Speaker Details

Derek  Moore
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Derek Moore

As SOM’s aviation practice leader, Derek has led the planning and execution of significant and complex airport and transportation facilities throughout the United States and around the world. He specializes in the strategic planning, architectural layout, and spatial design of airport terminals, other transportation facilities, and urban environments.
Day - 1 - Airport design, planning and development - 10:35 - 11:05

O’Hare 21 – Satellite 1 and TAP program-wide design initiatives

O’Hare Airport and its designer SOM have embarked on a transformational terminal development program – O’Hare 21 – that will be implemented over the next decade. This presentation will provide an update on the overall capital development program, identify and discuss program-wide initiatives, and give an update on the first major component of the terminal area program – a new satellite concourse. Future program initiatives to be addressed include accessible design, climate and security resilience, sustainability, near- and long-term energy transition strategies and socio-economic inclusion.

The audience will learn:

  • What are the major development elements of the O’Hare 21 program and terminal area plans and their associated status?
  • What are the design initiatives that were implemented, including lessons learned?
  • How will the O’Hare 21 program adapt to the future needs of the aviation industry?
  • What are the construction delivery methods being implemented for the numerous program elements?
  • How is the vision of the Chicago Department of Aviation and SOM driving the program?