DALLAS — McCarthy Building Cos. will build Southwest Airlines’ new office and training facility on the company’s corporate campus in Dallas. The new building, called “Wings,” consists of a 414,000-square-foot office building and an attached 367,000-square-foot flight training center, which will house 18 flight simulator bays, associated offices and ancillary areas. The project is valued at more than $150 million, according to the Dallas Morning News. The training portion of the structure will be constructed out of a special hardened building that can withstand 210-mile winds as it must remain operational every day of the year in all weather conditions. Also included in the project is a 1,900-car parking garage and surface parking that will provide for a total of 2,500 cars, as well as additional site work and construction of pedestrian bridges. Southwest’s corporate campus is adjacent to Love Field Airport. BOKA Powell is the project architect and Pacheco Koch is the landscape architect/civil engineer. Reed Wells Benson is the mechanical and electrical engineer and L.A. Fuess Partners and Ponce-Fuess are providing structural engineer services on the project. The project will commence in June and is expected to be completed in early 2018.
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