LAX ECONOMY PARKING FACILITY WINS NATIONAL AWARD OF MERIT FROM DESIGN-BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
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Aug. 12, 2022
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LAX ECONOMY PARKING FACILITY WINS NATIONAL AWARD OF MERIT FROM DESIGN-BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
(Los Angeles) The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Economy Parking facility has won a National Award of Merit from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the organization announced this week. As a Merit honoree, the project is now in the running for the National Award of Excellence in the aviation category, which will be announced Nov. 2 at the 2022 Design-Build Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, NV.
The DBIA noted that the project team went above and beyond to achieve cost, schedule and quality goals, while demonstrating utilizing the unique applications of design-build best practices.
“The LAX Economy Parking facility is a shining example of how we can blend design, technology and functionality to deliver state-of-the-art, world-class facilities that address the needs of our guests and streamline the travel experience," said Justin Erbacci, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles World Airports. "We are honored to join with our design-build partners at Swinerton and Watry/Gensler to celebrate this award, which further recognizes how our modernization is transforming LAX."
The $294.1-million facility was the first major component of LAX's $5.5-billion Landside Access Modernization Program to complete and opened to the public in October 2021. In addition to state-of-the-art smart parking technology, it features approximately 4,300 parking stalls, restrooms, water bottle filling stations, a pet relief area and vending machines.
It also is a sustainable facility, in alignment with LAWA's Sustainability Action Plan, “Boldly Moving to Zero.” The facility is outfitted with hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) chargers, with a total of 500 Level 2 and eight DC-fast (Level 3) chargers being installed and operational by October of this year. As a whole, the building incorporates infrastructure for nearly 1,600 parking stalls to have EV charging capabilities in the future.
Other sustainable elements of the facility include energy saving lighting controls, dedicated parking spaces for low emitting vehicles and car/van pools, low-flow plumbing fixtures, drought-tolerant landscaping and recycled water.
The LAX Economy Parking facility was also honored earlier this year with an Award of Merit in Stand Alone Parking Facility Design by the International Parking & Mobility Institute. The yearly Awards of Excellence showcase outstanding parking and transportation facilities and innovative programs to further the parking, transportation, and mobility industry.
LAX, the sixth-busiest airport in the world serving nearly 66 million guests in 2022, is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a proprietary, revenue-generating department of the City of Los Angeles that also governs Van Nuys Airport (VNY). As the international gateway to the Southern California region, LAX and its partners are dedicated to meeting global airport standards for customer satisfaction, safety, regional economic leadership, organizational performance and sustainability.
To better serve the millions of domestic and international guests that travel through LAX each year, the airport is undergoing a multi-billion-dollar capital improvement program to modernize its entire campus. Initiatives underway include an Automated People Mover, a Consolidated Rental Car Facility and two projects that will each add over one million square feet to the airport's existing property: Terminal 9 and Concourse 0. For more information about LAX, its transformation and its environmental, social and local workforce commitments, please visit flylax.com. Follow LAX on X (formally Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
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