b'44 TUS AIRFIELD SAFETYFACTS&FIGURESTucson International Leverages Project: Airfield Safety Enhancement ProgramPartnerships and Federal FundingLocation: Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, AZOperator: Tucson Airport Authority to Enhance Airfield Safety BY JODI RICHARDSMain Components: Demolishing, relocating, and constructing Runway 12R-30L (runway numbers shiftedTucson International Airport (TUS),projects and phases. with the MAGVAR changes); constructing new taxiwaysoperated by the Tucson AirportConstruction is slated and connectors; installing aircraft guidance systems; modernizing airfield geometry to meet current FAAAuthority (TAA), an independentfor completion by standards organization enabled by state legislation in2028/2029, and Cost: $400 million 1948, is currently 14+ years into its AirfieldDanette Bewley, Funding: TAA, FAA, ADOT, Military (through MCCA process) Safety Enhancement Program (ASE); thePresident/CEO last four years being under construction ofof Tucson Airport Project Timeline: Preliminary needs assessmentthe comprehensive airfield safety initiative.Authority (TAA)DANETTE BEWLEYin 2010; master plan update in 2015; EIS in 2017, groundbreaking in 2019; completion expected byThe multi-project program, estimated atexpects the changes 2028/2029 $400 million, is designed to update Arizonasto be amazing.Program Manager: WSP second-busiest airport to current federalHaving the runways separated for Construction Manager at Risk and Design-standards and usher in a new era of safetysafety and redundancy will be a game Bid-Build 1 Construction: Granite Constructionfor TUS. One major component is to eliminatechanger for us, says Bewley. Design-Bid-Build 1 Prime Contractors: a parallel runway only used by general aviation aircraft, relocate it, and constructPer the program, Jacobs; Dibblethe TAA demolished Design-Bid-Build 2 Prime Contractor: Garver a new runway that mirrors the primary runway to support all operators. The newRunway 11R-29L Design-Bid-Build 3 Prime Contractor: Reynolds,parallel runway will also provide operational(8,803 feet long x Smith & Hills redundancy and support future growth, which75 feet wide) and Construction Manager at Risk Design: HDR Inc. will serve the region for decades.will replace it with a Environmental Impact Statement Consultant:new parallel runway Landrum & Brown Described as the airports largestthat is 11,000 feetRICH BAUER project to date, the ASE Program is aboutlong x 150 feet Phase 1 & 2 Studies and Master Plan 14+ years in the making. From identifying Update: HNTB wide, which mirrors the primary runway. specific needs and completing planningRich Bauer, lead aviation designer with Safety Risk Management Panel Facilitator:and environmental studies to securing Jacobsen Daniels program manager WSP, notes that other funding and establishing constructioncrucial elements include new taxiways and Jet Blast Deflector: Blast Deflectors, Inc. phasing, TAA leaders and their project Key Benefits: Modernizing the airfield to currentconnector taxiways, installation of aircraft partners have worked together toguidance systems and modernization FAA standards; enhancing safety; providing operationalplan and coordinate complex enabling redundancy with parallel runway October 2024AirportImprovement.com'