b'20 EVV FACILITIESAnother new amenity is a V-Rex vehicle scissor lift, with aCreature comforts include offices, a conference room, a first-capacity of 80,000 pounds.aid room, sleeping quarters for up to 12 people, a locker room The lift can handle all of our equipment, which will improveand showers.efficiency, Hahn comments. For example, we wont have toA backup generator was installed to keep the maintenance empty the water from our firetruck before working on it, so wedepartment running in the event of a power outage. Personnel can make repairs quicker. from the main terminal could also move to the maintenance building and work from there. Amenities for Maximum Utilization The facilitys proximity to the airfield will help reduce fuel The building also features a new fuel management system thatconsumption by maintenance vehicles, and additional storage can track fuel usage by vehicle.space provides enough room for airlines to temporarily store their deicing equipment there. Now they can drive the deicers about 100 yards from our air carrier ramp and keep the equipment in a heated space and remain up AIRPORTS PROUDLY USING TRECAN SNOWMELTERS INCLUDE: and running, Hahn says. It offers us a good BOS| BUF| BWI| CLE| DCA| DFW| IAD|JFK| LGA opportunity to help our airline partners. MCI| MHT| MSP| PIT|YUL|YVR|YYZSNOW Pre-Engineered ConstructionThe airport opted for a pre-engineered metal building because it could be built faster and more cost-effectively than a conventional design. The general contractor was ARC Construction Co. Inc.The building is situated in a northwest to Trecan Snowmelters are the industry standardsoutheast direction on a nearly three-acre site, which will make it easy to expand to the for Airport snowmelting equipment. southeast if the need arises, Heldt notes.The way the storage area is laid out, with overhead doors on each end, the building could be extended in one direction without disturbing the rest of the facilitys ability to function, he adds. You also could expand on an end of the building where theres an overhead door because thered still be access available through the door on the opposite side.Most of the exterior is clad in 3-inch-thick insulated metal panels made by Metl-Span. They range in height from 8 to 40 feet and are fastened to a steel framework. Save Time and Money The roof is made of Superlok metal panelsCost Effective from Ceco Building Systems.Eliminate snow removal delays The facilitys service bays and storageEco-friendly and energy efficient areas feature strategically placed 7-foot-tall translucent panels from Kalwall Corp. thatReduce or eliminate trucking of snow leverage available natural light. on air traffic areas Eliminate security risks associated with trucks Bolstering Snow RemovalOperationsCurrently, EVV has two broom sweepers, six dump trucks, various plow blades and deicing products to store. But with a larger facility, trecan.com it can now invest in larger, more productive ISO 9001:2015 Certified equipment. March | April 2025AirportImprovement.com'