DALY

Our award-winning portfolio includes projects in more than 91 countries, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Clients Served

Aviation

Commercial Development

Corporate Office

Cultural

Entertainment and Retail

Federal, State and Local Agencies

Healthcare

Higher Education

Hospitality and Gaming

Food, Distribution and Manufacturing

Mixed-Use

Public Assembly and Convention Centers

Science and Technology

Senior Living

Sports and Recreation

Transportation

Sustaining a Legacy

A century of design excellence is a milestone that few firms have achieved. It is a testament to the loyalty of our clients; the dedication of our talented professionals and associates; our firm’s resilience; and our commitment to design excellence, creativity, innovation and client service. As we enter our second century, we continue the regular, iterative process of revisiting, refining and reasserting those core values with a view toward the future. Our mission is to change the world through design, to advance the skills of our professionals and associates, to deliver outstanding service to our clients and to sustain our legacy of professional leadership.

Airports are an amazing form of infrastructure–technologically challenging, crafted to serve many different users, and reflecting a community’s aspirations. To manage this process takes an experienced hand.

Our Practice

We are connectors of people and places. Our wholesystem understanding gives LEO A DALY a unique strength when orchestrating the complex mix of operations that make an airport work.

Our expertise is comprehensive, ranging from groundup terminal buildings, to major renovations, terminal planning, cargo and maintenance facilities, air traffic control towers, baggage screening, security and system-wide implementation projects.

We are connected, partnering with a wide range of airport operators, airlines, local transit authorities and industry organizations.

Our reach is global, allowing us to quickly and efficiently service clients coast-to-coast and internationally from any of our offices.

In addition to the wow, we focus on the now. That means going beyond a landmark architectural statement to perfect the human and operational aspects of airports. Our advantage is our comprehensive understanding of airport operations, which we use to optimize how space is organized, utilized and experienced. When design follows function, exceptional airports emerge.

Terminal Design

As an industry leader in terminal design, we:

• Designed the first boarding lounges and gates to accommodate the Airbus A380 super-wide body aircraft at the Los Angeles International Airport.

• Pioneered the use of Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) to improve the passenger experience and significantly reduce terminal staffing.

• Optimize concessions to provide amenities for passengers and increase revenue for operations.

• Improve security planning and layout for enhanced flow and collaborate with TSA, FAA, airport authorities and airlines to support the highest security design standards.

Our specialized expertise areas include:

• Baggage claim

• Baggage handling systems

• Club rooms/lounges

• Communication and display systems

• Concessions design

• Concourses

• Hold rooms

• Interior and graphic design

• Mechanical/Electrical/HVAC/Fire protection systems

• Tenant improvements

• Ticketing

Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCT) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)

All airport facilities are important to operations, but none is as critical as the air traffic control tower. As the most visible feature of an airport, towers not only make an architectural statement, but serve as the most effective tool in ensuring the safety of airport workers, passengers, airline employees and surrounding businesses and homes.

Control tower design is a primary specialty of our aviation team, with more than 300 completed tower projects at commercial and regional airports and military installations. We have tower experience in all airport types–from small general-aviation airports to the world’s busiest hubs, to military facilities nationwide.

To create the most efficient, effective and safe towers possible, we have consulted with the Federal Aviation Administration for more than 40 years, developing, modifying and site adapting many FAA air traffic control standards in place today.

Our tower studies include:

• Building Code Analysis

• Structural – seismic/wind/ASDE

• Engineering – mechanical/electrical/acoustical

• Siting

• Energy

• Short Circuit Analysis

• Protective Devices Coordination

• Progressive collapse and blast resistance

Additional miscellaneous tower design services include:

• Construction consultation

• Shop drawing review

• ASDE – 3 & X modifications

• Microwave path/surveys

• Construction cost estimating

• Renderings

• Computer animation

• Computer modeling

• Programming

• Site analysis

• Airspace studies

• Life cycle costing

• Construction observation

• Environmental engineering

• Project models

• Vulnerability and threat assessment

• Anti-terrorist and force protection design

• NAVAIDS

• Radio/communications equipment

• Design-Build

• Building Information Modeling (BIM)

LEO A design for the new air traffic control tower at Palm Springs International Airport includes a 10,000-SF, 150-kW photo-voltaic system to generate electricity, which is fed back into the electrical grid to offer power used to run the facility and save approximately 310,00 kW hours annually.

Baggage Screening and Security Planning

We have extensive experience dealing with the complexities and logistical challenges of designing security areas in airports, understanding they must operate safely, securely and efficiently without fail.

Working closely with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), airport authorities, airlines and various regulatory agencies, we have:

• Developed innovative security

Ensuring safety and security of the traveling public and airport personnel

When it comes to traveler and employee security, we make it our primary focus to create systems that maintain passenger and worker safety at all times. Compliance with security guidelines and standards goes hand-in-hand with traveler and airport personnel wellbeing.

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• Worked with Boeing to publish standards for security screening checkpoints across the United States.

• Led the federal implementation of explosives detection scanning systems for checked baggage.

• Worked with Unisys in the implementation of an information technology infrastructure for the network of federal security directors at United States airports.

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Resilience

Good design is sustainable design

We practice integrated design - that means, on every project, every design discipline and stakeholder collaborates from the very beginning toward a holistic, sustainable, high-performance result. Together, we set measurable goals and seek out opportunities to create value, maximize our impact on human health and the environment, and optimize budget and timeline. Integrated design is good design. It’s good business. And it’s inherently sustainable.

It costs 50% more to rebuild after a disaster than to design to withstand it in the first place. Using site-specific data and research, we help our clients anticipate future challenges and craft cost-effective design solutions that allow them to avoid, minimize, and bounce back from disasters.

Wellbeing

Understanding the connections between the built environment and human health and wellbeing is a crucial component for design. Studies have shown conclusively that factors such as the amount of outside air, the quality of daylight, incorporation of biophilic principles and the chemical composition of building materials can all affect the building occupant’s health, cognitive function and overall satisfaction with their environment.

High-performance design

By analyzing design opportunities specific to climate conditions, building type and construction costs, we are able to maximize opportunities for energy efficiency, carbon reduction, daylight and indoor environmental quality.

The best opportunity to design a high-performance building without substantial cost premiums happens at the earliest stages of design. Because of this, we use early phase performance modeling tools such as Sefaira and Insight to quickly understand the impacts of our initial design moves.