Press Release

 

GOMACO GP-4000 Chosen to Slipform John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Bay Runway

 

GP-4000

Tutor Perini Corporation’s four-track GP-4000 slipforms a paving pass 25 feet (7.6 m) wide and 18 inches (457 mm) thick on the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Ida Grove, Iowa -- Tutor Perini Corporation is at work on their $204 million contract to lengthen and widen Runway 13R-31L, or the Bay Runway, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The work is part of the second phase of the JFK Delay Reduction Program and will consist of rebuilding the entire 14,572 foot (4442 m) long runway and widening it from 150 to 200 feet (45.7 to 61 m). Tutor Perini is facing tight completion deadlines and strict airport concrete pavement requirements. Their choice for a concrete slipform paver was the GOMACO four-track GP-4000.

The project consists of milling off six inches (152 mm) of existing asphalt from the runway. The runway will then receive a new 18 inch (457 mm) thick concrete overlay. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the organization responsible for the airport, expect the new concrete overlay, and its reduced need for ongoing maintenance, will save the airport an estimated $500 million over the lifetime of the concrete runway. They also predict the new improvements will reduce flight delays overall by an estimated 10,500 hours per year for their 48 million annual customers at JFK.

Tutor Perini has 120 days to complete the paving. The Port Authority is closing the Bay Runway between March and June 2010. The GOMACO GP-4000, equipped with a stringless control system, will slipform the new runway in 25 foot (7.6 m) wide paving passes, 18 inches (457 mm) thick.

The GOMACO GP-4000, with the powerful new G22 digital controller, is the preferred paver for airport projects around the world. The two-track or four-track pavers, capable of paving passes up to 50 feet (15.2 m) wide, has worked on Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia; Moscow Airport in Moscow, Russia; Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida; Perm Airport in Perm, Russia; the Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah; and other airports across the United States and the entire world. The GP-4000 can be customized with bar insertion systems including the new independent IDBI attachment, stringless systems, keyway crimpers or attachments, and several other options.