Managing major airfield construction at Atlanta - the world’s busiest airport
Norma Click, Director, Airside/Landside Projects at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, explains how careful planning, stakeholder collaboration and operational flexibility underpin major airfield construction projects.
Major rehabilitation on the airfield is not for the faint of heart at the world’s busiest airport. With three airfield complexes, five parallel runways and approximately 46 million square feet of pavement, closing critical infrastructure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) requires a level of planning and collaboration unmatched in many industries.
Whether replacing a heavily used taxiway or reconstructing an entire runway, co-ordination with stakeholders begins well before construction. The focus is twofold: (1) how do we safely complete the work in the shortest practical timeframe while (2) preserving as much usable pavement as possible for aircraft movement around the work zone?
As we often tell our airline and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) partners, “The closure will be painful, but our goal is to minimise it as much as possible.”
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