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Closeout: Smooth Landing
Improvements to the runway at the Fort Scott Municipal Airport in Fort Scott, Kansas
December 1, 2023
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PROJECT ∣ Fort Scott Municipal Airport Runway Improvement, Fort Scott, Kansas
CONTRACTOR ∣ Emery Sapp & Sons
SCOPE ∣ $3.5-million program to strengthen and repave Fort Scott’s 4,403-foot runway with 62,891 square yards of specialty asphalt mix, using “stringless” paving technology—involving 3D CAD modeling—to optimize the schedule and budget
TIMELINE ∣ 16 days—from Sept. 11–26, 2023
PHOTO CREDIT: ADRI GUYER PHOTOGRAPHER
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