b'LIGHTINGYQR 61runway, recalls Bogusz. We obviously had to be mindful ofGreg Cuneo, senior project manager with weather and the time of year for the work, as you cant be doingAvia NG, says the new runway edge lighting any paving in the middle of winter in Regina, Saskatchewan.is fully compliant with the latest Aerodromes Bogusz says the airlines were very gracious and accommodatingStandards and Recommended Practices (TP about the proposed construction window at Canadas 16th- 312), and is also more reliable than the airports busiest airport in terms of passenger volume. Work commencedprevious lighting. It is designed to serve traffic in April 2023 after the worst of the snowy winter season and wasat YQR for the next 20 years or more. completed in October 2023, before winter returned. While crewsThe new SSALR on Runway 31 is designedGREG CUNEOworked, aircraft used YQRs 6,200-foot crosswind runway.to improve safety by helping incoming pilots align their aircraft with the centerline. The array includes seven towers with 35 steady-Quick Change burning lights that are used to create a reference plane, as well The airport hired general contractor PCL Construction Managementas five towers with single flashing lights that create a sequential to oversee the project. The two main components were installingstrobe flash pattern rolling toward the runway threshold. In addition, new edge lighting for the full length of 7,901 feet of Runway 13-3117 fixed, unidirectional lights glow green in the direction of the at a cost of $1.2 million; and replacing the omnidirectional approachapproach to the runway and are installed across the threshold. lighting (ODAL) on Runway 31 with an $1 million simplified shortThis is especially useful in nighttime and reduced visibility approach lighting system (SSALR).conditions, Cuneo notes. PCL District Manager Jordan Clouthier notesThe new enhanced approach lighting can be used for visual and that the entire project, including new intelligentinstrument landings. lighting solutions, was condensed into an impressive timeframe.The SSALR system enhances visibility and safety, matching the approach system at the opposite end on Runway 13, Cuneo It was originally planned to be a two-yearsummarizes.project, but we did it in six months inside one season, says Clouthier. We stacked a lot of JORDAN CLOUTHIERdifferent tasks on top of each other to get it done in seven months, and it was great that we did.Doing so drastically mitigated the projects effect on airfield operations and reduced the accommodations required from the airlines. In addition to being thankful that work did not stretch across two Canadian winters, Clouthier is grateful for the collaborative approach YQR took on the project. The airport allowed us to procure our subcontractors in a manner that was beneficial to them, and to make sure we got theWorld class customer serviceright people on the job, he says. That allowed us to make sure weno matter where you are!got the right subcontractors on board and everybody performed super well on the job to make it happen in six months. All airways around the worldEfficiency was achieved by allowing each trade ample room tolead back to Integro!work, he adds.Instead of having the electrical in the same trench as the other site services, we split that apart to make sure that those scopes could go ahead on their own and not interfere with one another, Clouthier explains.State-of-the-Art Electrical Clouthier commends Avia NG Airport Consultants and electrical contractor Tristar Electric for collaborating to provide the best fixtures and towers for YQRs runway lighting. ADB SAFEGATE lighting was installed alongside frangible aluminum towers designed by Millard Towers Ltd. to meet Transport Canada guidelines. The runwaynow has all new edge lights, threshold/end lights, pullpits, conduit and cabling.www.onemonroe.com/integroAirportImprovement.comOctober 2024'