May 2005

Award Winning Project at Pellston Regional Airport

Mead & Hunt, Pellston Regional Airport, and Ajax Paving Industries are the proud recipients of the Michigan Concrete Paving Association Award for the Airports category. The winning project included the renovation of the airport's existing airfield pavement for the new terminal building. The newly constructed apron was chosen among four other nominated airport projects in the state of Michigan. The award was announced at the 2005 paving awards banquet in Troy, Michigan.

The Pellston Regional Airport opened a new passenger terminal in the fall of 2003 and was looking to replace the existing bituminous apron with long lasting concrete. The concrete apron (a parking area for planes near the terminal) reconstruction was started the day after Labor Day in September of 2004 and consisted of two phase construction. The entire project included removing the existing asphalt pavement, adding new storm sewer, electrical, and nine- inch plain concrete pavement.

The award-winning apron project is part of ongoing improvements including planning, design, and construction administration at the Pellston Regional Airport that Mead & Hunt has lead for the last six years. The firm has also designed the new terminal building to serve air carrier operations and has designed the new parking lot renovation and expansion plan.

Mead & Hunt, named by CE News as one of the top 10 engineering company to work for in the nation, provides professional services in architecture, historic preservation, and in transportation, infrastructure, and water resources engineering to clients throughout the US. Recognized as the fastest rising architectural and engineering firm by the Zweig Letter Hot Firm list in 2004, Mead & Hunt also rose 82 places on the Engineering News Record's Top 500 design firm list in 2004. Mead & Hunt is an employee-owned, privately held corporation that employs about 280 people in offices nationwide.