Friday, June 4, 2010

East side of the three story THF (June 2010)

Airfield Rescue, Fire Facility inside dome concrete work (June 2010)

Airfield Rescue, Fire Facility inside dome concrete work (June 2010)

Airfield fuel storage area (June 2010)

Airfield paving equipment (June 2010)

Airfield water storage tank (June 2010)

THF rebar reinforcement (May 2010)

THF steel roof trusses (May 2010)

THF retainment wall panels (May 2010)

Entrance to THF form and footing work (May 2010)

THF construction looking east (May 2010)

Main THF crane (June 2010)

Front of the THF looking down taxiway (May 2010)

Gravel hill at the onsite concrete plant (May 2010)

Cement trucks unloading at onsite concrete plant (May 2010)

ARFF dome (May 2010)

ARFF dome inflation system (May 2010)

ARFF dome footing (May 2010)

Spaceport construction workers on THF stair support tower (May 2010)

Air, Rescue Fire Facility Dome with THF construction in the background (May 2010)

South end of runway and turnaround (May 2010)

Spaceport construction of THF and taxiway (May 2010)

Spaceport construction of THF and apron (May 2010)

Spaceport construction of THF and apron (May 2010)

Crain lifting concrete forms for support towers to the THF (April 2010)

Support stair and elevator tower to the THF (April 2010)

Runway rebar stapled to asphalt before concrete pour (May 2010)

Onsite asphalt (hot mix) plant (April 2010)

Concrete pour on runway (April 2010)

Spaceport America runway aerial shot (March 2010)

The runway soil cement base (required before the asphalt layer is applied) being leveled by a machine that uses a computer-controlled global satellite

14" concrete finish layer being applied on top the spaceport runway asphalt with steel rebar (February 2010)

Asphalt production plant at the Spaceport America construction site used for the construction of the runway

Concrete production facility at the Spaceport America construction site used for the construction of the runway

Heavy equipment used on the Spaceport America runway

THF footings (March 2010)

Terminal Hangar Facility (THF) crane work (March 2010)

Waste water storage tank site construction

Waste water storage tank being put underground at the spaceport site

Newly constructed launch pads for NASA’s 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Centennial Challenge

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speaks at the Spaceport America Groundbreaking (June 19, 2009)

Side elevation rendering