Dedicated applications for airports
Design engineers for airport infrastructure are regularly challenged with finding technical, yet economical and sustainable solutions that can overcome difficult constraints, such as:
- Restrictive rights-of-way
- Low overhead clearances
- Narrow travel lanes and pathways
- Complex alignments and geometry
- The capacity for structures to carry heavy loading
Geoquest’s portfolio of retaining wall solutions, arches and geosynthetics meet these challenges.
Reinforced Earth® MSE walls, Geoquest’s flagship solution is the engineer’s first choice for landside vertical grade separations and bridge abutments as has been demonstrated on hundreds of airport projects worldwide. Where reinforced soil slopes or embankments are required, then our slope solution is recommended.
Whether it’s landside or airside, Geoquest can offer solutions to cover;
- Tramway and people-mover guideways
- Taxiway bridges and underpasses
- Retaining walls for elevated aircraft parking aprons
- Retaining walls for elevated runways and extensions
- Utility tunnels and escape tunnels
- Runway and taxiway subgrade stabilisation
Runway extensions can entail building massive MSE structures in challenging terrain, even water. In the USA, Geoquest has designed and supplied walls supporting elevated runway extensions up to heights of 46m.
Benefits of using Geoquest for your airport project
Pre-sequenced design approach
Pre-sequenced design approach
From the foundation works to top-out works, our pre-engineered and prefabricated materials are bundled to provide builders with a clear path for rapid installation and quick in-service use for operations and passengers.
Meeting airport construction complexities
Meeting airport construction complexities
Our engineers apply their skills and experience that are common to their everyday road, bridge, and heavy commercial site works projects with added awareness and special attention given to aesthetics and functionality.
Minimal footprint and intrusions
Minimal footprint and intrusions
Using innovative techniques, Geoquest solutions minimise land use and the need for onsite production, formworks and scaffolding.
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Engineering expertise and 120 years or more of service life
Geoquest offers unrivalled engineering expertise to provide you with the best design and supply package, coupled to commercial excellence that will make your next road development project a success.
Guaranteeing long-term life duration and minimum necessity for maintenance of the infrastructure is of outmost importance, and our designs are optimised based on the service life that is required.
