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A major expansion programme is underway at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The work started in the third quarter of 2006 and is due for completion in 2015, with the construction activity being carried out in three main stages. Once the work is complete the airport will be able to handle up to 80 million passengers/ year, compared with 13 million/year before construction commenced. The project also includes three new terminal buildings and a high-speed rail link, as well as airf

In Kansas, specialist contractor Pavers has carried out important work for the National Guard. The aim of the work was to rehabilitate a WWII era hangar apron for the Kansas National Guard. The project required extensive repair work, including pavement patching, dowel bar retrofitting, partial depth patching and joint sealing. Pavers had to overhaul a 305m x 91.5m apron at Army Aviation Support Facility No 2 that suffered from poor drainage. The project included milling 152mm of old asphalt and concrete and

Terex says that its latest Bid-Well 6500 Automatic Roller Paver delivers high performance concrete paving for slabs up to 610mm thick. The machine benefits from a heavy-duty frame design and an 8.9tonne operating weight in standard form. The frame can be configured to meet paving widths from 7.3-18.3m wide, suiting applications in a range of duties including airport runways, taxiways and aprons. Capable of width changes in a matter of hours, the roller paver offers an alternative to slipform pavers for thes

Interview with Dr Essam Radwan, chairman of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida and vice-chair of the 17th IRF World Meeting Scientific & Technical Committee The economic impacts of road transport are undeniable, yet notoriously hard to quantify. The central theme of the IRF World Meeting “Delivering Global Prosperity” has key resonance as Dr Radwan explained, “Today’s world is a mesh of tightly integrated economies, so it’s no surprise that the

Not enough road agencies and highway engineers understand the questions to ask regarding site-specific conditions, design performance criteria and reusability requirements of crash cushions when making purchasing decisions. To address these questions, IRF held a webinar attended by over 170 highway and safety professionals in 18 countries. The webinar reviewed crash cushion applications, described current performance-based standards (NCHRP 350/MASH/EN1317) and presented the recommendations to allow road aut

The Finnish contractor Lemminkäinen is currently working on a paving contract for Finavia, the company which maintains Finland's airports. The contract includes paving milling, as well as paving work for runway 3 and taxiways at Helsinki- Vantaa airport. Lemminkäinen began its operations on the €20 million paving contract in April 2012 and the work is expected to end in the autumn of 2014. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is an important traffic hub for Finland, as well as for the region, with around 15 million pass

The new Maynard H Jackson Jr International Terminal at Hartsfield- Jackson Atlanta International Airport is now open for business. The 111,484m2 terminal features 12 gates, eight security checkpoints, separate levels for arrivals and departures, as well as a 148,831m2 concrete apron for aircraft to park on arrival. Archer Western won the contract to slipform the concrete apron, replace the existing Taxiway D, as well as other utilities and embankment work. The firm brought in one of its GOMACO paving trains

IRF chairman Abdullah Al-Mogbel was presented with the prestigious International Medal of Honour by the Chairman of the Spanish Road Association at a ceremony in Madrid on June 6, 2012. The International Medal of Honour pays tribute and gives public recognition to individuals whose career has been closely related to the development of safe and efficient road infrastructure worldwide. Since its creation nearly fifty years ago, the Medal has been presented to eminent political, academic and industry actors. E

Construction of two vital bridges in Nepal will help increase power generation and offer a return on investment Two bridges are required in Nepal to enable the country to address its current capacity shortfall in electric power generation. Once constructed, they will be the largest single-span truss bridges in Nepal. Construction of the Arun River Bridge at Leguwaghat, Dhankuta, and Sabha Khola Bridge, Sankhuwasabha District, is also required to maximise the rate of return on special programmes under the R