Reconstructed Sea-Tac runway opens to air traffic Kwame Northwest provided civil inspection services
November 03, 2009
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| Port of Seattle runway project |
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – The $85 million reconstruction of the longest runway at Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle is complete and opened to air traffic in late September. Kwame Northwest of Seattle provided ongoing civil inspections and quality assurance for the six-month project, which was completed on schedule.
The project involved comprehensive rebuilding of the entire 11,901-foot runway, from pavement and infrastructure to airfield lighting. The runway is the oldest at the airport, built in 1944 at 5,000 feet long and extended several times. The last overlay was in 1992. Concrete from the original runway was recycled on-site and used as the sub-base for the new runway, which consists of 12 inches of sub-base, four inches of asphalt base and 20 inches of concrete.
“We appreciated the opportunity to work with the Port of Seattle on this project and apply our expertise in aviation and infrastructure projects,” said Walter Jackson, vice president of Kwame Northwest. Kwame Northwest is a division of St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group, which provided program management for the $1.6 billion expansion of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Kwame Building Group is a pure program and construction management firm providing estimating, scheduling, project planning, value engineering and other project management services as an independent advocate for owners and developers. Public and private sector projects include educational facilities, major airports nationwide, light-rail systems, hospitals and government facilities. KWAME is headquartered in St. Louis with division offices in Dallas, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Seattle. For more information, visit www.kwamebuildinggroup.com or call 314.862.5344.
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