DALLAS, TX – With the busy holiday travel season arriving loaded with the influx of passengers expected to fly between Halloween and Christmas this year, there’s good news for the crew at American Airlines at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Construction company F.H. Paschen announced the completion of a significant renovation project for American Airlines at Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport, updating 32 back-of-house restrooms for employees in Terminals A and C.
The $4.7 million project, which began in August 2024 was wrapped up this week ahead of the anticipated busy season of servicing holiday travelers. The year-long project has delivered important upgrades to employee facilities. Renovations included updated finishes, wider entryways for better access, optimized stall layouts, and new accessible, environmentally-friendly fixtures. In several restrooms, the F.H. Paschen team was able to increase the number of fixtures within the existing footprint to increase overall capacity.
American Airlines calls DFW International Airport home and it is the third busiest airport in the world with almost 90 million passengers passing through the terminals in 2024. American services more than 80% of that passenger traffic out of DFW with 930 daily flights to over 230 destinations in 30 countries.
These upgrades are aimed at improving the work conditions for the team that is tasked with getting passengers to and from their destination safely and smoothly.
The design work was done by the award-winning firm Moody Nolan.
A major challenge for this 32-restroom renovation project involved replacing and reconfiguring fifty-plus-year-old plumbing lines, which was necessary to make many of the restrooms fully operational. The project also focused on sustainability and water consumption. The newly installed, modern toilets and urinals use less water, reducing the overall environmental footprint of the facilities.
“This project required perseverance. Many of these employee restrooms had unique plumbing challenges that needed to be addressed,” said Mario Melendez, Senior Project Manager at F.H. Paschen. “Our team did a fantastic job adjusting to each event, ensuring safe operations in the active terminals while delivering a great product for the airport staff.”
The team’s careful attention to detail in a high-security airport environment was recognized on two occasions when the project was named “FHP’s Safe Project of the Month.” This award reflected the team’s rigorous commitment to safety while maintaining secure work environments and ensuring uninterrupted operations in active terminals.
F.H. Paschen has extensive aviation construction experience across the country. Most recently, FHP continues to work with American Airlines at DFW, including the ongoing Terminal C Support Space Buildout. That project involves a full renovation of six tenant spaces and the addition of a new canopy.
F.H. Paschen has built public-purpose projects in Texas for the past two decades and has offices in Irving, Houston and Galveston Texas.
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