Concrete Contractor Near the Midland International Air and Space Port

Owners building near the airport in Midland, whether a hangar tenant, a corporate flight department or an aerospace developer, need concrete that is flat, well jointed and delivered without interrupting airfield operations. We pour hangar floors, aprons, parking and entry drives, and we write the access and haul plan for the airport area before the first truck is dispatched.

Midland International Air and Space Port covers about 1,600 acres at an elevation of 2,871 feet and sits within Midland city limits, roughly midway between downtown Midland and downtown Odessa. Its location means that crews and ready-mix trucks reach the property from both cities and from the loop highways. SH 349 has a junction with Loop 40, which leads to the airport, on its route around the west side of Midland, and we use that junction when we plan the haul from the plants.

The airport pour schedule brings together the concrete contractor, the utility installers and the earthwork trades. We coordinate their handoffs so prepared ground and buried connections are ready for the placement team.

A hangar floor is usually thick, reinforced and finished flat enough for tugs and aircraft to roll without catching. Door tracks, floor drains and fuel containment points must be set before the pour, and we confirm them against the metal building erector's drawings. See our page on aircraft hangars for details.

Apron and parking areas carry delivery and service vehicles. We set joints to follow the layout and thicken edges where trucks turn, and we often pair them with concrete paving for a longer-lasting surface than asphalt in heavy-use areas.

Owners ask us about fuel and wash-down areas as well. A containment slab with a sloped surface and a sump keeps spills from reaching the ground, and we pour it with joints sealed in a material suited to the fluids stored there. The detail is confirmed with the owner's environmental contact before steel is placed.

Airport sites have gates, escorts and hours. Before a pour we confirm which gate trucks will use, who escorts them and when the placement window opens and closes. Ready-mix is ordered against that window so a mixer does not wait inside a restricted area.

A large floor is poured in strips sized to the finishing crew, with the strip order set so the last strip is never the one farthest from the truck. A pump and a standby truck are booked for any hangar floor, and the plant is told the total yardage and the hourly rate we need so deliveries never leave the finishers waiting.

The airport has four asphalt runways, including 16R/34L at 9,501 feet by 150 feet and 10/28 at 8,302 feet by 150 feet. Wind direction across those runways is one more reason we check the forecast for flatwork, because gusts across an open apron dry a fresh surface fast. Many tenants and crews travel between the airport and Odessa, so we plan gusty-day contingencies for both.

The FAA approved the airport's spaceport application on September 17, 2014, making it the first primary commercial service airport certified as a spaceport. Aerospace and aviation developers working near that facility are one of our main audiences, along with corporate flight departments, charter operators and tenants of the Midland business community.

The first phase of the Spaceport Business Park is a 50 acre block southeast of the field, where the Midland Development Corporation offers ground-leased sites for aerospace and aviation development. A tenant leasing ground there will need a slab, an apron and parking, and we price those items from the lease drawings and the owner's own specification.

Developers who build speculative aviation space for lease fall under our commercial developers work. They usually want a shell slab and apron that can be fitted out for the first tenant, with joints placed to allow for later partition walls and door changes.

Airside work follows the owner's access, escort and equipment-height rules, and every crew member is briefed before the gate is opened. We keep tools and material controlled so that nothing blows onto a taxiway or ramp, and we clean the haul route after each delivery.

Pump booms and cranes have height limits near runways, and we confirm them in writing before placing an order. For landside work, the traffic plan identifies flagging positions and pedestrian paths. Before a shift begins, the foreman briefs the placement team on that day's access and safety arrangements.

Foreign object debris is a particular concern near aircraft. Loose rebar tie wire, cut-off ends and form nails are collected at the end of each shift, and the foreman walks the work area and the haul route to confirm nothing is left behind.

Airport tenants answer to two documents: the ground lease and the project specification. We read both and list items that conflict, then ask the owner or the engineer to resolve them in writing before we price the concrete. We schedule the local office's building-code permit review separately from airport approvals. Each approval has its own place in the project calendar rather than being treated as a single release.

For quality, concrete testing and quality control follows the specification, and the lab reports are sent to the owner's rep as they arrive. Closeout includes as-built slab dimensions and joint locations, so a later tenant can plan a floor penetration without guessing where reinforcement sits. We also send a short summary after each pour covering yardage, weather, test results and any deviation from the plan, so the owner's file stays current without a separate request. See our Loop 250 and SH 349 corridor page if your project sits along the roads that serve the airport.

Share the ground lease, the specification and the airport's access requirements for your project. We will return a pour calendar and a written scope.

Can you pour a hangar slab for a ground-leased site?

Yes. We read the lease and the specification together, price the slab from both and list any conflicts for the owner to settle before bid day. Door tracks, drains and containment points are located before the pour.

How do you get ready-mix trucks onto airport property?

We confirm the gate, the escort and the time window with the owner before ordering. The plant is given the window and the route, and our foreman meets each truck so it does not wait in a restricted area.

How does wind affect a pour near the runways?

An open apron dries quickly in wind, so we plan early placement, evaporation control and curing compound. If gusts make finishing unreliable, we stop and reschedule instead of accepting a poor surface.

Do you work in the Spaceport Business Park?

We price slab, apron and parking work for tenants on ground-leased sites, using the lease drawings and the owner's specification. Our schedule also connects the utility and ground-preparation trades with the tenant's concrete work, so their separate packages have clear handoff dates.

What road do trucks use to reach the airport?

We plan from the batch plant and use the loop highways that serve the airport, including the SH 349 and Loop 40 junction. The exact route is confirmed with the plant and the owner before the pour.