b'8 SFOTAXIWAYSFACTS&FIGURES PHOTO: AECOMProject: Taxiway ImprovementsLocation: San Francisco Intl Airport, in CACost: $75 millionFunding: $39 million in FAA Airport ImprovementTaxiway Reconstruction Program grants; $36 million from capital program bondsConstruction: Jan. 2024June 2024Key Components: New non-intersecting taxiways;Project Improves Safety relocated fuel vault & linesConstruction Manager/General Contractor: Golden Gate Constructors at San Francisco Intl BY KRISTEN RINDFLEISCHProject Design & ConstructionManagement: AECOMElectrical Subcontractor: Royal Electric This June, San FranciscoThe previous layout had an Fuel Subcontractor: McGuire and Hester International Airport (SFO)unconventional design with taxiways D and Storm Drain Subcontractor: Fontenoy Engineering completed a $75 million taxiwayT intersecting with converging centerlines, Grooving: ABSL Construction reconstruction project, removing two heavilywhich created potentially challenging Markings & Striping: Chrisp Co. used taxiways and replacing them with twoconditions for planes exiting Runways separate, non-intersecting taxiways. The28L and 28R, SFOs predominant arrival Civil Design: SFO Engineering (in-house) updated layout improves safety and efficiencyrunways. Due to non-standard geometry Electrical Design: Lean Engineering by providing pilots a better line of sight downand the acute angles, aircraft exiting Fuel Vault Design Subcontractor: Burns the runway and brings the airfield up toRunway 28R onto the high-speed Taxiway T & McDonnell current FAA standards. The project includedhad line of sight challenges when crossing Lighted Runway Closure Marker: Sherwinfull-depth taxiway construction; FAA fiberRunway 28L, Taxiway D and Taxiway K. Industries optic and runway status lighting; electricalRealigning Taxiway T to cross Runway 28L Key Benefits: Enhanced safety; increased efficiency;and lighting infrastructure; relocating a fuelperpendicularly and eliminating the need reduced delays; compliance with FAA standards;vault with associated valves and piping;to cross taxiways D and K improved both improved airport operations storm drainage work; airfield signage andsafety and operational efficiency by allowing Of Note: No incursions or aircraft safety incidentslighting as well as pavement marking. the taxiways to be used simultaneously.during 6-month runway closureOctober 2024AirportImprovement.com'