SULLY-MILLER CONTRACTING COMPANY - CLOSE TO COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION OF TAXIWAY P SERVING MIDFIELD SATELLITE CONCOURSE AT LAX
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os Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the nation’s third busiest airport in annual passengers and annual aircraft operations. After years of construction, the new $1.6 billion, 750,000-square-foot Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) at LAX will open this December. The new concourse features 12 gates and is connected to the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) by a 1,000-foot pedestrian tunnel. MSC will also feature new aircraft parking aprons, taxiways/lanes and various new utility installations. Sully-Miller Contracting Company (Sully-Miller) was selected to construct the new LAX Taxiway P, located west of the concourse. Taxiway P’s construction is an $84,135,000 contract that will provide a connection between
By Brian Hoov
er, Editor
the north and south airfields and access to the MSC. Specifically, this new north-south taxiway west of Taxiway R will connect to Taxiway E on the north, and Taxiway B on the south. Sully-Miller received notice to proceed in November 2019 and broke ground on the project in February 2020. Construction on this new, approximately 4,000-foot-long taxiway is expected to be complete in December 2020. Sully-Miller operations manager, Travis Clausen, has been overseeing all aspects of Taxiway P construction. According to Clausen, Sully-Miller is scheduled to perform approximately 60 percent of the $84 million contract to include numerous trades. “The work is being completed in 20 phases, each
of which includes concrete paving, asphalt paving, demolition, grading, electrical work, subbase and base, as well as finish electrical and striping. These numerous phases were necessary because we are working in and around a fully operational international airport,” says Clausen. “Completing $84 million of work in just ten months has required multiple crews to work 20 hours a day, six days a week throughout the duration of the project. Coordinating these work hours and strict requirements for daily inspection and quality control/assurance has been a daily challenge.” Sully-Miller subcontracted the demolition of a US Airways jet airline hangar and a 1.4-milliondeluge gallon water tank to
