Award: Runway rehabilitation
Value: $83.8 million
Location: Baltimore
Client: Maryland Aviation Administration
The longest commercial runway at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore will undergo extensive rehabilitation work beginning this week, according to a news release from the airport.
The Maryland Aviation Administration tapped a joint venture of Allan Myers and P. Flanigan & Sons to move forward with the key infrastructure upgrade, according to a July 15 announcement. Rehab efforts will begin on Wednesday and continue until Oct. 8.
“With this major project, we are enhancing Maryland’s gateway and improving the heart of BWI Marshall Airport,” said Shannetta Griffin, executive director and CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration, in the news release. “This runway rehabilitation project will help ensure the long-term safety, reliability and operational efficiency of the airport.”
To safely complete the rehabilitation project, the airport will close Runway 10-28 during the work. That 10,500-foot stretch, the airport’s longest, is one of BWI’s two commercial runways, according to the release. Scope includes milling and paving the runway, along with an upgrade of its electrical system to install modern LED runway lighting.
The JV team of Worcester, Pennsylvania-based Allan Myers and Baltimore-based P. Flanigan & Sons will also shut down a second runway, Runway 15R-33L, during overnight work. These temporary overnight closures will be necessary to accommodate paving work at the intersection of the airport’s two primary runways, according to the release.
Outside of those scheduled overnight construction periods, Runway 15R-33L will remain fully operational, according to BWI.
The rehab to BWI’s largest runway follows up on some other notable airport upgrades across the country.
For example, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced a $1 billion upgrade to Miami International Airport in March, where crews will create 17 new aircraft gates and adjoin passenger boarding areas.
Meanwhile, a joint venture of AECOM Hunt Clayco Bowa and the Chicago Department of Aviation began vertical construction on a $1.45 billion upgrade to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, where project teams will build a new 19-gate, 580,000-square-foot Concourse D.
Other airport infrastructure work includes a $900 million project at Nashville International Airport and a $1 billion modernization effort at Norfolk International Airport in Virginia.
