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Presented to: 32nd Annual Airport Conference – Hershey, PA
By: Jeff Gagnon, P.E. Manager AJP-6312
Date: March 4, 2009
Federal AviationAdministrationFAA Testing
Laboratory Update
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Outline
• Background
• Requirements
• Layout
• Testing Equipment
• Schedule
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Background• Design Started – August 2006• Bid Documents Completed – August 2008• 100% design review preformed by
Philadelphia District Army Corps of Engineers
• USACE to administer the construction contract – $1.1 million estimated construction cost
• FAA to provide construction oversight• Projected contract award February 2009
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Requirements
•120 x 48 ft building ( ~5500 sq ft)
•Includes additional restrooms
•Designed for Soils, Aggregates Concrete and Asphalt testing
•AMRL Certified
•CCRL Certified
•Material Testing for others
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NAPTF Laboratory
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Materials Testing Lab
National Airport Pavement Test Facility
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Laboratory Floor Plan
Foyer & Restrooms
Office & Meeting Room
Asphalt Lab
Concrete Aggregates
and Soil
Curing Room
Material storage
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Layout – Curing Room
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Testing Equipment
• Portable Seismic Pavement Analyzer for HMA and Concrete (PSPA)
• Portable Seismic Pavement Analyzer for Soils (D-PSPA)
• Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA) Modified or Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device
• Superpave Mix Design Equipment • Marshall Mix design Equipment • Concrete & Aggregates Equipment
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Testing Equipment
Asphalt Pavement Analyzer
Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device
Portable Seismic Pavement Analyzer