Mississauga Pearson Terminal 1 Expansion | ?m | ?s | GTAA

[urbancog]

likely means that Pearson's capital program is going to ramp up soon

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers:

 

[Civdis]

I am happy they are going back to the original. Makes for a cleaner design and I would assume a lot of the infrastructure is in place to implement this design easier.

 

[Dan416]

I am happy they are going back to the original. Makes for a cleaner design and I would assume a lot of the infrastructure is in place to implement this design easier.

The alternative so unaesthetic lol. Hopefully this actually happens!

 

[jje1000]

I am happy they are going back to the original. Makes for a cleaner design and I would assume a lot of the infrastructure is in place to implement this design easier.

Unfortunately it looks like the big arched roof is going away in the new scheme along with the curves of the original design...

But regardless, airports around North America are getting some big investments in their facilities, and choosing anything less ambitious would have diminished the standing of Pearson IMO.

Big Upgrades Coming to Major U.S. Airports

From coast to coast, some of the nation’s largest and busiest airports are undertaking major renovation projects.

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Portland of course is the new standard for airport architecture in the US IMO:

 

[nfitz]

So the whole Pearson Union station and new hub east of Airport Road is dead then by the look of it. Or at least pushed off well into the 2040s or 2050s.

So where is Line 5 going to come in? Hopefully there's a way to integrate it into that new extension.

 

[Amare]

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers:

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It's about damn time some common sense came back to the execs heads over at the GTAA.

 

[goodcitywhenfinished]

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers:

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This is great news. My only gripe is they seem to be abandoning the Safdie concept vaulted arrivals/departures hall. But as long as the floor plan is coherent with the masterplan I am satisfied.

 

[IRT_BMT_IND]

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers

There seems to be some very good design decisions being made here. The rendering appears to have three floors, which likely means the US preclearance area will be on its own floor, which would give a lot of flexibility for gating planes and also means the preclearance area won't feel as walled off from the rest of the airport (the Z pier at FRA with separate Schengen and non-Schengen floors works like this).

Also looks like there will be domestic/international swing gates which YYZ currently lacks and means Air Canada won't have to tow planes to the other side of the airport.

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

So the whole Pearson Union station and new hub east of Airport Road is dead then by the look of it. Or at least pushed off well into the 2040s or 2050s.

So where is Line 5 going to come in? Hopefully there's a way to integrate it into that new extension.

I wouldn't say the that the transit hub is dead per say. Timeline pushed back sure. I think the biggest thing (or at least I hope) is that the passenger processing part of the plan is dropped.

In my dream the transit hub is more multi use. I envision a convention centre/hall, hotel, and offices on top of the transit facilities. Maybe even some parking. Gtaa now owns the airway centre office complex, and the international centre. Integrating these into the transit hub and freeing up that land for additional development is a no brainer for me.

 

[Paclo]

This dedicated thread can be used for discussion of Pearson Terminal 1 Expansion plans. Posts relevant to the expansion plans for Terminal 1 (AKA "Gateway Program") have been copied over from the general Toronto Pearson International Airport discussion thread. Please continue to use that thread for general discussions of the existing Pearson facilities and operations; and for discussion of the Pearson Airport Transit Hub please use this thread.

Information pages from Greater Toronto Airports Authority linked for the Gateway Program, T1/T3 Revitalization and the LIFT (Long-term Investments in Facilities & Terminals).

See @urbancog 's post linked below for the current concept plans:

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers:

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Additional concept renderings of T1 Expansion from the presentation:

Conceptual renderings of revitalized T1/T3 from the presentation:

Procurement & timeline info slides:

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Almost feels like yesterday they just finished up building the newly minted Terminal 1...

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Almost feels like yesterday they just finished up building the newly minted Terminal 1...

You made look through my photo archive. Here are some photos from Pier F in December 2006, shortly before it opened in 2007. Hard to believe this was 18 years ago. It's even harder for me to believe that it was almost 27 years ago that I watched the first roof span of the grand hall for T1 hoisted into position in August of 1998. There was a Canadian flag attached to it as I recall.

 

[vatche]

Just went through yyz. The tiles on the floor all had scuff marks which I have not seen in other airports. It was all over the Place and they should not use carpeting which gets all worn out over time. US airports are upping the ante. Yyz should step it up in design if they want to be competitive. I’ve heard a few American friends say they will never use yul or yyz again.

 

[Adjei]

Just went through yyz. The tiles on the floor all had scuff marks which I have not seen in other airports. It was all over the Place and they should not use carpeting which gets all worn out over time. US airports are upping the ante. Yyz should step it up in design if they want to be competitive. I’ve heard a few American friends say they will never use yul or yyz again.

It’s not like their American airports are any better. I was just recently in Seattle’s airport which looks outright terrible.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

You made look through my photo archive. Here are some photos from Pier F in December 2006, shortly before it opened in 2007. Hard to believe this was 18 years ago. It's even harder for me to believe that it was almost 27 years ago that I watched the first roof span of the grand hall for T1 hoisted into position in August of 1998. There was a Canadian flag attached to it as I recall.

18 years, yikes! No wonder I sit "around" the armchair more among other age related creep issues...

...although I should be more focused on the plight of this terminal than myself here. But yeah, that's scary. >.<

And thanks for posting all those! /bows