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The article focuses on the dispute between the design team of a new $688-million international terminal at Atlanta, Georgia's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and city officials. The dispute has led to the team's firing earlier this month, the designers' countersuit and a flurry of bitter allegations by both sides. Sources say the planned Maynard Jackson Terminal could be delayed for up to three years, with legal costs and design changes possibly marring the airport's $5.4-billion expansion program.

Presents information on the airship hangar of CargoLifter AG at Brand, Germany, which is considered as the biggest aircraft hangar without internal support. Design of the hangar; Materials used in the construction; Contractors for the project.

The article focuses on the air traffic control tower built for Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. It describes the traffic control tower as the tallest control tower in India, and the fourth tallest tower in the world. The implications of the traffic control tower for India's future are also discussed.

The article offers information on the Rental Car Facility (CONRAC) at the New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana, winner of Best Airport/Transit award category from the periodical "Engineering News-Record (ENR)."

The article focuses on the collapse of three United Jet Center aircraft hangars last February 6, 2010 due to a snow storm. Moreover, 40 workers have been sent to the hangar to shore the sole-surviving hangar before the February 10 snow storm hit the area. A 35.5 inch wet snow on the hangar's roof have been suspected to have caused the collapse of the steel structures. Although no one was injured during the incident, many of the 14 aircraft were damaged.

The article reports on the construction of a new $35-million San Bernardino International Airport Terminal in California. The 71,000-sq-ft project is located 60 miles east of Los Angeles, on a 1,329-acre site once occupied by Norton Air Force Base, which closed in 1994. When completed in June 2008, the new terminal will offer three gates in a two-story structure.

The article reports on the delay in the signing of a contract for a $400-million airport-rail link at the Belgian capital of Brussels. The project calls for a team of banks to lead the financing and turnkey construction of the nearly 3 kilometers of tunnels underneath airport buildings and a runway. State-owned railroad-infrastructure operator Infrabel S.A. aims to complete stalled negotiations with undisclosed banks and contractors within the next few weeks after missing the original September 7, 2007 deadline.

The article reports on the request for proposals posed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of hangar and squadron operations facility at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. The project, estimated to cost between $10 million and $25 million, includes a combined aircraft maintenance hangar and squadron operations facility in a single structure.

The article reports that Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts has been selected by the Clark County Department of Aviation, Nevada, to prepare a $14.2-million environmental impact statement for a new $4-billion airport complex, just outside of Las Vegas. The Ivanpah facility will supplement McCarran International Airport, which quickly is nearing its 53-million annual passenger capacity. The 2,800-acre, four-runway airport expects 44.5 million passengers this year.