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Houston Executive Airport
New Privately Owned, Public-Use Airport

Client: WCF, LLC
Location: Houston, Texas
Project Cost: $18.5 million

Project
Garver has provided site evaluation, airspace study, permitting, airfield design, bidding, and construction support services for Houston Executive Airport, a new green-field, privately owned, public-use airport.

The new facility features a 6,610-foot by 100-foot asphalt runway with full-length parallel taxiway, connecting taxiways, concrete aircraft parking apron, LED taxiway edge lights, new fixed base operator hangar and T-hangar complex, airfield electrical system, 60,000-gallon fuel farm, and airport detention system.

The airfield electrical system consists of runway and taxiway edge lighting, runway and taxiway guidance signage, electrical vault, PAPIs, REILs, rotating beacon, lighted windcones, aircraft ramp lighting, fuel farm power system, and standby (generator) power system.

Client Testimonial
"They are an outstanding engineering firm. Not only are they good engineers but they bring real-world experience to the table. They have given me invaluable guidance in areas like runway load capacity, runway length, taxiway design, drainage, cost of construction, instrument approaches, and a dozen other things that were necessary to satisfy the FAA. Simply put, I think they are a great firm."
Ron Henriksen
Houston Executive Airport Owner

Construction Phase Services Provided
  • Bidding/negotiation assistance
  • Contract administration
  • Program management to provide oversight of other design consultants and construction designed by other consultants
  • Coordination with the owner, contractor, public, FAA, county, drainage district, and TEPPCO
  • SWPPP enforcement
  • Construction materials testing coordination
  • Construction documentation
  • On-site construction observation
  • Contractor's schedule and pay requests review
  • Owner-requested change order coordination
  • Final inspection
  • Project closeout documentation
Award
  • ACEC of Arkansas Engineering Excellence Award
Contact
Frank McIllwain
972-377-7480
FOMcIllwain@GarverUSA.com