Anyone Done Airport Driveway?

Samsoon

Any subcontractor to recommend to do Airport's driveway (New and maintenance)?

knucklehead

I will do it.

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cleveman

What is the difference between an airport driveway and a bus station or train station driveway? Must be they call for more fly ash? Curious minds want to know.

K2

Propellers can hit the taxi way if there are dips or pitch changes.

SLSTech

Hmmm, no location which might be a small factor

What are you landing on it - Learjets or a 777, that will affect the depth of the concrete, blah, blah, blah

Check with the airports around for who did the work, does the maintenance, it might even be public record depending on who runs it

Edit: By the way they are normally called Taxiways &/or Runways

Driveways are for houses, where cars are parked on them

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Memo

Also called the "flightline". In my line of work the materials all have to be chemical resistant...you know, jet fuel burns pretty hot. (besides the thickness of the surface.)

One other think we had to do in AF was do FOD walks (foreign object damage). The surface has to be smooth and level. Don't want no million dollar super suckers throwing an engine.

RumseySupply

Well, when the time comes give me a call for your material needs, especially rebar. I can save you a ton of cash, plus I would get a kick out seeing this project!

poisonfangs

The FAA as well as local offices have strict codes for runways/taxiways. A company I work for used to handle the united airlines contracts for O'hare INT'L in chicago.

JustaFramer

FOD walks are fun. Did them a few times on a Boeing project. If this a commercial airport there will be alot of inspectors working for the different interests inspecting before concrete is poured. Then even more before the product is bought off.

BobsLandscaping

That would be bad right?

jomama

That would sum up what I was going to say. Did some work a few years ago at an International, commercial airport & the FAA inspectors had to approve any gas pains. We were actually just pouring an interior floor for a stupid equipment building (maybe 7-8 yards of concrete) & they specified a slump between 2-4". Seemed simple enough, first load comes at 4.5" = rejected. Second load comes at 1.5", they ask me if I want to pour it, I say not really because we cant add any water on site = rejected. Third load, everyones getting uptight, the FAA inspectors are now poised to test temperature, as they think the plant might be trying to send out the same batch (I forgot to mention the conc. supplier sent out a salesman with 10 gallons of water reducer to add to the second batch after it was rejected, large pizzing match ensued), finally the third load hit the marks. THe stupind thing is, the driver could have sit outside the grounds, checked his slump, & added water as necessary without anyone knowing. Regardless, it's like most government operations, a lot of waste, a little bit of progress. Preaty disgusting, actually, if you have any kind of work ethic IMO. In all fairness though, the FAA inspectors were alright guys if you got on their good side.

MALCO.New.York

FOD IS Foreign Object Debris until it does the deed. Then it is Foreign Object Damage!

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MALCO.New.York

Sooooooooooo...........

If you park a car on it..........Why is it called a Driveway??

And..........

If you drive a car on it...........Why is it called a Parkway???



Could not find Carlins Original..........

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SLSTech

Welcome Back

Dyslexic Architect or Civil Engineer came up with the terms, probably after a few beers to show he was one of the guys...

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MALCO.New.York

Back.............Been busy Orchestrating Events and Working.......Too Much!!!

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SLSTech

Good to hear

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Astrix

Important to note re this kind of work is that airport and airside work is a big EXCLUSION on general liability insurance policies. You can't even get a standard policy extended for an electrician to change a lightbulb in the magazine shop in the airport's passenger area. You'll have to get separate insurance through a specialty insurer that writes aviation insurance.

If it is a big international airport, odds are they have their own Wrap-Up Liability Policy in place which will cover any and all contractors and trades that come on site to do work, from bigger renovations/additions to small repairs. (They know it is a problem to get insurance.) Whenever you see the "A" word, you better check with your insurance agent/broker first to see if the airport you want to work at has a Wrap-Up in place, and if not, how much extra $$$ it is going to cost you to buy the separate aviation policy.

Haaser

i know this is a month old, but i cant help myself!!!

STAY AWAY!!!!

Airports SUCK!!!

there is SO much you need to deal with.. FAA, DOI, State Fire Svcs. not to mention all the security. we worked on the RDU airport a few years back... we had ho hire people that could pass the checks just to escort the labor that could not pass security checks...

But on the upside its a good way to weed out guys using stolen ID's... HAHAHA... they all quit on the spot...

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johnmwentz

Thats so typical. I generally donot prefer gov. contracts because of the high-handedness of gov authorities.