Time Sensitive and Effective Pavement Construction on Runway 08-26 at Waterloo Airport

Region of Waterloo International Airport in located in Waterloo Region in Southern Ontario. The airport serves an area with an approximate population of 750,000 and has scheduled flights to Canada, United States and the Dominican Republic. The airside pavements at the airport include two runways (Runway 14-32 and 08-26), a few taxiways and aprons. This paper discusses the construction of the pavement on Runway 08-26 that was undertaken under very tight timelines and performance requirements. Runway 08-26 is the longer of the two runways at the airport and is required for the larger aircrafts. Due to its economic and functional significance to the airport and the surrounding community, minimal closure times were available to carry out necessary construction; however, reliable performance is required over its design life. Although the paper presents a case study on the construction of a runway pavement, the lessons learned are equally applicable to roadway pavement construction and how to achieve a quality product while minimizing delays and inconvenience to the travelling public. The runway pavement had three distinct pavement sections with varying pavement construction history and performance. The rehabilitation of the pavement undertaken in 2012 included reconstruction of approximately 400 m of the runway and major rehabilitation of about 1200 m of the runway pavement. In order to maximize the availability of the runway, the rehabilitation was carried out in three phases during which varying lengths of the runway were kept operational rather than obtaining complete closure. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201310RT334E.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.tac-atc.ca/en/knowledge-centre/technical-resources-search/conference-papers/time-sensitive-and-effective-pavement-construction-on-runway-08-26-at-waterloo-airport/
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• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Uzarowski, L
  • RIZVI, R
  • TURNER, A
  • Hammer, J
  • Wood, C
• Conference:
  • 2013 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - TRANSPORTATION: BETTER - FASTER - SAFER
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.
• Monograph Title: 2013 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: Better - Faster - Safer

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Airport runways; Airports; Bituminous mixtures; Case studies; Conferences; Construction; Planning; Repairing; Specifications; Timetables
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 1037: Airport; 4967: Bituminous mixture; 8018: Canada; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 3655: Construction; 143: Planning; 3635: Repair; 1038: Runway; 177: Specifications; 1186: Timetable
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01518063
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Mar 11 2014 11:00AM