Walney Airfield, Barrow-in-Furness

WORKS INCLUDED

• Tarmac patching to runways and taxiways
• Line markings
• Reconstructed areas
• 12000m of Reflective crack repairs using a flexible polymerised bitumen
• 10,000m² Slurry Sealing
• Upgrade to the site entrance road including surfacing, lighting and drainage

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KEY RISKS/CHALLENGES

• Work had to be coordinated with air traffic control to work around incoming and outgoing flights  
• Foreign bodies getting blown/sucked into aircraft engines
• High water table which restricted the work during winter months and high tides
• High levels of site security

LESSONS IMPLEMENTED

• Robots were used to Premark lines

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COLLABORATION AND VALUE ADDED

• Some items of work had to carried out at night or at the weekend

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMME

• Works completed on schedule