By the time you read this, travelers going through Detroit Metro Airport should be enjoying the new $1.2 billion Midfield Terminal. The new Northwest Airlines terminal will feature 74 gates, 2,200 feet of moving walkways and even two automated trains that will whisk passengers from one end of the main concourse to the other in under three minutes.
But we know what you're thinking: What about the bathrooms? Well, there will be 475 restroom stalls, double the amount required by the building code. Add to that 420 sinks and about 10 miles of copper pipe and you've got a project so big that three mechanical contractors had to enter a joint venture to complete all the plumbing, heating and HVAC work for the new building.