Geogrids are relatively rigid polymer meshes used to stabilize and improve the performance of foundation materials below roads and other types of infrastructure. Major new airport projects – like the New International Airport of Mexico City (NAICM) and the new Salt Lake International Airport - are incorporating geogrid technology beneath the foundations of those critical structures to ensure more stable and sustainable infrastructure so that travelers have a smoother and safer experience even before they board the plane. It is also their experience of the roads, sidewalks, buildings and parking lots inside and outside the airport fence that matters. It is not only the infrastructure on which a plane lands which contributes to the safety of a traveler’s airport experience though. At Los Angeles International Airport, a deteriorating concrete runway was the cause of an expensive lawsuit against the contractors that had rebuilt it. In August 2017, London’s Stansted Airport faced significant delays after a runway was closed due to a hole. In June 2016, at London’s Gatwick Airport, flights were cancelled and delayed when a pothole opened up on one the runways.
In March 2016, a landing plane cracked a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and caused major flight delays. When airport infrastructure fails even in small way, the implications can be enormous.
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