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All Terminal 2 images located here may be downloaded and reproduced courtesy of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority. Links to hi-resolution versions of all images are located under the photo or rendering for downloading.

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Construction

High-resolution version of photo above. Terminal 2 nearing completion in late Summer of 2008. Phase one, which will open on Oct. 26, will have more than 550,000 square feet.		High-resolution version of photo above. Terminal 2 nearing completion in late Summer of 2008. When the building is complete in 2011, it will be able to handle about 11.4 million passengers per year.

High-resolution version of photo above. Terminal 2 will feature seating with electrical outlets and USB ports for travelers who need to charge their mobile devices.		High-resolution version of photo above. Seating clusters will be located in each boarding area. Each cluster will include electrical outlets and USB ports for travelers to charge their laptop computers and mobile devices.

High-resolution version of photo above. This conveyor belt is in the part of Terminal 2 called the baggage makeup area. Here, airline baggage crews receive baggage from the in-line screening system to be placed on departing flights as well as place baggage from arriving planes for transfer to the baggage carousels in the terminal.		High-resolution version of photo above. Phase One of Terminal 2 features an in-line baggage screening system that is integrated with the airport’s baggage handling system. More than 300 motors are used to run the system that features TSA-mandated explosive detection systems, or EDS machines. These systems rapidly move baggage from the counter, through the EDS machines that screen it for explosives and to the equipment that transports the luggage to departing aircraft.

High-resolution version of photo above. Crews have finished installing the glass wall separating the three international gates from the rest of the concourse. This wall can be opened to accommodate domestic flights and closed to direct incoming international passengers up an escalator to the Federal Inspection Facility.		High-resolution version of photo above. A worker grinds down terrazzo flooring to reveal its finish in the security checkpoint area. The new terminal’s flooring will be a mix of terrazzo in high-traffic areas and carpeting in the gate areas.

High-resolution version of photo above. A large canopy extends from the airline check in level of Terminal 2. The canopy will protect passengers and their luggage from inclement weather.		High-resolution version of photo above. Crews install glass curtain wall panels. The glass windows flood the airline check in area and concourse with natural light.

High-resolution version of photo above. Workers enclose the international processing area with special tiling.		High-resolution version of photo above. The skylights in between the roof levels are called clerestories. This is an architectural term that means walls that rise above the roofline. The same material used for the curtain walls will fill in the clerestories.

High-resolution version of photo above. Nearly all the mechanical work is done on the installation of the moving walkways that line the north concourse.		High-resolution version of photo above. The north concourse is beginning to take shape from metal floor decking below to acoustical metal roofing above.

High-resolution version of photo above. The soaring roofline is accentuated with the beautiful wood tones of the Glulam trusses.		High-resolution version of photo above. On the concourse, new stores, eateries and restrooms are framed out on the left. Moving walkways are being installed to carry travelers along the concourse.

High-resolution version of photo above. The raised roof sections will be flanked with a row of windows called clerestories. This will allow more natural light to flood the concourse.		High-resolution version of photo above. As many as seven large crains are in place on a given day to install the trusses that make up the roofline that replicates the rolling hills of the Piedmont Region.

High-resolution version of photo above. Terminal 2 Concourse C takes shape next to what remains of Terminal C. When Terminal 2 opens in Fall 2008, what is left of Terminal C will be demolished and become the site of Terminal 2 Concourse D.		High-resolution version of photo above. The north concourse of Terminal C was demolished in 2005 to make way for Terminal 2. When completed in 2011, Terminal 2 will be nearly three times the size of the red-roofed Terminal C, which will be completely demolished.

Renderings

High-resolution version of photo above. Curbside rendering of RDU’s Terminal 2. Phase One opens Fall 2008.		High-resolution version of photo above. Aerial rendering of RDU’s Terminal 2. Phase One opens Fall 2008.

High-resolution version of photo above. Rendering of Central Atrium in RDU’s Terminal 2. The Central Atrium will open in Phase 2, which will be completed in Winter 2011.		High-resolution version of photo above. Concourse rendering of RDU’s Terminal 2. Phase One opens Fall 2008.