The design and construction of the new centralized deicing facility at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport involved several innovative uses of geosynthetics. In response to historical glycol releases into nearby streams, a new centralized deicing facility was built within one year to capture and control airplane deicing fluids. The design of the deicing facility had to meet these regulatory requirements, while at the same time minimizing departure delays inherent to deicing operations. Geosynthetics were critical in successful completion of a project with such strict regulatory constraints and customer expectations. The overall project, which had a budgeted cost of USD 46.89 million, was constructed within budget and within the EPA-mandated schedule of one year. Because of the tight deadlines, much of the construction activities took place during the winter months in late 2005 and early 2006. The CLE deicing facility began operations in October 2006 and, despite a couple of technical and communication hiccups, has been operated successfully through its first winter season. The cost of the construction effort was borne by the airlines, and will ultimately be recovered from airline customers, through a passenger facility charge added to the price of each ticket.


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    Title :

    Use of geosynthetics in deicing facilities at the Cleveland airport


    Additional title:

    Verwendung von Geokunststoffen in der Enteisungsanlage des Cleveland Airports


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Geosynthetics ; 25 , 3 ; 16-23


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 5 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English