Granite selected for Los Angeles airport construction and rehabilitation project

Granite, a construction and construction materials company based in Watsonville, California, has been awarded a $174 million contract by Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to construct new exit taxiways and reconstruct sections of existing runways. The project will begin in 2023 and is expected to finish in 2025.  

According to a news release from Granite, the project will be funded by LAWA’s Capital Improvement Plan and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company will be recycling approximately 85,000 tons of materials on-site and self-producing about 85,000 cubic yards of FAA concrete for the project.   

The project consists of constructing four new exit taxiways alongside existing Runway 6L-24R, rehabilitation of hot mix asphalt pavement surfacing on Runway 6L-24R and reconstruction of Portland cement concrete pavement keel section of Runway 6R-24L on the north airfield.   

The project requires two major runways to close sequentially, requiring working double 10-hour shifts, six and sometimes seven days a week for nearly a year continuously. The resulting work will improve safety and operational efficiency on the airfield and extend the pavement life of both runways on the north complex of LAX.   

“This project allows Granite to further enhance our quality relationship with LAWA that has been developing since 2016,” says Scott McArthur, Granite's vice president of regional operations. “We appreciate being trusted with a project that will provide increased safety and efficiency to one of the world’s busiest airports.”