Outagamie County Regional Airport
Entrance Roads, Service Area,
and Parking Lot Study and Design
Greenville, Wisconsin
The initial study analyzed several parking lot, entrance, exit, and circulation road options for the airport. The design phase consisted of reviewing the recommendations from the study phase, coordination with the airport authorities to determine their latest needs, evaluating the constraints of the site, conducting traffic studies and projections, and designing multiple alternatives for the entrance, exit, circulation road, and parking areas. An extensive traffic control and traffic-phasing plan was developed to accommodate facility users while allowing the contractor to conduct their construction operations.
The plans included architectural, electrical, and mechanical design for the entrance and exit plazas; parking and street lighting; storm water design and management using biofilters, storm sewer system, and detention pond; soils analysis and report; landscape architecture; informational and directional signage; site and roadway design. A parking control system was specified for revenue control, taxi staging/notification system, and closed circuit television. Construction was phased to keep existing facilities open at all times.
Apron Reconstruction
Fond du Lac County Airport, Wisconsin
Deteriorating pavement in the apron area of the Fond du Lac County Airport was creating a potential safety concern for the airport. Loose and chipping pavement posed a threat for aircraft. OMNNI provided engineering and design services for reconstruction and expansion of a new apron area for general aviation and corporate aircraft. The area was completely reconstructed using the existing pavement. The existing pavement was pulverized and re-laid.
To accommodate requests from area businesses for a place to park larger, heavier corporate aircraft, OMNNI incorporated jet pads into the design.
Safe drain inlets were also incorporated into the design to capture any potentially contaminated runoff from the pavement.
Reconstruction of Runway 9/27
Wittman Regional Airport
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Reconstruction of 4,647 feet of the badly deteriorating Runway 9/27— the airport’s primary runway for jet aircraft. The $3.6 million project improved the ride of the runway by filling in low areas with pulverized asphalt pavement taken from the existing runway and paving it with new 10-inch thick concrete.
The project also included all new storm sewer and underdrains, lighting and landscaping. Creative thinking on the part of the resident engineer and contractor saved the client $83,000. Winner of the 2007 Gold Award for Excellence in Concrete Pavement from the American Concrete Pavement Association.