Burns & McDonnell has completed design and construction\nservices for the redevelopment of the historic Braniff Operations and\nMaintenance Base in Dallas. After sitting dormant for more than two decades,\nthe aviation landmark is flying high once again, this time as the Braniff\nCentre \u2014 an aviation hub and multi-use facility designed to generate corporate\nand commercial momentum along the east side of Dallas Love Field Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burns & McDonnell, in association with Dallas-based\nnational construction firm The Gravity Company, was selected to provide\ndesign-build services for the Braniff Centre’s executive terminal and its\ncomponents in 2015. The engineering, architecture and construction firm was\nalso tasked with restoring the fa\u00c3\u00a7ade of the base’s central atrium \u2013 a\nconcourse structure nestled between two sloping hangar wings to resemble a bird\nin flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Construction began in March 2018 and the project team’s\n18-month timeline was met on schedule with the facility’s completion in October\n2019. At full build-out, the Braniff Centre is projected to create more than\n1,200 aviation, office and retail jobs for the Dallas and Fort Worth\ncommunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are honored to provide design and construction\nservices to help revitalize one of the most iconic structures in our nation’s\naviation history,” says Scott Clark, vice president and general manager\nfor Burns & McDonnell in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. “The Braniff\nCentre redevelopment project exemplifies our firm’s continued commitment to the\nprogress and prosperity of the Dallas and Fort Worth communities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 26-acre, more than $100-million mixed-use redevelopment\nproject includes 120,000 square feet of hangar space paired with office and\nretail operations, hospitality facilities and entertainment venues for over\n200,000 square feet of use space in the total facility. Working closely\nalongside the Texas Historic Commission and the site development company CLT (Cowboys,\nLincoln Property Company and TAC- The Arnold Companies), Burns & McDonnell\nand The Gravity Company developed a design and master plan for the Braniff\nAirways former mid-century modern facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emphasizing the high quality service and design execution,\nGreg Arnold, Chairman and CEO of TAC-The Arnold Companies and TAC Air said,\n“Burns & McDonnell focused on revitalizing this historic site to\nrepresent the original architecture and aviation theme while updating the\nstructure to meet the rigorous requirements of today’s general aviation and\nretail customer. With this design and construction in place, TAC Air \u2013 DAL and\nthe Braniff Centre are the ‘Leading Edge’ of Dallas Love Field.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Striving to fulfill the developers’ preservation-oriented\nvision, the Burns & McDonnell team restored the central atrium’s\nflight-inspired fa\u00c3\u00a7ade while also retaining the building’s original color\nscheme. The base’s pair of 60,000-square-foot hangars were modernized to accommodate\ntoday’s aircraft and were upgraded with state-of-the-art fire protection\nsystems, lighting and aircraft ground power systems. Additionally, a new TAC\nAir fixed base operation (FBO) terminal complex \u2014 constructed as the west\nentryway into the Braniff Centre \u2014 is primed to provide private aviation travel\na gateway to the city of Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“While updating the structure to support contemporary\naviation services, it was also crucial to protect its architectural integrity\nand historical legacy,” says Chris Hotop, Aviation Projects Director for\nBurns & McDonnell. “Our design-build team created and executed a\ndesign that honors the rich history of the building’s past while embracing the\nexciting possibilities of its future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Braniff Airways’ former operations and maintenance base was\nbuilt to accommodate the airline’s growing fleet of commercial jets at the dawn\nof the Jet Age. Opening the doors of its Love Field home in 1958, Braniff\nsupported millions of passengers traveling through Dallas until the airline\nceased operations in 1982. Over the course of the next decade, additional\nairside land parcels will be made available to private aviation operators and\ncommercial developers to encourage the complex’s continued expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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