Atlanta Airport Runway Reconstruction
Only 33 Days Long: Runway 9R/27L Reconstruction
Rebuilding an existing runway at one of the world's busiest airports without causing delays? For C.W. Matthews, a major, but not daunting proposition.
After converting an existing taxiway into a temporary runway, the project was finished ahead of schedule in just 33 days.
Runway 9R/27L Reconstruction, which included new FAA NAVAID facilities, airfield lighting and other necessary structures, involved removing an existing 9000 foot long 16" thick runway and replacing it with a new 18" thick runway, as well as a complex system of lighting, storm sewer, and underdrain improvements.
- Meeting this significant challenge called for multiple innovations.
- Two 12-hour shifts were manned, seven days a week. During the height of construction, the project employed roughly 500 people per shift.
- Four stage completion allowed access to south airport facilities.
This innovative project has become an example of fast-track paving and has garnered national and global interest from transportation officials.
Landed 6 Months Ahead of Schedule: Fifth Runway Embankment Project at Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport
Adding a fifth runway to Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport brought with it tremendous job site requirements that called on Matthews' keenest problem solving abilities.
The $360 million project required clearing and grubbing more than 600 acres of land, demolishing existing structures, installing more than 6 miles of drainage lines and subgrade substrata work to prepare existing ground for up to 90' of fill material.
Necessary fill required placement of more than 18 million cubic yards of embankment.
To avoid damage to existing roadways, material transport was made by utilizing a complex loading and unloading overland conveyor system five miles long!
- Creation of the five-mile conveyor system to move materials to the site required the latest modeling technologies.
- Four scalping plants, two primary crushers and two portable crushers were constructed to load overland conveyor with material.
- Scalping Plants sieved out rocks, allowing soil to be placed directly onto the overland conveyor.
- Material that would not clear the blades was then crushed and blasted onsite.
- Extensive 3-dimensional modeling and construction of this unique conveyor.
- Truck loading system handled 18 million cubic yards of material with 3-second accuracy.