United Technical Operations Center at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas Video Slide Show
Manhattan Construction Company earned a national Excellence in Construction® (EIC) Pyramid Award for construction of the United Technical Operations Center at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. The EIC awards program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for world-class, safe, and innovative construction projects.
Completed in early 2020, the $122-million United Technical Operations Center (UTOC) Hangar X project encompasses 250,000 square feet of building space on a 32-acre development. Construction included a 2.5-wide plane body hangar and a 25,000-square-foot engine build-up area. The hangar included a standard coverage sprinkler system and a foam generator sprinkler system. Work also included roughly 13 acres of new hardstand and taxi lane paving and the renovation of existing Hangar E and the United Stores Facility. The project also incorporated a new 52,000-square-foot Shops Facility addition to the existing Hangar E Engine Build-Up facility.