Annually the FAA awards over $2.5B in pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction projects.  When planning and programming future grants a critical decision the Airport Sponsor must make is whether to rehabilitate or reconstruct a pavement.  While the grant planning process often starts with prediction of the future pavement condition using the airport’s Pavement Management Program (PMP), the final decision on whether a project should rehabilitate or reconstruct a pavement requires the analysis of many factors.  Airport Sponsors, Consultants and the FAA must work together to evaluate all factors and make a final determination on the grant type, often with minimal engineering analysis.  Once the grant is programmed as rehabilitation or reconstruction it is very difficult to re-program and may result in an airport losing grant funding.  The webinar will include speakers from the FAA, airport planning staff and consultants to provide an overview of some of the policy, FAA standards, engineering, and operational analyses required to decide whether a project should rehabilitate or reconstruction a pavement.  Using case studies and real-world examples the presenters will provide attendees with a better understanding of the complexities of analyzing the complex requirements of determining the project type, FAA policies and standards regarding selection of rehabilitation or reconstruction, and how each member of the team plays a part in the final decision on whether a grant will be programmed to rehabilitate or reconstruct a pavement facility.

PRESENTERS

• Marlon Montoya, P.E., Sr. Airport Electrical Engineer, Mead & Hunt (Moderator)

• Chad Mathes, P.E., Principal Airfield Engineer, RS&H

• Harold Honey, P.E., PMP, Senior Airfield Pavement Engineer, FAA • Robbie Terrell, CM, Planning Manager, DFW International Airport

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this ACC webinar, participants will be able to:

• Summarize FAA guidance that establishes standards and policy required to be met to qualify for grant eligibility for rehabilitation or reconstruction

• Highlight key requirements that must be met for a FAA grant eligibility and describe factors that may require approval of modifications to FAA standards

• Understand the process used to validate the technical approach to a rehabilitation project

• Gain insight into the long-term planning efforts undertaken by large airports to manage pavement assets.

• Consider operational Impacts / project phasing for each type of project

• Understand pavement assessments and how it relates to Capital Improvement Program