LAWA (Los Angeles World Airports) Skyview

• Renovating all 11 occupied floors of a headquarters building while meeting the operational demands of a major government airport authority required careful phasing, coordination, and stakeholder alignment across multiple departments and user groups.
• Working within an existing building structure presented challenges around beam locations, column placements, and mechanical/electrical coordination. Wall locations at break rooms had to be adjusted due to existing beam conditions, and gym locker room layouts evolved through multiple iterations to meet code and client standards.
• SAA managed 525 RFIs, 389 submittals, 35 bulletins, and 14 plan checks while coordinating 9 consultant firms and holding weekly meetings with the general contractor, requiring disciplined tracking and a structured review process to keep the project on schedule and aligned with business goals.

• SAA's Measurement and Analytics group documented the entire building before design began, providing accurate square footage data and a reliable baseline for all planning and construction decisions. This integrated approach reduced risk and eliminated costly discrepancies downstream.
• SAA shaped LAWA’s programming decisions across all 11 floors. By consulting on the distribution of sit/stand desks, traditional workstations, and specialized ancillary spaces like wellness and huddle rooms, we influenced a final layout that directly aligns with the needs of the consolidated workforce.
• From measurement through construction documents, SAA managed the entire lifecycle internally, coordinating structural, MEP, and IT requirements within a single chain of command. This streamlined the client's experience and reduced coordination gaps common in multi-firm project structures.

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SAA's 11-floor headquarters renovation consolidated more than 1,000 employees from aging, dispersed facilities into a single modernized asset, reducing operational inefficiencies tied to fragmented infrastructure and outdated work environments.

More than a refresh, the project gave LAWA an opportunity to implement new city employee design standards across the building, aligning workplace quality with municipal expectations and setting a benchmark for future civic facilities.

The new environment eliminated the daily challenges of working in outdated spaces, boosting employee satisfaction and empowering the workforce to deliver seamless service to the traveling public.

SAA's integrated delivery model, from measurement and analytics through construction documentation, compressed timelines, reduced coordination risk, and gave LAWA a single point of accountability across all 11 floors.

Close coordination with the Construction Manager through Colliers International kept design intent, budget, and schedule aligned from preconstruction through closeout, ensuring decisions made in the field reinforced the project's long-term goals.

The result is a headquarters that supports workforce productivity, improves employee retention and recruitment, and positions LAWA as a modern, operationally efficient organization.

For institutional and government clients, this project demonstrates the impact of design as a business investment: lower long-term operating costs, higher employee engagement, and a real estate asset that performs at the level the organization demands.

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