
and overlapping 38-month construction schedule
Enabled full airport operation throughout the project
Won the Texas Council of Engineering Companies Engineering Excellence Award
Pioneered new construction techniques using precast concrete to save time and minimize disruption
Successfully led a team of 16 firms and 180 staff members including administrative, design & engineering, and coordination personnel
DFW Airport Skylink Automated People
Mover
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, USA
Fast-track Design-Build Construction Program to Install the Worlds Largest Automated People Mover System
