Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has completed a major milestone in its $3 billion Terminal C overhaul, successfully moving six megastructure modules across the airfield overnight — the largest measuring 204 feet long by 68 feet wide and weighing approximately 1,200 tons — using self-propelled modular transporters. The Terminal C expansion adds nine new gates and is targeted to open mid-2026, per the Fort Worth Report’s September 2025 coverage of the DFW Airport board meeting. Terminal A adds 10 gates and is targeted for late 2026. Terminal F, a new 400,000-square-foot concourse being built by a Walsh-led joint venture with Turner Construction and other partners, carries an $855 million price tag, per Engineering News-Record’s reporting (Source: ENR, enr.com).
The Terminal C and A work sits within a broader program called DFW Forward, which DFW Airport CEO Sean Donohue described as the airport’s largest capital investment since opening in 1974, per DFW Airport’s official announcement (Source: DFW Airport, dfwairport.com, August 2024). The program encompasses nearly $9 billion in investment across more than 180 projects covering terminals, airfield improvements, ground transportation, and the International Parkway. In January 2026, DFW Airport confirmed the next phase of the International Parkway bridge project — a civil construction program involving roadway access reconstruction into Terminal C that is scheduled for completion ahead of summer 2026 (Source: DFW Airport newsroom, January 6, 2026).
“Innovation is at the core of our airport’s DNA and the techniques being used to reimagine Terminal C are an example of that in action. As we grow closer to serving 100 million passengers each year, it is time for DFW to enhance our remaining legacy terminal.” Source: Sean Donohue, CEO, DFW International Airport · DFW Airport official newsroom · dfwairport.com · August 2024
Airport construction programs of this scale generate aggregate demand across multiple work types running simultaneously. Road base is required for ground-side roadway reconstruction, access road improvements, and staging area preparation across the airfield campus. Drainage improvements and utility corridor work associated with the expanded terminals require crushed stone and utility sand for pipe bedding. The International Parkway program specifically involves bridge and roadway construction that requires engineered sub-base under the new driving surfaces.
The DFW Airport campus sits in Irving, Tarrant County and Grapevine — directly within AN’s North Texas primary service corridor. The 180-plus projects in DFW Forward are in various stages of planning, development, and construction through the end of the decade. For contractors active in the Irving and DFW Airport corridor, the aggregate demand from this program runs alongside the highway, data center, and industrial construction already active across North Texas.
DFW Airport’s $9B capital program spans more than 180 projects through the end of the decade. Contractors in the Irving and DFW Airport corridor are operating alongside one of the largest active construction programs in North Texas right now.