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The building consists of two wings on either side of a central core, framed
from structural steel and clad in pre-cast concrete. The front or “land” side
of the building consists of double height spaces (with a clerestory at the top
of the barrel roof) with passenger check-in counters in one wing, and baggage
claim in the other. The rear, or “air” side of the building, consists of a two
story space, with the passenger gates above and baggage handling support below.
The second floor is separated from the double height spaces by full height
windows, allowing light to flow through the building, while providing full
security. The front of the oval shaped central core, featuring a two story
curved glass wall, houses the escalators, elevator and stairs giving access to
the 2nd floor . The rear of the central core has a small food court overlooking
the runway. The Central core also has a third floor housing terminal
administration.
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Between the Barrel Roof of the wings, the Oval foot print of the central core,
barrel roof over the third floor, and the canopies over the passenger
drop-off/pick up area over 1/5 of the steel in this building is curved. In
general the curve shapes consisted of a single piece of wide flange rolled to
the proper radius, however the glass wall in the central core required a
horizontally curved boxed truss (which also had a HVAC duct fished through it).
The project also featured heavy plate box girders in the wall of the double
height spaces.
Computer modeling was used in both estimating and detailing phases of the
project. Computer aided estimating was able to accurately determine the
length of this material, allowing the purchase of material with an absolute
minimum of waste. The Computer aided drafting ensured that the material fit
accurately with a none to little adjustments.
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Ted C. Connell Terminal
General Contractor: Constructors and Associates
Project Owner: City of Killeen
Project Architect: Carter and Burgess
Ted C. Connell Airport in Killeen, Texas was a $1.9 million project requiring
1000 tons of structural steel for its construction. This project consisted of
a municipal airport terminal for the City of Killeen, built to permit
relocating commercial air traffic from Killeen’s Skylark field (to Robert Gray
Army Airfield (part of the nearby Ft. Hood army base).
The 83,000 square foot facility was designed to accommodate 6 jetways, and was
among the first airport terminals to be designed following the 9/11 attacks,
taking into account new security and bomb protection requirements
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One of the more distinctive features of the terminal relate to the men the
airfield and terminal were named for. Ted C. Connell was a Killeen business
man very active in aviation, and Robert Gray was one of the pilots on the
famous Doolittle raid in WWII. A replica of each man’s plane is hung from the
ceiling just above the 2nd floor balcony in the central portion of the building
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