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ENVIRONMENT available to anyone for downloading at no charge from the OMP’s website. Andolino added that the design firms are required to have at least one LEED accredited professional on staff, and must submit manual-based checklist for review by the OMP office at key design milestones. The manual has established a similar system to recognize compliance with it’s own guidelines, with one to five “green airplanes” awarded for project design and sustainability efforts. Andolino said that earning even one green airplane shows that the contractor “has not only met the basic requirements, but went beyond that to achieve extra points.” In terms of sustainability, the manual focuses heavily on recycling and materials reuse, fuel conservation and pollution control. As examples, at least 50 percent of any material torn up during construction, such as asphalt and concrete, must be recycled and reused on site. For anything generated by building demolition, the mandated recycle/reuse rate is 90 percent. In fact, Andolino reported that before the first phase of the OMP construction is completed in November 2009, over 14 million cubic yards of earth will have been moved, processed on airport property, and reused on site or stockpiled for future use. In that regard, Michael Vonic, of Colorado-based CH2M Hill, and the senior engineer for the OMP’s $1.4 billion south airfield project, reported that managing the project’s earthwork balance presented an engineering challenge. The south airfield part will include a new runway and the extension of an existing one. “There were large stockpiles of excess earth from previous projects that needed to be relocated or moved to facilitate the construction plans,” Vonic remarked. “They are being used to raise the runway elevation, and in the grading under the runway approach surfaces.” He added that, at the same time, all pavement requirements are being Paving asphalt-treated permeable base on runway 10L analyzed in terms of heat island effect and surface runoff. Tom Greiter of the Chicago office of Kansas City-based architectural and engineering firm HNTB—and project manager for the Runway 10L28R portion of the OMP—explained that all of the pavement being torn up during construction is ground up on site, and recycled into the aggregate for the paving and surfacing materials in the runway shoulders, airport service roads; and backfilling material. “This conserves fuel, and reduces the truck traffic, which would otherwise be required to transport the material—either to landfills—or to an offsite construction materials recycling center. The recycled material would then have to be transported back to the airport for reuse.” Fossil fuel emissions from off-road construction vehicles, and the primary pollution control aspect of the manual. It mandates that diesel burning equipment must use ultra-low sulfur fuel, O’HARE PROJECT FEATURES AT A GLANCE Phase I—Completion By 2011 • • • • • • • New north runway, designated 9L-27R (completion: November 2008) New Air Traffic Control tower, also on the north airfield, near United Airlines and American Airlines hangars (completion: d November 2008) Extending Runway 10L-28R on the south side by 3,000 feet to 13,000 feet (completion: November 2008) Runway 10C-28C—A 10,000-foot runway parallel to 10L-28R and replacing Runway 18-36 (completion: In 2011, the last major project for Phase I) Relocation of two air cargo facilities—FedEx and United Construction of two detention basins and pump stations on south airfield Construct a new pump station for north airfield detention basin Phase II—Completion By Year-End 2014 • • • • Extension of existing Runway 9R-27L on north airfield to 11,260 feet from its current 7,967-foot length Runway 9C-27C—To be built on north airfield as a replacement for existing Runway 14L-32R Runway 10R-28L—To be built on south airfield as a 7,500-foot replacement for existing Runway 14R-32L Completion of a new, 60-gate western terminal complex www.aci-na.org | CENTERLINES 25 http://www.aci-na.org

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Contents President’s Message Canadian Airports Associates’ Corner Policy Center Regulatory Front On the Hill and On the Stump One on One: Dave Barger Revenue: The Concessions Awards Environment: O’Hare Expansion Passenger Focus: Houston Friendly Safety and Security: After Comair, What Next? Air Service Recruiting: Charleston’s Acquisition of AirTran On Management: Performance Benchmarking at DFW Now Underway Grand Opening Conference Previews and Reviews New Members Index of Advertisers/Advertiser.com Box Scores

Centerlines - January 2008

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