ADS Runway Reconstruction

Aggressive construction strategy maintains operations at busy airport

To reconstruct the runway pavement at one of the busiest single-runway aviation airports in the nation, Garver specified full-depth reconstruction in three areas and a full-length asphalt overlay on the 7,200-foot-long runway at Addison Airport. The runway serves approximately 100,000 operations per year, and such traffic volume required an aggressive approach, including mid-runway partial reconstruction over two weekends, fast-track construction solutions, and non-destructive pavement testing that helped the airport save $4 million. The project also included runway safety area grading and drainage improvements to meet FAA standards, high-intensity runway edge lights, a MALSR approach lighting system, runway guard lights, distance remaining and runway hold signs, and the airfield lighting control and maintenance system.