AIRPORT PLANNING & DESIGN

MacArthur Associated Consultants, LLC (MAC) provided professional civil engineering services for OKC Will Rogers International Airport to rehabilitate/reconstruct Runway 13-31. The existing runway had asphalt pavement and asphalt overruns. The project was to replace the existing asphalt pavement with new concrete pavement, which included relocating the existing taxiway edge lights, underdrains, grading, phasing, pavement marking, and drainage. The runway was designed in accordance with AC 150/5300-13A CHG 1 and designed for Group V, Taxiway Design Group (TDG) 5 aircrafts including the B747-400 for geometrics. Other aircrafts were added as appropriate for pavement design, based on current and future anticipated traffic at the airport. The project was selected as a GOLD award winner in the Commercial/Military Airports Category by the American Concrete Pavement Association Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter.

The American Airlines (AA) Maintenance Base in Tulsa, OK is AA’s largest Maintenance Base facility. As such, it is an important part of operating the airline’s fleet of nearly 1,000 aircraft. The existing apron in the southwest portion of the facility was deteriorating and in need of replacement, as AA is expanding its fleet to larger aircraft. MAC was tasked with designing and overseeing construction of approximately 113,000 SY of airfield pavement replacement, as well as, enhancing lighting and network connectivity and replacement of the outdated blast deflector. The project also consists of improvements to the storm sewer system, underdrain, and duct banks for future communication and power routing at the Maintenance Base. Construction began in September 2022 and is expected to be complete by December 2023.

MAC served as the civil designer of record for the hangars, which are part of a new campus of facilities that will support the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. The project includes the 121,155 sq ft single-bay aircraft depot maintenance hangar and the 80,000 sq ft two-bay aircraft fuel maintenance hangar. The new campus is projected to provide full maintenance production for 90 aircrafts per year and provide a new home for approximately 300 full-time employees supporting the KC-46A program.

The project includes over 37,000 SY of new heavy-duty airfield pavement, designed and constructed in accordance with UFC 3-260-02 for a 25-year design life. The 18.5” P.C. concrete pavement section was designed using PCASE software for use with multiple aircrafts including the B1200 (U30) Aircraft Tug, the KC-135R, C-5A/B Galaxy, C-17A and KC-46A.

MAC was selected by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission for the installation of new runway lights and rehabilitation of the pavement at the Carlton Landing Airport. MAC was also responsible for the preparation and completion of the NEPA categorical exclusion document. Project scope included:

Runway, taxiway and apron rehabilitation

Remarking of the runway utilizing NPI markings

Installation of LED runway lights and 2-box PAPI

Obstruction removal

MAC provided professional civil engineering services for this $6,000,000 project to replace the existing asphalt portions of Taxiways C and G with PC concrete. In doing so, the project was designed in accordance with the brand-new Taxiway Design Group (TDG) 6 designation which was introduced in the new AC 150/5300-13A CHG 1 FAA Advisory Circular published in February 2014. Intersections at Taxiways C-6, G-1, and J were designed for the new TDG 6 utilizing cockpits over centerline steering. The Airbus A340-600 and Boeing 747-400 were utilized as the design aircraft. The project was comprised of 42,300 SY of 16” PC concrete pavement and included relocation of 9,100 SY of asphalt shoulder pavement, relocation of the existing taxiway edge lights, fuel containment flumes, underdrains, grading, phasing, pavement marking, and drainage.

In 2015, OKC Will Rogers International Airport recognized a need to expand as the airport had reached 3.8 million travelers per year and anticipated additional future growth. MAC was selected as the civil engineer of record for the OKC Will Rogers International Airport Terminal Expansion.

Recognized by Engineering News-Record (ENR) as the ENR Texas & Louisiana’s 2022 Best Project in the Airport/Transit category (Oklahoma is included in the ENR Texas & Louisiana region).

McAlvain Companies, Inc. selected MAC to provide civil site design and professional land surveying for a new 135,000 square foot hangar facility for SkyWest Airlines at OKC Will Rogers International Airport. The hangar serves as a regional maintenance facility for SkyWest’s Bombardier CRJ and Embraer 175 aircrafts. Site design included design for the new hangar, a new apron, and parking lot. The project consisted of paving, grading, drainage, storm sewer, fire waterline, along with hydrants and fire main for the fire protection system.

MAC was contracted on an emergency basis to evaluate the pavement on 5,800 LF of the center portion of OKC Will Rogers International Airport’s Runway 17L/35R, after the airport began to experience failures in the existing bituminous pavement portion of the runway. MAC was selected in collaboration with ZRHD to perform the design of the runway rehabilitation, including the associated runway centerline lights, touchdown zone light fixtures, and edge lights. In addition, the new portion of the runway was sawcut grooved, rubber was removed from the remainder of the runway, and the entire runway was remarked at that time. Sustainability was important at the time, and asphalt millings were used as aggregate in the cement-treated base course.

The project received a local and national award from the American Concrete Pavement Association for excellence in design and construction.