PRESERVATION UPDATE |
JESSICA LOMBARDO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Preparation “Key” to
RUNWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT
Dunn Roadbuilders coordinates six mills and uses one paver to help reconstruct Key Field airport runway in Meridian, Mississippi
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unway reconstruction projects are not known for being easy. They require extensive planning, extra coordination and an acceptance of risk for delays that might happen during
tight timelines. Dunn Roadbuilders knew all of this heading into the reconstruction of Runway 1-19 on Key Field at Meridian Regional Airport and prepared accordingly. The town of Meridian's Key Field Airport is home to the longest public runway in the state of Mississippi. It had been 20 years since the runway had been worked on and the Airport Authority knew shutting it down for reconstruction needed to happen, but they needed closure time to be minimized. For two years, the Meridian
Airport Authority had been planning the rehabilitation of the runway and they knew they had to get it right. The runway consists of 8,000 feet of asphalt with 1,000 feet of concrete at each end. Dunn Roadbuilders was hired as the prime contractor on the project. They were tasked with coordinating the extensive work that needed to be done. "The asphalt runway was to be milled, then a stress relief layer was needed to eliminate reflective cracking," Teresa McDonald, project management coordinator at Dunn Roadbuilders says.
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