Situation
The joint on the primary landing runway needed repairs but a window of only eight and a half hours was available to cut and prepare the concrete, install the repair and achieve sufficient resistance to reopen the runway to air traffic.
Installer: Desarrolladora J A
Contractor: Cooper Sons
Featured Products:
ARDEX TRM™ Transportation Repair Mortar
ARDEX BACA™ Bonding & Anti-Corrosion Agent
Challenge:
- Deteriorated concrete joint on the primary landing runway
- Limited time to complete the repair
- The repair required extremely fast strength gain in order to reopen the runway
Solution
Achieving a compressive strength of 4,600 psi (323 kg/cm2) in just six hours, ARDEX TRM™ with ARDEX BACA™ was the perfect fast-track solution. The local ARDEX Team, Alex Rivera and Danny Torres, worked hand in hand with Carl Roberts of AOR, Desarrolladora J A and Cooper Sons to plan a precision execution with all of the necessary people, tools and product. The result of this team effort was a successful installation that allowed the runway to reopen right on schedule.
