"We'll bring it back to what was put into place in 1991." – Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport CEO Terry Hart about the roof over the terminals dome
The bid to replace the damaged roof on the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport’s signature dome has come in at nearly $870,000, officials said Monday.
Winning bidder MRB Contractors of Irving, Texas, is slated to be on site next week, said Terry Hart, the airport’s chief executive officer. He told the Airport Authority that no local companies bid on the project, which calls for a full replacement of the copper-topped roof.
Hart said the metal-seamed roof replacement won’t be copper but rather look like the material.
“The color will be copper, but not reflective,” he said. When the original roof was put on nearly three decades ago, pilots complained of the reflectivity of the metal and it was treated to dull its finish.