Project Facts:

Owner: Tucson Airport Authority

Contractor: Barker Morrissey Contracting

Budget: $14,300,000

Engineer: Craig Hill, P.E.*

Completion: 2017

The solar installation covering the hourly and daily parking lots is expected to offset upwards of 50 percent of the energy needs of the airport. The structural system consisted of cantilever steel columns buried in concrete caissons, supporting steel girders carrying the aluminum purlins and solar panels.