New carpeting slated for airport terminal

Bob Hope Airports Terminal A will be getting new carpet, but the installation work will be scheduled for nighttime hours to avoid inconveniencing passengers.

The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority last month approved a contract for the first phase of the work, which is estimated to cost around $220,000 and will begin in roughly two months. The last time the carpet was replaced in the terminal building was about 15 years ago in 2000, according to a staff report.

This week, airport staff also updated the commission on the project in response to Pasadena Commissioner Terry Torneks request for more information on the per-square-yard cost of the work.

I install a lot of carpet, Tornek said last month. Thats a big number.

The first of two phases calls for replacement of the carpet in the terminals main entrance, ticket counter area and the hallway leading to the security screening point. It is expected to be completed by the close of the airports fiscal year on June 30.

Airport staff had solicited bids for the first phase and received two responses. Reliable Floor Covering Inc. of Westlake Village was the lowest bidder and was awarded the contract.

Dan Feger, the airport's executive director, said last month that recarpeting the airport has historically run around $40 per square yard installed, for a variety of reasons, including the much more difficult requirements of the work.

This week, airport staff provided a more comprehensive update on the costs in response to Torneks request, which showed costs were significantly higher than those rates in the past, based on the contract cost divided by the surface area.

Bob Anderson, the airports director of engineering and planning, said the lowest bid for project in 2011 to replace all of the carpet in Terminal A was $630,000 around $72 per square yard which was deemed too expensive.

In light of economic conditions and a decrease in passenger traffic at the time, the airport instead replaced only the carpet in the most heavily trafficked section of the airport, the center hallway in the east concourse, which cost $90.74 per square yard, or roughly $240,000.

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New carpeting slated for airport terminal