Alter/Repair Runway - International Airport/AFB, Charleston, SC
Pond provided electrical engineering design services for the replacement of the visual air navigation facilities for Runway 03-21
Specific design elements:
- ALSF-1 approach lighting system utilizing low impact resistant fiberglass structures
- REIL Lighting on both Runway 03 & 21
- Edge lighting utilizing High Intensity Runway Edge Lighting (HIRL) including threshold and end lighting
- Distance markers
- Taxiway edge lighting and guidance signage
- Replacement of the existing 12-unit Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) system on each end of Runway 03-21 with four-unit Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) system
- Coordination with concurrent projects upgrading tower and vault lighting controls to computer-based system, replace airfield vault with new vault, and replacement of several tanks
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