Getting Ready for Take Off

This article discusses Africa’s largest construction project, which is the expansion of Cairo Airport. Expected to soon reach its maximum capacity of nine million passengers, the airport is expanding its infrastructure not only to increase its passenger capacity to 21 million but to also be able to accommodate the Airbus A380. This $395 million project includes the construction of a new main terminal building, parking facilities, bridges linking existing terminals, and airside paving. The article focuses on some of the paving challenges facing the contractors. Work on the project is carried out 24 hours a day. Since temperatures between the daytime and nighttime vary so greatly, the concrete being used needs to be pre-cracked and filled with a rubber compound to avoid random cracking. The paving also needs to be coordinated with the installation of the electric cables for powering the ground lighting, signage, and airplane parking control systems. The project is expected to be complete in 30 months.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/25073860
• Authors:
  • Symes, Claire
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 35-37
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Airports; Construction; Dynamic loads; Landside operations (Airports); Paving
• Identifier Terms: Airbus A380; Cairo International Airport
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01080236
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 2007 6:38AM