Airfield Runway Reconstruction
An 11,000 ft runway rebuilt in night closures at a busy airport, with the first flight of every morning leaving on time.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Texas
- Market
- Aviation
- Capital value
- $260M
- Size
- 11,000 ft runway
- Delivery
- CM/GC
- Duration
- 30 months
- Completed
- 2025
What was at stake.
The runway could only close for six hours a night. Every night had to end with a safe, open runway. Paving, lighting and markings all fought for the same short windows, and one long night meant delayed flights.
How we controlled it.
What our schedulers and cost engineers did on this project.
Nights as shifts
Each closure was planned as its own short schedule, with set-up, work, inspection and reopening down to the quarter hour.
Production tracked
Paving and lighting production was measured every night and compared with the plan by morning.
Weather risk
Weather and production risk was modeled to show the owner how many spare nights the plan really had.
Daily reporting
A short daily report went to airport operations, so the next closure was agreed by noon.
The result.
Every night had a deadline the whole airport could see. We planned each one as if it were the only night that mattered.
Infrastructure scheduler, EvrardBanes
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