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Granite Wins CSEA High Hazard Award For LAX Runways Improvement Project


project that delivered lasting improvements to airfield safety and efficiency at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the nation’s fifth-busiest airport. Te LAX Runway 6l-24r North Airfield Exit Taxiways and


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Runway Rehabilitation project represented a 25-month effort to upgrade two of the airport’s busiest runways by adding four new exit taxiways, rehabilitating asphalt, and reconstructing concrete keel sections. Granite performed the work under double shifts in an active airfield, implementing strict safety planning to manage risks from the many hazards they encoun- tered during the course of construction. AGC of California awarded the project and Granite its


Construction Safety Excellence Award for “Safety on a High Hazard Project” for 2025. A few of the major safety challenges that Granite faced and solutions it delivered on this project included: • Individuals Driving on an Unfamiliar Active Airfield. Throughout the project, the access and egress of the project changed, often requiring individuals to cross active taxiways. To mitigate any potential incursions, the project team successfully communicated haul routes through map


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anaging extreme risks from taxiing aircraft, de- bris, hazardous materials and other challenges, Granite successfully completed a $159.6 million


distributions, site-specific onboarding, refreshers about when work was to switch to a different part of the airport, use of signs and boards indicating travel paths, hard barricade protective measures, and more.


• Foreign Object Debris (FOD).Working on an active airfield requires an extreme and constant focus on housekeeping, as even a small piece of concrete from a demolished slab encroaching onto the apron of an active runway or taxiway posed a damage to the aircraft and those aboard. Granite created a culture that kept the space clean and free from FODs at all times.


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