b'58 GRR RUNWAYSDesign Featuresfrom the project to create the tail fin. It looks like a real airplane Now, barricades can be stacked on top of each other, and stepstail! says Shirey. around the trailer allow easy access for loading and unloading. IThe finishing touch was installing lights on the rear of the trailer, built it short enough to the ground so one person can reach theand the team again chose to make an aviation-related design top rack, says Shirey, noting that loading and loading used to bestatement. The right light is green and the left is red, just like a a two-person job. There are steps all the way around the wholeBombardier RJ. trailer to access the top rack. And each rack has floodlights on the top, so when we load and unload at night, we can see better. A lotReady to Goof the time, we are doing that work at night. While the new trailer can hold 160 barricades, GRRs remaining 40 The GRR team got added assistance from Dillion Edema, aor so barricades are kept on the old pontoon-boat trailer. Storing all seasonal worker who became Shireys right-hand man for theof the barricades on trailers means they are always ready to go for trailer project.a construction jobno loading required. Its definitely a timesaver, Dillion was a godsend; he helped so much, Shirey recalls. Isays Airfield Maintenance Supervisor Richard Feigel. With this would give him dimensions of steel to cut, and he would do it forsetup, we can now do a closure in one trip. And it expedites the eight hours a day, then pile it up and label it. Whatever I needed,cleanup process as well.he would cut. Other airports interested in building their own barricade trailers After all the required parts were assembled, the team gotare welcome to contact GRR about its unit. Feigel says he is creative. Another seasonal worker Mark Lytel (who is also a pilot)happy to share its specifications and images of the layout and suggested adding an airplane tail fin to the rear of the trailerconstruction. Wed love to help them coordinate whatever is for design flair. The worker sketched out the tail and used a 3Dneeded and help with their plans, he says. Ours is beautiful. We printer to produce a mockup. The team then used scrap metalhad a spectacular crew working on it. PRESERVING RUNWAYSDAY & NIGHTFAA P-608 COMPLIANT FAA P-608-R COMPLIANTHundreds of Runways Safely Treated SAFE Recommended for Time-Constrained& Environmentally Responsible Project ConditionsOver 25 Years Serving PROVEN Rapidly Cures to Runway Safetythe Aviation Industry Standards in 2-3 HoursMitigates Asphalt-Based EFFECTIVE No Long-Term Airport FOD & Surface OxidationClosures & Lost RevenueBoth treatments can be applied on all airfield pavements without restrictions.asphaltsystemsinc.comJuly | August 2023AirportImprovement.com'