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Phase I Construction

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Construction on Phase I began in the fall of 2005 and was completed and opened to the public on Oct. 26, 2008.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. As many as seven large cranes 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. Photo credit Cal Edmondson.		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.