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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Bob Ruch, Col. Ret., PE is Pond’s Executive Vice President, Defense & Federal. He has been in the industry for 5 years since retirement from a distinguished 30-year career with the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. While serving with USACE, he commanded...

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