Salt Lake International Airport Development Thread

[airhero]

I'm sure they are using some sort of aluminum alloy for the material. I think copper would look way better, but it probably costs 4-5 times what they al alloy does. For a total concourse length (north + south) of over a mile and the terminal, that would be a huge increase in cost. They both look better than orange reflective glass would, and I'm confident 90+ percent of people would agree, but I could be wrong.

I wish they could do some copper inside the terminal. The initial renderings had lots of color on the interior, and now they show boring white all over. I emailed some people with knowledge of the rebuild a while ago and they said the current renderings of the interior don't reflect what the final material selection will be, but I'm sure with the increasing cost of the rebuild we're not going to see them deciding to do anything on the interior that could add significantly more expense to the project.