The Project
Project SHACKLETON entailed rehabilitation works of the airfield pavements and Aeronautical Ground Lighting at Mount Pleasant Airfield (MPA), Falkland Islands. MPA forms part of Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) and is the most recent purpose-built airfield in the RAF. Along with its military role, MPA also acts as the Falkland Islands’ only international airport.
To what extent did the use of CEEQUAL influence your project?
Where appropriate gravel access tracks (between public road and airfield) were paved by the Contractor. This was outside the contracted scope of works but through CEEQUAL’s influence on the project, it was thought necessary to reduce the volume of dust and foreign matter that could be transported onto either the airside pavement or public roads.
Another example of CEEQUAL’s influence was the production of compliant coarse aggregate to be produced from the local quarry, thus avoiding the import of significant volumes of material (45,000 tonnes) and the ship movements (over 20 potential movements) and waste associated.