MACTEC PLAYING PIVOTAL ROLE IN PARALLEL AIRPORT RUNWAY PROJECT

CHARLOTTE, NC, Aug. 8, 2008 -- MACTEC Engineering and Consulting (MACTEC E&C) has been retained by the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CDIA) to provide engineering services during the paving phase of the new parallel runway and associated taxiways. Ann E. Massey, President and Chief Executive Officer of MACTEC, Inc., the holding company (www.mactec.com), made the announcement.

Project fees are anticipated to be $2 million. Total runway project costs will be $43 million; construction is ongoing and is expected to be completed by March 2010.

CDIA, established in 1936, is the nation's 10th busiest facility, servicing over 30 million passengers annually with more than 600 daily departures to over 120 destinations worldwide.

According to MACTEC Charlotte Office Manager Mike Sufnarski, key project elements will include:

Testing of in-place sub-base course
Placement of 74,000 cubic yards of crushed aggregate base course
Placement of 526,000 square yards of 6" cement-treated base course
Placement of approximately 216,000 cubic yards of concrete pavement
Placement of approximately 71,200 tons of asphalt pavement

Sufnarski said the runway will be 9,000 feet long and 150 feet wide, and is to be located to the west of the existing runways. A rail line is also proposed that will connect the intermodal facility with existing rail lines north of CDIA. The rail line will tunnel under the connector taxiways.

"We have worked on numerous CDIA projects since the 1970s -most recently providing various geotechnical and materials testing services -- and are very familiar with FAA requirements," Sufnarski said. "We also understand the challenges associated with the project."

MACTEC, based in Alpharetta, GA, is a leading environmental, engineering and design and construction firm focused on five strategic business practice areas: Facilities, Transportation, Water, Energy and Federal. With annual revenues over of $450 million, MACTEC's 3,000-plus employees work from over 80 offices nationwide. MACTEC consistently ranks in the top 10% of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms. The firm has operated in Charlotte since 1950, serving a wide variety of public and private sector clients.

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