DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Re-Texturing of Airport Runway for the Aviation Department
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes a contract with Humble Equipment Co., Inc. to provide the Aviation Department and the San Antonio International Airport (SAT) with the Re-Texturing of Airport Runway 13R/31L for a total cost of $315,000.00. Funding is available from the Airport Operating and Maintenance Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
A re-texturing process to the surface of Runway 13R/31L at SAT is needed for the continued safety of pilots, passengers and flight crew of commercial airlines and private aviation. Runway 13R/31L is one of two aircraft runways and is the main air carrier runway at SAT. The runway surface is in constant use (over 90,000 aircraft movements per annum) and this retexturing process is required to bring the wet coefficient of friction back up a higher level.
Runway 13R/31L is a grooved portland cement concrete runway that serves many different types of aircraft. This runway is critical to the continued prosperity and commerce enjoyed by the City of San Antonio. The re-texturing process is intended to restore the surface of the runway to a higher friction number (0.70 Mu or better during wet surface conditions as measured by Continuous Friction Measuring Equipment), remove all surface contaminants, leave a runway surface condition that will result in less tire wear, and subsequently reduce the frequency of rubber deposit removal without causing damage to the surface of the runway.
Humble Equipment Co., Inc., a Louisiana-based company, is the only firm with specialized high production rate equipment able to retexture the runway in six foot swathes. As a result, the work can be completed faster enabling SAT to keep its runways in operation and maintain its Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Certification. The firm's proximity to Texas also reduced equipmen...
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