Tampa International Airport — Skycenter One

TPA SkyeCenter One

The Challenge

An active airport that couldn’t stop operating underneath it

Tampa International Airport needed SkyCenter One — a nine-story, 270,000-square-foot expansion — to read as a Class-A gateway from the moment travelers walked in.

Sector Aviation & Transit

Scope of work 270,000 sq ft · 9 floors

Timeline Completed 2022

GC Partner Skanska

Key challenge Zero-downtime install, live airport

Warm, quiet, and unmistakably TPA. That meant concealing a dense overhead of HVAC ductwork, fire suppression, and low-voltage cabling while keeping every inch of the vertical clearance the jet-bridge connectors required.

None of it could interrupt a terminal that runs 24 hours a day. Every phase of the ceiling scope was sequenced around live flight operations, with the schedule swinging around gate closures instead of the other way around.

Execution

The ceiling solutions we built into it

Three systems, coordinated against one MEP set, installed without a single delay to gate operations.

System type

Aluminum linear metal pan through connector zones, Class A ACT and wood-finish ceilings in the terminal halls, and perforated acoustic baffles across the concourse.

Lighting integration

Recessed LED cove lighting coordinated directly with the airport’s MEP set, plus linear fixtures set flush into the metal pan grid for an unbroken sightline.

Special features

Wind and seismic bracing to Florida code, Class A fire-rated assemblies throughout, and a fully phased install sequence around live gate operations.

Gallery

What it looked like, start to finish

Photo gallery coming soon.

Specifications

Materials & technical specifications

Materials used

0.032″ aluminum linear pan, mill finish
24-gauge galvanized suspension grid
Perforated wood-veneer acoustic baffles

Performance metrics

NRC 0.85, baffle assemblies
Class A fire rating, all ceiling systems
Wind & seismic bracing per Florida code

Downloadable resources

Project spec sheet

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