SECTION E – SCOPE OF WORK A. OBJECTIVE: The project consists of pre-construction and construction services for improvements to the passenger terminal building. B. BACKGROUND The St Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is located on the west shoreline of Old Tampa Bay in Pinellas County, Florida. This county-owned and operated airport was originally built during World War II as a United States Army Air Base. After the war, the property was returned to Pinellas County to operate as a civil airport. The original terminal building was dedicated in 1957. Since that time, various building expansions and renovations have been made to the facility. The most recent building improvements have been to the Federal Inspection Services area, Gates 7-11 passenger security screening and hold room area, and the Ticketing “A” check-in and baggage screening and make-up areas. Since 2013, the airport has experienced double-digit growth in total passenger traffic annually. Increasing from 1,017,049 passengers in 2013 to 2,366,029 in 2022. This represents an increase of two hundred and nineteen percent (233%) over nine years. In the spring of 2021, the airport completed its Master Plan Study. This long-awaited study provided an assessment of the existing conditions of the facility, and a recommended path forward for the expansion of the terminal building, (and associated apron), to meet the needs and demands for the present and future conditions. In the study, the 20-year planning period for the terminal building used a demand-based approach to determine the space requirements for the various functional areas of the building when a certain “Planning Activity Level” (PAL), (based on annual/peak hour enplanements), is reached. Table 1 below, (referred to as a “Stoplight Chart” in the Master Plan Study), shows the results of the assessment of the existing terminal building’s functional spaces, (as related to the PAL), and the recommended additional area needed to meet those needs. In this table, green is “acceptable”, yellow is “congested but operational”, and red is “crowded and uncomfortable”. The ultimate terminal build-out, as shown in Figure 1, will meet the PAL 3 requirements. To meet current demands, the airport will construct to the PAL 2 requirements, which represents an annual passenger enplanement level of 1,750,000, and/or annual operations of 145,000.
