East Midlands Airport Runway Resurfacing-Galliford Try

Colas has completed several contracts at airports operated by the Manchester Airport Group (MAG). In 2011, Colas was employed as specialist surfacing contractor as part of the project to rehabilitate Runway 1 at Manchester Airport. Our successful track record of implementing works at MAG airports continued in 2016 when Colas was contracted to carry out taxiway maintenance at Bournemouth Airport, car park resurfacing at Stansted Airport, and, most recently, runway resurfacing works at East Midlands Airport.
The East Midlands Airport project required Colas to rehabilitate the airport’s 2.9km 09-27 runway on behalf of MAG’s framework management contractor, Galliford Try. The works involved removing the existing asphalt pavement and resurfacing the runway and taxiway tie-ins with a new high-quality Beton Bitumeux Aeronautique (BBA) surface course. The works were undertaken during day and night shifts across five consecutive weekend closures of the runway.