Dive Brief:
- LaGuardia Gateway Partners has expanded its relationship with ABM, selecting it to provide integrated facility services at LaGuardia Airport’s reconstructed Terminal B, according to a Dec. 7 news release.
- The contract covers engineering, janitorial, and maintenance services as well as curbside, mobility and transportation services. ABM also will develop a guest experience program and support other areas of terminal operations, the release said.
- The facility services provider said it will drive long-term asset preservation and work to ensure safe, seamless and consistent service at the terminal. It also will focus on boosting efficiency, sustainability and diversity across the terminal. This includes diversifying its local partners and suppliers in a move that is expected to generate more local employment opportunities, ABM said.
Dive Insight:
LaGuardia Gateway Partners has managed LaGuardia Airport’s $5.1 billion Terminal B renovations as part of a public-private partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
ABM began delivering janitorial services at Terminal B in 2018. Under this extended partnership, ABM will provide additional services while overseeing and cooperating with “key subcontractors,” it said. The facility service provider said it will manage more than 700 team members serving the terminal.
LGP’s partnership with ABM has played a key role in the success of the new Terminal B, Jamie Haviaris, the company’s chief technical officer, said in the release.
LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B is the first airport project to receive LEED v4 Gold certification for building design and construction, according to Skanska, which was the design-build joint venture partner with LGP for its project engineering and construction. Sustainability has been a cornerstone of the rehabilitation effort, with Terminal B airport officials partnering with lighting manufacturer Leviton in July to integrate a lighting control system with the terminal’s building management system and install new occupancy sensors, light-monitoring photocells and touchscreen controls.
