An ambitious, $810 million capital improvement effort is ready to get under way at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Broward County, Florida. The focal point of the project is the complete reconstruction of FLL’s south runway—Runway 9R/27L—which will be expanded from 5,000 feet to more than 8,000 feet in length. A complex undertaking, the project will span an active federal highway and railroad and require large amounts of fill. A runway tunnel and taxiway bridges will be bid out as separate design-build projects.

PBS&J + RS&H will lead the project’s engineering design team which is rounded out by ten other Broward County-based and small business team members. Dale Stubbs, PE, is PBS&J’s project manager for the FLL project; he served as the company’s engineer-of-record for the successful new 5th Runway project in Atlanta. According to Chris Spann, PE, PBS&J national aviation business sector manager, “Our accomplishments in Atlanta completing a similar runway tunnel and taxiway bridge $100 million under budget will enable our team to bring cost saving measures to FLL.

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