Airport administration building demolition in progress – The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Demolition work on the administration building at Grand Junction Regional Airport kicked off Jan. 6 and the project is progressing on schedule and on budget.

The work is scheduled to wrap up by March. There are no immediate plans for the space once the work is complete.

FCI Constructors, the contractor for the project, is hauling in 7,000 cubic yards of dirt for use as an elevated platform to demolish the structure and currently has roughly 4,000 cubic yards on site. The dirt will be put back into the ground to bring the area back up to grade with landscaping once the demolition is complete. The materials from the building will be recycled, including the concrete.

We are really happy with the progress that the contractor is making, airport spokesman Joe Burtard said.

The Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority Board of Directors voted in September 2019 to demolish the semi-finished structure east of the terminal building. The project will cost a total of $750,000. Prior to the vote, the staff had told the board that it would likely cost upward of $9 million to finish the building and that it had no immediate use for the space.

Construction began on the building in October 2013 and it was planned to house airport administration staff, who now reside on the newly renovated third floor of the terminal.

After an FBI raid in November 2013, the airport rescinded its application for a Federal Aviation Administration grant. Construction halted in 2014 and the building remained in its semi-complete since that time.

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