HANGAR 55, NEWARK AIRPORT
Project:
Demolish the central portion of a large aircraft hangar and remove asbestos from the coating to the skin covering the entire building.

Challenge:
Continental Airlines needed to remove the central portion of the hangar so it could build it higher to accommodate widebody jets, but the other two sections of the building were still in operation. The central portion of the building had large and intermediate steel trusses which had to be cut.

Solution:
To minimize the need for lead abatement, which is always present when steel is being cut, we had to plan our effort well in advance. When that portion of the project was completed, we installed new steel girts and longer rods to accommodate the central portion’s new skin.

So workers could remove the quarter- to half-inch-thick asbestos-containing coating, we had to construct a scaffold covering the entire outside of the building.

Result:
Because we always plan carefully to maximize efficiency, we completed the project on time and on budget.
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