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Dyer & Butler completes Gatwick runway improvements

Dyer & Butler, a multi-disciplined engineering services specialist focused on essential infrastructure including airports, has successfully completed resurfacing works on the Main and Northern runways at Gatwick Airport.

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The programme of work included 6,500m2 of asphalt resurfacing as well as the removal and replacement of over 120 Aeronautical Ground Lights and runway line marking and re-painting works.

Gareth Bates, Dyer & Butler’s Operations Manager at Gatwick Airport, commented: “The recent period of reduced air traffic at the airport provided a window of opportunity for Dyer & Butler to deliver these improvements during daylight hours whilst arriving and departing traffic used the Airport’s Northern runway.

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"The work was successfully delivered by small teams working under strict social distancing controls to ensure the safety of the workforce throughout.”  

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In addition, Dyer & Butler’s Gatwick Airport team is delivering civils and electrical works to support the replacement of the new Instrument Runway Visual Range system (IRVR). Scheduled for completion in mid-August, the IRVR is being installed at three locations between the Main and Northern Runway.
 

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