b'80 IGMENVIRONMENTALAt first, we thought wed have to ship the dross up Highwayphase, while making sure the tenants were not impeded due to 93 to Beatty, NV, through Las Vegas, Breckenridge says. Butconstruction. at the request of City Council to use rail in order to reduceOne such tenant is Alpha-Zulu Composites, a composite traffic, noise and air pollution, Haley & Aldrich and Clean Harbors came up with the plan to use Patriot Rails newly constructedaircraft repair facility. Owner Paul Gaines was alarmed at theAvio F3Green Mil 3%first official meeting with the airport when he learned the project transload facility within Kingman Airport and Industrial Park.would take almost a year. We discovered we could put it on a train heading directly east instead of trucking it through multiple cities.I was taken aback, Gaines recalls. But I knew the old dross In all, the toxic materials filled about 924 railcarsa strategymaterial had to be removed and the existing surface was terrible\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1a\x1c\x19\x18\x17\x16\x15\x14\x13\x12\x19\x1d\x1a\x17\x16\x12\x1a\x1a\x17\x16\x13\x11\x10for aircraft operations. It became much easier to process and Haley & Aldrich says saved the airport about $2 million in disposal costs compared to transporting it in trucks. Theabsorb when it became obvious how much the airport cared\x1a\x1c\x0f\x1d\x0e\x0c\x1b\x1f\x0c\x1d\x0b\x0e\x0c\x1b\x0c\x1aabout our operations and how well they listened as things environmental firm also found a way to process and reuse theprogressed. asphalt cap, which eliminated other disposal costs. The airport shared plans for the project with Gaines and other Impact on Tenantstenants, taking time to understand their needs. Contractors, in\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1d\x1a\x19\x18\x17\x19\x16\x15\x14\x1b\x13\x12\x18\x11\x13\x1a\x16\x15\x10\x1b\x14Reclamation work was completed in phases to limit disruptions turn, remained flexible as work progressed. Ultimately, Alpha-to airport operations. Afterward, IGM had a repaved, fullyZulus daily operations werent affected and the company\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1e\x1a\x1f\x1e\x1d\x19\x18\x17\x1d\x1e\x1a\x16\x1e\x15\x14\x1c\x13\x1e\x1dfunctional apron. continued receiving and delivering aircraft as needed.We now have a beautiful ramp area with a renewed\x0b\x0e\x18 \x08 \x1b\x12\x19\x1d\x1d\x11\x1b\x07\x0e\x0c\x1b\x08\x06\x1b\x10The big takeaway was how to work with an active airport, Eshraghi states. A lot of planes were using this apron, andinfrastructure, Gaines reports. Its so very critical for existing\x05\x07\x04\x03\x02\x01\x7f\x02\x08we needed to dig everything in an orderly fashion, phase byand future businesses. \x12\x14\x11\x19\x18\x11\x10\x1a\x0f\x1b\x1e\x13\x1a\x0e\x10\x18\x11\x0c\x1e\x11\x0e\x0b\x1d\x19\x1c\x13\x0c \x08 \x1b\x12\x19\x1d\x1d\x11\x1b\x08\x06\x02\x08\x06\x1b\x7f\x02\x10\x12\x14\x11\x19\x18\x11\x10\x1a\x0b\x17\x0c\x11\x1d\x11\x0e\x0b\x1d\x19\x1c\x13\x0c \x08 \x1b\x12\x19\x1d\x1d\x11\x1b\x08\x06\x02\x08\x06\x1b\x7f\x02\x10\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1d\x1b\x1a\x19\x18\x17\x16\x15\x14\x1c\x1b\x13\x19\x1d\x1b\x12\x19\x1d\x1d\x11\x10\x15\x19\x1d\x1d\x11\x1b\x0f\x1d\x19\x14\x0e\x0e\x1d\x17\x1b\x10\x0e\x0c\x0b\x1d\x19NATIONALFOAM.COM/AVIATION GreenScreen Certi\x1fed is a registered 919-331-6100 trademark of Clean Production ActionWe can Help You Transition to Fluorine Free Foam\x7f\x1b\x1f\x19\x16\x15\x1c\x16\x1d\x0c\x1b\x10\x14\x18\x19\x13\x1d\x1b\x1f\x13\x11\x1c\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1f\x1e\x1a\x19\x1b\x1e\x18\x17\x16\x1b\x18\x13\x11\x13\x19\x1c\x15\x14\x15\x13\x12\x12\x14\x13\x11\x14\x10\x10 \x0f\x18\x11\x14\x13\x15\x14\x1b\x16\x1c\x1b\x18\x19\x1b\x18\x19\x1d\x1b\x0e\x11\x18\x19\x13\x14\x0e\x18\x11May | June 2025AirportImprovement.com'