Vancouver International Airport Pier C Expansion
Vancouver Airport Authority
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Canada
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2006-2010
Pavement structure built from recycled material
62,000 m2 of new rigid and flexible pavement
Challenges
- The Pier C Expansion Project at the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) involved relocating Taxiway J to the west, and transforming it into a new code E apron taxilane to provide room for the Pier C terminal and apron stand expansion.
- Additional gates were designed to service up to nine aircrafts, and to accommodate the amount of passengers coming through the domestic terminal.
Solutions
- Completed the design and full-time construction services of the apron configuration and airside facilities associated with the expansion of Pier C.
- Designed an intricate drainage system capable of collecting surface water runoff near aircraft fueling areas and isolating any spilled oil through oil/water separators.
- Aircraft fueling utilities were installed within the Apron VI pavement in order to minimize fuel truck hauling and its associated carbon footprint.
- Taxiway J was relocated to the west to accommodate the Apron VI expansion to the east.
- 62,000 m2 of new rigid and flexible pavement facilitated nine additional domestic gates in time for the 2010 Winter Olympic in Vancouver.
Highlights
- Designed to reuse demolished taxiway and apron pavements as the crushed granular base for the aircraft pavement areas.
- Aircraft fueling utilities were installed within the Apron VI pavement in order to minimize fuel truck hauling and its associated carbon footprint.