ASPHALTopcs | Summer 2017 | VOL 30 | NO 2
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SIEST<br />
ERGOES<br />
ON by<br />
Lisa Fattori<br />
Runway 05-23, along with five taxiways,<br />
required round-the-clock construction to<br />
minimize disruptions to airport operations<br />
and involved 400 workers at the peak of construction.<br />
The $<strong>30</strong> million project began April 28 and wrapped<br />
up May 16, on time and well ahead of the airport’s<br />
busy summer travel season.<br />
Runway 05-23 is one of the airport’s oldest runways,<br />
and was last rehabilitated in 2005. Originally a composite<br />
structure, the runway required removal of the surface<br />
pavement and subsurface course, as well as repairs to<br />
select areas of the concrete. The project took one year<br />
to plan, with consultations between engineering staff<br />
at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and<br />
airline partners, as well as the airport’s air navigation<br />
provider, NAV CANADA.<br />
The partial closure of the runway, from March 28 to<br />
April 23, and full closure from April 24 to May 16, meant<br />
that aircraft movements would be more restrained from<br />
an airside capacity perspective. This required detailed<br />
scheduling of both ground operations and construction<br />
timelines. Moreover, phases three and four, initially ››<br />
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