Whitsunday Coast Airport

Description

The Whitsunday Coast Airport is 5kms from Proserpine and 40km from tourist town Airlie Beach.

This project involved the milling of 50mm of runway’s bitumen surface with areas of sub-grade repaired and new asphalt laid correcting any issues with levels.

By conducting all works at night the runway remained fully operational throughout the upgrade during the day.

Works

Key elements in this project included:

• Asphalting – 10,500m2 runway area
• Profiling – 10,500m2 runway area
• Line marking

Challenges

• Night Works
• Short Program - due to impending wet season

Our Management

CivilTeam programmed the works to occur at night. All trades were brought together and coordinated for optimal efficiency.

Any critical machinery operating on the runway had a back-up machine sitting in a compound ready to go if there was a breakdown.

After each shift’s the runway was left fully operational for the day’s flights.

Each shift was completed ahead of time and planned progress—each morning Airport Operations received the runway on average 1½ hrs before allocated hand back time.

Value Adding

CivilTeam’s planning and consultation with stakeholders resulted in the project being completed ahead of schedule and in budget.

Also the client used weather-risk money for additional asphalting works, resulting in a greater return on investment.