Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) selected Buro Happold, as part of a team led by Woods Bagot Los Angeles, to plan and deliver the new Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) South terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). LAX's MSC South project is part of a larger initiative at LAX that is creating modernized and efficient terminals for passengers and airport operators.
To minimize the impacts on a fully operational airport during the time of construction, MSC South was designed to be constructed offsite and transported to the concourse's final location once the full building is complete. The project will add approximately 150,000 square feet and eight gates for narrow body aircrafts. Each segment was designed with an independent lateral system consisting of Buckling Restrained Braced frames and Simspon Yield Link moment frames resulting in 9 independent segments connected by seismic joints. Analysis was then undertaken to determine the lifting points of each segment along with the impacts on the structure and connections while the segments are transported.