b'74 DFW RUNWAYSBymers describes DFW as a leader in asset managementKey to the success is the competency of our contractor and our modeling and the use of digital twins. As designers, from dayprogram management and the level of confidence and transparency one, we were asked to make sure that all of our information wasand the relationship we have with our own DFW team, American modeled correctly, she reports. Having a detailed record of everyAirlines and FAA, he adds. You have to have all those parties at asset on the project is very big for the airport, she adds.the table and they have to be the parties of the willing. Looking back at the completed project, Bymers highlights It Worked! its unusual nature and ultimate accomplishment. Its not every It was a very innovative program and very aggressive schedule,day that you reduce a runway by a third and are still able to but we knew we had great partners and a great relationship withaccommodate most of the fleet mix, she remarks. It was a American Airlines and FAA, Charkas says of the recent runwaysuccessful phasing strategy.rehabilitation.The next runway that will be reconstructed at DFW is 18L-36R. Key project partners agree that the strategic phasing could notIn December 2024, that project was currently in design and have been achieved without a close working relationship amonganticipated to begin construction in about 18 months. It is yet all stakeholders. Decisions were made together, not in silos,another element in the airports $9 billion Capital Improvement says Sadat. Plan that includes more than 180 major upgrades, expansions Not only did the project prove to be minimally disruptive toand new facilities across the airfield, terminals and roadways. operations, but DFW was able to maintain the growth it projectedCharkas notes that recent and future runway rehabilitations, for the year. We continued jumping in passengers year-over-yearcombined with other airfield improvements, will provide DFW and did not get stuck because 50% of our departure rate wasflexibility and efficiency to continue meeting air travel demands impacted by that runway, Charkas reports.and eventually serve 100 million annual passengers. WE GET IT. YOURE BUSY!The bidding processis a pain - but withNASis Sourcewell contract, the runway de-icer qualification process has already been done for you! VISIT US: nasi-tm.comContract # 110122-NCH800.622.4877 x310 nasi_cs@nasindustrial.com SCAN TO LEARN MORE 2024Nachurs Alpine Solutions.All rights reserved.January | February 2025AirportImprovement.com'