March 2008

Award-winning taxiway at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport

Mead & Hunt is the proud recipient of the Asphalt Pavement Association of Michigan’s Award of Excellence for 2007.  The Association and the Michigan Department of Transportation presented the award for Mead & Hunt’s design of the Taxiway B Relocation project at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.  Paving projects submitted are evaluated based upon criteria such as the pavement appearance, ride, texture uniformity, longitudinal and traverse joints, edges, approaches, utility covers, and the degree of difficulty of the project.

The project was a result of the existing taxiway failing to meet FAA design standards for runway to taxiway centerline separation.  This $3.1 million project involved the removal of the existing taxiway and construction of a new 3,500–foot by 50–foot air carrier taxiway with 20–foot paved shoulders and medium intensity taxiway lights in a new location.

Mead & Hunt professionals including Project Manager Mark Breukink, PE, with Resident Engineer Jeff Thoman and construction inspectors Grant Bolden and Tom Ward formed a successful project team working with Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, prime contractor Robert Bailey Excavating and paving contractor MI Paving & Materials to complete the award–winning project.