Bridge Rehabilitation LaGuardia Airport
Port Authority of NY & NJ
La Guardia Airport
New York, NY
Hatch Mott MacDonald provided inspection, preliminary engineering, and final design services for the rehabilitation of 11 bridges around LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal Building.
Project Highlights:
- Conducted deck reconstruction including: replacing and repairing deteriorated and leaking deck joints and replacing joint seals, deck drainage replacement, underdeck and on-deck concrete repairs with exposed reinforcement, girder bearing repairs, substructure concrete repairs with exposed reinforcement, and approach roadway improvements
- Conducted a deck condition evaluation to assess various deck reconstruction alternatives
- Established destructive and non-destructive testing protocols, including: deck coring and testing, delamination survey, half-cell testing, and pachometer testing
- Prepared MPT plans considering high traffic volumes entering and exiting LaGuardia Airport. MPT plans considered the following: multiple stage construction, construction staging, detours, lane shifts, traffic signing, and an accelerated construction schedule
- Evaluated the existing deck drainage system for externalizing and rehabilitating the internal drainage downspouts embedded in the concrete piers
- Coordinated extensively with the PANY&NJ Operations Division at LaGuardia Airport, the Authority’s Facilities and Engineering Divisions, and the NYCDOT to stage work over the Grand Central Parkway
Project Type:
Airport and Bridge Rehabilitation
Services:
Inspection, Preliminary Engineering, Detailed Design, Structural Engineering, Stage Construction Schemes, MPT, Concrete Testing, Deck Drainage Investigation, Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Construction Cost:
$6 million