A major runway rehabilitation at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is complete. Working in a joint venture with P. Flanigan & Sons, Allan Myers recently wrapped up the $83 million rehabilitation of Runway 10-28, BWI’s longest commercial runway.
The 10,500-foot runway reopened on October 15, two days ahead of its scheduled completion date, restoring full access to both of the airport’s primary commercial runways. The fast-paced project began in mid-July and included milling and paving the runway, completing grade corrections to improve drainage and installing new LED runway lighting.
Completing the work required careful coordination at one of the region’s busiest airports. Crews worked around the clock, coordinating overnight runway closures and completing each night’s work in a tight window before the first morning flights arrived. All work within the intersection of Runway 10-28 and Runway 15R-33L, which required the airport to completely shut down overnight, was completed on schedule without any unplanned impacts.
With such a tight schedule, quality control was critical throughout the project. “The tight project schedule did not allow any time for quality issues or rework,” said Senior Project Manager Matthew Ruth. “Any lax in our QC efforts during the closeout period would have delayed re-opening.”
Multiple paving crews, rollers, trucks, surveyors and support teams worked together to keep the project moving safely, without incident, and on schedule.
“This was a complete team effort with support from the project team, safety, survey, prep crews, milling/paving crews, escorts, the Jessup Plant team, dispatch, our shop/mechanic teams, and all of our trade partners,” Matt said. “Everyone stepped up in a big way to deliver this critical and extremely challenging project for the Maryland Aviation Administration safely and with minimal impacts to airport operations or the traveling public.”
With Runway 10-28 back in service ahead of schedule, the project reflects the planning, coordination and hard work across teams that made an exceptionally demanding schedule possible.
