The Airside Civil and Pavement Works project, delivered by a Joint Venture comprising CPB Contractors and ACCIONA, included delivering a 3.7-kilometre runway which featured approximately 3,000 aeronautical ground lights and 248 high intensity approach lights. The project also included the delivery of taxiway pavements, airside roads and surface water drainage.
The Judging Panel commended the Western Sydney Airport Airside Civil and Pavements Project team for its implementation of a slipform paving method for aircraft pavements, transforming a traditionally labour-intensive and weather-dependent process into a safer, faster and more efficient construction approach. The Panel particularly recognised the innovative approaches’ sustainability elements, reducing carbon emissions, material waste and reduced water consumption. The Panel highlighted the approaches’ replicability and establishment of best practice for runway construction in Australia.