Terminal construction team picked

MOBILE, Ala. - The Mobile Airport Authority (MAA) selected a team Wednesday to serve as lead contractor for a $252 million commercial airport terminal at the Mobile Aeroplex. Tupelo, Miss.-base JESCO Inc., part of Yates Companies, is joined by Volkert Inc., as part of the team that will build the terminal with up to eight gates and a parking garage within an industrial and business park east of Interstate 10. Chris Curry, president of the MAA, said he will negotiate a price with the firms in the coming weeks and will return to the authority with a final proposal. The goal remains to have the entire project completed by the fall of 2024. Five groups applied for the project. (Source: aldotcom, 12/02/21)