Optimum design
Terrible as they were, last year’s hurricanes Katrina andher sisters Rita and
Wilma are once again far from isolatedreminders that the world’sweather is
showing repeated signsof excess. Closer to home in2005, localized torrential
rain and massive flooding followed monthsof searing heat and drought in
much of Europe. Even a finesummer must always be seenalongside the
widespread flooding problems that habitually affectmany parts of the UK.
Project MIKE 2, Dublin Airport
A number of airfield pavement projects are ongoing as part of Dublin Airport’s
2 billion euro capital development, early in which was the bypass taxi-way
codenamed MIKE 2, was due to be fitted with a concrete system. But based
on previous experience of installation times, handling, convenience and cost,
the main civil engineering contractors C&M Construction of Duleek, County
Meath recommended a Tubosider corrugated steel solution.
