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Committee authorizes up to $40 million for EMAS runway-safety material at SFO
Summary
The committee approved a resolution authorizing procurement of an engineered material arresting system (EMAS) from the FAA-approved supplier for up to $40 million, to be funded partly with federal grants and airport revenue bonds.
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee authorized the purchase of an engineered material arresting system (EMAS) for San Francisco International Airport’s runway-safety-area program, with a not-to-exceed authorization of $40,000,000.
Kathy Weidner of the airport explained that ESCO (Engineering Arresting Systems Corporation) is the FAA-approved manufacturer for the crushable-concrete EMAS material and that federal FAA planning requires airports without 1,000-foot runway-safety-area extensions to install EMAS by Dec. 31, 2015. The airport will use federal Airport Improvement Program grants of $23,600,000 and the balance from airport revenue bonds previously approved by the Board. The procurement covers some 23,372 crushable-concrete blocks plus shipping, storage and installation; the committee’s not-to-exceed figure includes a contingency.
The Budget and Legislative Analyst noted the vendor authorization amount and the contingency approach and recommended approval. The committee moved the item forward without recorded opposition.
