PAVEMENTS, PARALLEL RUNWAY, KINGSFORD SMITH AIRPORT
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Contract Value
$230M
Construction Period
SEPTEMBER 1992 - AUGUST 1994
Client
FEDERAL AIRPORTS CORPORATION
Sydney Airports Parallel Runway Project was executed by Baulderstone in consortium with Dredging International. The 2400m long runway extends out into Botany Bay and is constructed on 15 million cubic metres of sand dredged from the bay. The scope of work included all design, dredging, reclamation and pavement work together with the seawall, taxiway bridges over General Holmes Drive, airfield lighting and extensive landscaping.
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Sydney Airport’s Parallel Runway Project was executed by Baulderstone in consortium with Dredging International. The 2400m long runway extends out into Botany Bay and is constructed on 15 million cubic metres of sand dredged from the bay. The scope of work included all design, dredging, reclamation and pavement work together with the seawall, taxiway bridges over General Holmes Drive, airfield lighting and extensive landscaping.
PAVEMENTS
With approximately 520,000m2 of runway and associated taxiways, the pavement construction represented a challenging component of the project. The works included a range of pavement profiles for the runway, taxiways and service roads. The 2,400m long x 45m wide main runway had a completed pavement thickness of 610mm with 6mm x 6mm grooves at 32mm centres. The 23 metre wide taxiways exceeded 7,000 metres overall and included flexible and rigid pavement types. Blast furnace slag from BHP’s Port Kembla works was used as the sub base course and fine crushed rock as a base course. The wearing course was bituminous concrete for the main runway with 45MPa flexural strength concrete used in areas of high shear stress. Areas adjacent to aircraft pavements subjected to jet blast necessitated the extension pavements and landscaping with a well matted grass surface.
PAVEMENT QUANTITIES
Bituminous concrete runway and taxiways : 429,000m2
Cement concrete taxiways : 55,000m2
Bituminous concrete roadways : 37,000m2
Asphalt : 55,000 t
Slag : 230,000 t
Fine crushed rock : 210,000 t
