Airport Slabs Relevelled

Uretek relevels & resupports runways, taxiways, hangars, walkways, terminal buildings and workshops fast and economically, with minimal interruption.

Runways, hangars, walkways etc can be cleared of movement, bumps, ponding and trip hazards. 600mm thick pavement can be raised and re-levelled.

• The patented Uretek method is like keyhole surgery! 
• Unique, structural expanding resin is injected through tiny (16mm) holes.
• The resin expands to relevel and resupport.
• Uretek is fast and clean: involving no excavation, no water, no cement dust and no mess - unlike concrete underpinning or mud jacking.
• Mostly there are substantial cost savings over slab replacement or old-fashioned mud jacking methods.

Uretek causes absolutely minimal disruption to airport operations: it is so fast, can be done at night and/or one section at a time and because even the heaviest traffic can run over an area just 30 minutes later. 

In an emergency the works area is safe for immediate traffic !

The photos show Uretek night work on taxiways at Perth Airport, the levelling and re-support of hangar slabs at Sydney Airport following a burst water main.

And the re-support of taxiway and hangar slabs at Williamtown RAAF Base, where leaking stormwater pipes had sucked in fines and caused voids under the sheltered pavement where the jet fighters stand. The pipes were re-lined prior to Uretek filling the voids directly under the slabs and using Deep Injection to compact the sub-base along 320 metres of pipeline.

The first picture above shows the re-levelling of taxiways and runways at Gimpo Airport in South Korea by an Australian Uretek crew, especially flown in with their technical equipment and materials.

The project was to raise and re-level sections of the taxiway that had been ponding and thus causing potentially dangerous icy patches in winter. Previously traditional ‘mud-jacking’ had been trialled without success.

Airports in many parts of the world have relied on Uretek for a decade or two now.

The Uretek unique resin injection method of airport pavement rehabilitation has many advantages:

• Economical.
• Very fast.
• Very convenient.
• No need to remove old slabs.
• No need to wait for new ones to set.
• Runways etc back in use 30 mins later.

More information:

• CASE REPORTS - Perth Airport Taxiway
• CASE REPORTS - Williamtown RAAF Base
• CASE REPORTS - Gimpo Airport, South Korea

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