2. AIRFIELD PAVEMENT PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2.1 Introduction
The airfield pavement of the new airport involves ground improvement, pavement design and drainage design. In the past decade, there are three (3) major zones of airfield pavement at this airport as described below (refer to Figure 1 and Photo 3):
• West Runway, East Runway and Apron Systems (refer to as WEA zone);
• West and East Support Apron Zones (refer to WESA zone); and
• Third Runway System and Midfield Satellite Apron (refer to TRMA zone).