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Bankstown airport –
airside pavement upgrades

Bankstown airport –
airside pavement upgrades

STATUS
Completed
CLIENT
RP Infrastructure /
Sydney Metro Airports
SERVICE
Major
Infrastructure
VALUE
$13
Million
DESCRIPTION OF WORKS
Ford Civil were engaged by RP Infrastructure and Sydney Metro Airports to undertake airside pavement upgrades of the existing airfield pavements at Bankstown Airport. As part of the pre-construction works for each stage, GPS survey needed to be undertaken followed by NDD sucker truck excavation to positively locate the services required. Additionally, the GPS coordinates of the airfield lighting were recorded both before and after construction works.
Across various stages, the main pavement upgrade works encompass approximately 15,000m2 of mill and re-sheet of the asphalt surface on flexible pavements and 18,000m2 of full depth heavily bound pavement construction on flexible pavements. Along with pavement upgrades includes height adjustments of the inground services including drainage pits and surface drains to match the final pavement design level.
KEY FEATURES
  • • Mill and re-sheet of the asphalt surface of the flexible pavements
  • • Full depth heavily bound pavement construction on flexible pavements
  • • Disposal and/or transport of waste removal
  • • Surveying and recording GPS coordinates of the airfield lighting before and after construction works
  • • Surveying and reporting levels before and after works
  • • Removal and reinstatement of the airfield lighting, capsules, cabling and conduits
  • • Resinstatement of linemarking on the pavements
  • • Liaising with various SMA Departments (eg. aviation, safety & environmental)
  • • Coordination with tenants throughout construction works