Tag: airport construction

Roadbuilding

Hutchens Construction (Mo.) wins national Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award

Hutchens Construction Co. of Cassville, Missouri, has won the 2017 Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt airport pavement. The company received its award February 14 during the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) 63rd annual meeting in San Diego. Hutchens earned the award for asphalt rehabilitation and paving work at […]

February 21, 2018

Construction Equipment

3 years of Denver Airport construction captured in 90-second time-lapse

In the fall of last year, the Denver International Airport completed construction on its South Terminal Redevelopment Project which brought with it a new Hotel and Transit Center. According to Road Warrior, the three-year project cost an estimated $580 million and features a Westin Hotel, an 82,000 square-foot open-air plaza and a commuter rail station […]

March 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

How Granite Construction meets tight tolerances on Tucson International Airport terminal apron project

Granite Construction and Metal Forms Corp. (MFC) are working together to on a multi-year terminal apron rehabilitation project at Tucson International Airport. Granite Construction is using MFC’s metal paving forms with built-in dowel holders to “maintain productivity and meet tight tolerances” for the project. The work is made up of a series of three different depths […]

May 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

E-Z Drill launches new parapet wall drill; slab-rider assists in 50,000-hole job at Atlanta airport runway project

E-Z Drill has introduced a new 3-parapet wall drill that uses new technology. The pneumatic 210 3-parapet wall drill provides continuous operations for drilling vertical holes for projects like securing temporary protective walls and temporary traffic barriers. According to E-Z Drill, the new product drills up to 2.5 inches in diameter and as deep as […]

May 7, 2015

Business

AGC: Aviation hold putting 24,000 construction jobs at risk

Associated General Contractors of America’s chief economist says Congressional failure to pass federal aviation legislation is putting roughly 24,000 construction jobs at risk. Ken Simonson says the failure to act has halted $2.5 billion worth of airport construction projects. “With so few construction segments doing well, halting an entire category of federally-funded construction projects is […]

July 27, 2011