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SFO seeks sole-source $420,000 design contract for FAA-required EMAS on two short runways

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee · January 4, 2012
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Summary

San Francisco International Airport told the Budget and Finance Committee it must award a $420,000 sole-source contract to Engineered Arresting Systems Corp. to design engineered material arresting systems (EMAS) on two short runways the FAA requires; the committee advanced the waiver and indemnity revisions to the Board with recommendation.

San Francisco International Airport staff told the Budget and Finance Committee that the Federal Aviation Administration requires engineered material arresting systems (EMAS) at the ends of two shorter runways that cannot meet the FAA's 1,000-foot safety-area standard.

Kathy Weidner of the airport explained that…

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