Airports
Downer has significant operational airfield capability and experience and has delivered major airside pavement upgrades and maintenance projects. Our wholly owned subsidiary company, CPG, has been planning, designing and managing the construction of world-class airports for more than 50 years.
Armed with innovative ideas and creative strategies, our multi-disciplinary professionals incorporate state-of-the-art technologies to provide the best means of airport infrastructure delivery and support in understanding the need for ease-of-flow for travellers while addressing key aviation requirements such as safety, security, efficiency and comfort on the journey.
Our belief is that airport design is part science, part prediction and when executed correctly, an airport can also be a work-of-art. CPG has a substantial portfolio of airport design experience that includes our flagship project, Singapore's Changi Airport, along with other major projects in China, Vietnam and India.
Downer provides airport owners with specialised capabilities that ensure the successful execution of airfield projects. We bring together experienced and skilled airfield project managers, engineers and supervisors who have intimate knowledge of airfield operations gained from working on a variety of airfield projects across Australia. Services include airside and landside construction and maintenance of runways, taxiways, aprons, car parks and associated infrastructure assets.
Our team of engineering experts specialise in turnkey electrical and communication systems for the expansion or upgrade of airport facilities and we also offer whole-of-life asset solutions for critical infrastructure such as roads, rail lines, carparks and grounds which support and connect airport sites. For more information visit the power and transmission, road, rail and social infrastructure sections of the website.
Our key capabilities include:
Design & Consulting
- Airport planning and passenger terminal design
- Airside/Airfield infrastructure engineering
- Landside infrastructure design and engineering
- Airport support infrastructure
- Development and pedestrian planning
- Electrical and communication solution design
- Independent pavement design peer review
- Runway and taxiway pavement design, widening and strengthening
Project Management
- Process and risk management (including hazard identification)
- Project scheduling and control
- Construction management
- Program preparation and management (phasing of site works)
- Supply-chain vetting, induction and monitoring
- Resource and supply chain partner management
- Quality assurance management
- Health, safety and environmental management
- Cost control, transparent reporting and financial management
Procurement
We have procurement agreements with key suppliers of plant, equipment and materials to ensure our project costs are competitive in this sector.
Construction
- Pavement and surfacing
- Shoulder grading and overlays
- Runway extension works
- Landscaping and finishing works
Installation/Fit out
- Turnkey solutions for electrical and communication systems
- Lighting installation
Specialist Services
- Runway and taxiway widening and strengthening
- Car park design, construction and maintenance
- Integrated Traffic solutions (ITS)
- Surveying
- Laboratory services
- Onsite field testing
- Asphalt mix designs and analysis
- binder testing
- pavement evaluation – beams, slabs, shear torque and wheel tracking
- Soils and aggregates testing
- specialist geotechnical and mechanical testing
- Concrete testing
Operations Maintenance
- Facilities management – for terminal buildings
- Infrastructure maintenance – for carparks, roads and rail networks
- Airfield maintenance – sweeping and repairs
- Vegetation control
- Preventative and reactive maintenance
Asset Management
- Land use planning
- Utilities planning and design
- Asset management systems
- Technical due diligence
- Maintenance intervention strategies
- Forward works programming
- Asset condition and performance assessment monitoring
Asset Renewal
- Runway rehabilitation
- Runway resurfacing (chip seal and asphaltic concrete)
By working together, we use our collective knowledge to ensure an integrated project outcome is achieved in line with our clients’ needs and expectations.