Title
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal 3 North Bridge Artist Fabrication and Installation Contract (Ordinance S-45522)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with artist James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA), or his City-approved designee, for an amount not to exceed $1,600,000, to fabricate and install a work of public art integrated into the Terminal 3's North Concourse Bridge at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Fiscal Year 2018-23 Public Art Project Plan includes a project with JCDA to produce an artwork for the North Concourse Bridge as part of the Terminal 3 Modernization. Mr. Carpenter was recommended through a competitive process to design the work in February 2015. City Council approved a design contract for JCDA on May 4, 2016. Since then, JCDA has worked closely with the Terminal 3 Modernization Project team to fully integrate design and construction documents into plans for improving the passenger bridge. The floor-to-ceiling artwork will be a window wall, running the 194-foot length and occupying the west side of the bridge. It will be built with approximately 760 hexagonal aluminum cells arranged in steel framework holding 41 laminated semi-translucent glass panels and 77 lighting fixtures. The installation will highlight the beauty of the Desert Southwest light and landscape, while diffusing the brightness and reducing the heat of the afternoon sun inside the bridge corridor.
Financial Impact
The Phoenix Sky Harbor Terminal 3 Modernization North Concourse Bridge Public Art Project is one of 31 projects in the Fiscal Year 2018-23 Public Art Project Plan that City Council approved on June 28, 2018. The Art Plan includes $2,024,703 for this project. The proposed $1,600,000 contract would include all costs related to the artist's fabrication and installation of the artwork and lighting, and his coordination with the PSHIA Terminal 3 construction team. The remaining project funds will be used for City project administration. Funds for this project come from the Aviation Department Capital Improvement Program Percent-for-Art Budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission reviewed and recommended this item for approval on March 19, 2019.
Location
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 3400 E. Sky Harbor Blvd.
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Office of Arts and Culture.