A joint venture of Skanska and FlatironDragados has landed a $323 million contract for the first phase of a roadwork project at Los Angeles International Airport in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics, per a Skanska news release.
FlatironDragados, in its own release, said to date the JV has been awarded $604 million for preconstruction and construction work on the $1.5 billion overall Roadway Improvements Project. The work is part of LAX’s multiyear Airfield and Terminal Modernization Program, according to the project’s website.
The project’s fact sheet describes 4.4 miles of replaced and reconfigured roadways to reduce congestion on Sepulveda Boulevard by 500 cars at any given time and create dedicated airport roadways leading to the hub’s Central Terminal Area. Upgraded intersections, traffic signals, protected pedestrian bridges and better wayfinding are all part of the project scope. Preconstruction work was already underway in August, according to the sheet.
“From detailed designs of more than four miles of reconfigured roadway to bridge construction and modifications to traffic signals, the delivery of this lasting infrastructure will change the way people get to and from LAX,” said James Bailey, executive vice president of Skanska USA Civil’s West Coast operations. The Sweden-based builder’s U.S. operations are headquartered in New York City.
“Our work will not only support the airport’s modernization, but benefit local residents and communities by reducing congestion, improving safety, and leaving behind infrastructure for the region well beyond the Olympics,” said Dale Nelson, executive vice president at FlatironDragados.
Airport upgrades and improvements have provided significant infrastructure work for contractors recently. Last week, a joint venture of Turner Construction and FlatironDragados celebrated the completion of Phase 1 of a $3 billion job at San Diego’s new airport terminal.
Innovation Next+, another JV that includes Turner, reached a modular milestone at a $4 billion Dallas-Fort Worth International jobsite last month, and Granite Construction started runway work at San Francisco International Airport earlier this summer, as part of an $11 billion capital improvement program.
At LAX, the first phase of work on the roadways contract is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter of 2026, per Skanska. The project fact sheet states that further construction on ingress roadways is scheduled to pause in July 2028 for the Olympics before resuming for a slated completion in mid-2030.
