Durham Tees Valley Airport Apron

Challenge:

Durham Tees Valley Airport handles over two hundred thousand people off to their holidays every year, which makes for a busy Aircraft Apron. The requirement was to protect the concrete block paving from fuel infiltration and seal/stabilise the joints, preventing sand erosion from aircraft movement.

Solution:

Resiblock ‘22’ is a commercial grade joint stabiliser which prevents both water and fuel infiltration but additionally stabilises the jointing sand, preventing erosion from cleaning regimes and aircraft movement. Once cured it remains fully elastomeric thereby accommodating the small elastic deflections incorporated within the pavement design. Bardon Contracting installed over 8000m² of paving simultaneously sealed with Resiblock ’22’.

Benefits:

Resiblock ’22’ is a specialist prepolymer urethane (SPPU) which prevents the erosion of jointing sand. The areas sealed were completed in controlled sections in a few hours and heavy traffic was reinstated shortly afterwards, ensuring minimum disruption to the airport.

One pack material
Easy application
Prevents sand erosion from paver joint
Prevents the ingress of water and fuel to sand laying course
Maintains structural stability under heavy duty trafficking
Elastomeric bond works in tandem with paver system

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Case Study
Project name: Durham Tees Valley Airport Apron
Client: Peel Airports Limited
Contractor: Bardon Contracting
Site: Durham Tees Valley Airport
Project: Durham Tees Valley Airport Apron
Area: 8,000m²
Paver type: Concrete Block Paving
Product/s: Resiblock '22'
Date: May 2010
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