2026 ENR East Best Projects
AOM Airport/Transit: Saratoga County Airport — New Terminal and Jet Hangar
Saratoga County Airport — New Terminal and Jet Hangar
Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Award of Merit
Submitted by: LeChase Construction Services
Owner: Saratoga County
Lead Design Firm and Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: McFarland Johnson
General Contractor: LeChase Construction Services
Architect: Fennick McCredie Architecture
Structural Engineer: Popli Design Group
Landscape Architect: Studio A Landscape Architect
Subcontractors: Titan Roofing; Stone Bridge Iron & Steel Inc.; Performance Contracting Inc.; JH Maloy; Eckert Mechanical; Schenectady Hardware & Electric; DiGesare Mechanical; Country Tile; T. Torie Corp.; Absolute Fire Protection Inc.
Constructed on a fast-track 18-month schedule, the project team created a more functional and welcoming space for visitors, pilots and the community. The airport had to open in time to accommodate travelers for the Belmont Stakes, which had temporarily moved to Saratoga. This required creative sequencing. For example, when redesign and fabrication caused a two-month delay in structural steel, work shifted to geothermal wells, site utilitie...